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The US President Joe Biden’s administration added five companies in China to a trade blacklist for allegedly supporting Russia’s military and defense industrial base.

Hong Kong stocks open higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index sliding 1.3%, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index down 1.9% and the Hang Seng Tech Index down 2.3%.

China will ban mainland investors from trading onshore shares via the stock connect scheme linking stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen with Hong Kong, in a move to crack down on “fake foreign capital.”

Chinese automaker Li Auto has filed to sell up to $2 billion in ADS, each representing two Class A ordinary shares, in an at-the-market stock offering program on Nasdaq, according to a press release on Tuesday.

Searches for ‘Shanghai Disney’ on online travel service platform Qunar.com surged 380% immediately after Shanghai Disney Resort on Tuesday said it will reopen at the end of this month after a three-month shutdown due the Covid-19 outbreaks.

China’s base metal futures continued to rally on Tuesday as China’s economy showed signs of recovering. The most-traded tin futures contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, for July delivery, surged by 8.5% to close at 221,860 yuan per tonne, after jumping nearly 5% in the previous trading day.

Chinese battery maker Gotion High Tech Co said it plans to locate one-third of its production capacity outside China by 2025 to meet the growing demand from overseas electric vehicle (EV) makers and energy storage household clients.

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China on Tuesday announced changes to its pandemic control policy that will make it easier to enter the country.

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China’s Chongqing Changan Automobile surges by the daily limit of 10% to hit a new record high of 20.35 yuan per share in Shenzhen, bringing its market cap to nearly 200 billion yuan. Since the end of April, the stock has jumped by more than 200%.

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China’s largest online travel agency Trip.com is trading more than 2% lower in Hong Kong after the company reported a net loss of 989 million yuan ($147.79 million) for the first quarter of 2022.

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Hong Kong stocks open lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.38%, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index down 0.46% and the Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.89%.

China reportedly plans to extend the yuan’s trading hours to increase global investor participation in onshore currency trading as part of its internationalization push.

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China’s monetary policy will continue to be accommodative to support economic recovery from, said Yi Gang, Governor of the People’s Bank of China, in an interview with the state broadcaster CGTN.

Hong Kong stocks rallied on Monday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 2.35% to get back above 22,000 mark, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up 2.5% and the Hang Seng Tech Index surging 4.7% to jump above 5,000 mark.

Tencent announced the establishment of Intelligent Automobile Cloud Zone in Shanghai, the industry’s first proprietary cloud platform for autonomous and smart driving, the company said. 

The State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR), China’s top market regulator, issued a notice about launching inspections on coal prices across Chinese regions, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

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Growatt, a Chinese smart energy solution provider, has applied for a listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

Tencent Holdings’ shares slipped as much as 2.1% in the afternoon session on Monday, following more than 4% gains in the morning session, after the company said its main shareholder plans to sell its stocks.

The city of Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, has become the latest city to announce subsidies for new energy vehicle purchases, following similar moves by the financial hub of Shanghai and China’s capital city of Beijing.

Shares of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the operator of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, jumped as much as 6.3% to hit HK$398, marking the highest level in more than four months, bringing its market cap to nearly HK$500 billion.

China’s economic growth is expected to reach 4.7% this year, said Wang Yiming, an adviser to the monetary policy committee of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).

Chinese lithium maker stage a rally on recovering demand and rising prices, with Ganfeng Lithium surging by the daily limit of 10% to hit 150.16 in Shenzhen, the highest level in three months, and its Hong Kong-listed shares are surging nearly 11%.

Hong Kong stocks open higher on Monday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.2% to approach 22,000 mark, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up 1.1% and the Hang Seng Tech index up 1.3%.

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China’s capital city of Beijing is offering subsidies for purchases of new-energy vehicle to replace old cars, in a move to boost consumption and support the slowing economy.

China’s top legislative body on Friday voted to adopt amendments to the country’s Anti-Monopoly Law, and the revised law will take effect on August 1. 

Troubled Chinese property developer China Aoyuan has agreed to sell a large stake in its Australia unit to an entity controlled by one of the subsidiary’s executives.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) proposed rules to regulate private pension investment via mutual funds, setting the criteria for qualified products and sales agents under its private pension scheme.

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China’s capital city of Beijing said it would allow primary and secondary schools to resume in-person classes and Shanghai authority declared victory over COVID-19 after the city reported zero new local cases for the first time in two months.

Shares of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), the operator of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, gained as much as nearly 5% to hit HK$377, the highest level since the end of March, bringing its market cap to HK$476.2 billion yuan.

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Shares of Chinese iconic liquor maker Kweichow Moutai gained 2.7% to close at 2,009 yuan per share, the highest level since January 5 this year, after the liquor maker announced the largest cash dividends in its history.

Two Chinese coal industry associations called on coal companies to step up production, make emergency supply guarantee plans, and “make every effort to ensure the …

Hong Kong stocks open higher on Friday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.83%, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up 0.97% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 1.5%.

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Tesla China has started a layoff plan to cut about 10% of its workforce as part of the carmaker’s global layoff plan, but it doesn’t involve production-related positions, Chinese news outlet Sina Tech reported on Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter.

JPMorgan said in a note that the case for Chinese equities will become more compelling in 2H22, compared to Asia’s emerging markets and the world as a whole.

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Hong Kong stocks open higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.71%, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up 0.85% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 1.2%.