On September 16, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, announced the “First Five-Year Plan for the Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” and the “Chief Executive's 2026 Policy Address”. The “Plan” mentions optimizing the international bond market. Collaborate to promote primary market issuance, secondary market liquidity improvement, offshore RMB business expansion, and fixed income and monetary infrastructure construction. Improve “Bond Connect” and continue to promote the optimization and expansion of Southbound Connect in terms of investment scale, scope of investors, products, and transaction arrangements. Promote more mainland institutions to invest in the Hong Kong bond market and expand the “Stock Connect”, “Bond Connect”, “Wealth Connect” and “Private Equity Connect” channels and business volume.

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