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The Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor System and Corporate Governance in China

In: Sustainable Entrepreneurship in China

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  • Lerong He

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The Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) system is a quota monitoring system for foreign institutional investors to invest in a nation’s domestic stock exchange. It is often adopted by emerging economies to allow limited participation of foreign investors in domestic stock markets so as to gradually open up the capital market and protect domestic exchange from speculative investment risks in the meantime. The Chinese government initiated its QFII system in July 2003, when qualified foreign institutional investors were allowed to convert foreign currency into Chinese RMB to invest in China’s A share market. To obtain a QFII license from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), foreign financial institutions must meet certain criteria such as minimum size and operating history. Each eligible QFII firm will then obtain an investment quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). By 2013 a total of 250 foreign institutions were granted the QFII status. The overall investment quota also rose dramatically over the years.The latest SAFE report indicates that the approved investment quota reached US$56.5 billion by June 30, 2014, which is 33 times of the amount approved in 2003.1

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  • Lerong He, 2015. "The Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor System and Corporate Governance in China," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Douglas Cumming & Michael Firth & Wenxuan Hou & Edward Lee (ed.), Sustainable Entrepreneurship in China, chapter 0, pages 105-125, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-41253-9_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137412539_5
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    1. He, Lerong & Huang, Liying & Fang, Liting, 2022. "Institutional conditions, economic policy uncertainty and foreign institutional investment in China," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).

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