CHINA will review the access of overseas investors to its securities and capital markets and push forward opening them "actively and steadily," the nation's securities regulator said.
"The global economy has slowed since last year and some big financial institutions had huge losses amid strong volatility in major stock markets," the China Securities Regulatory Commission said.
"China will closely study changes in the global economy and the impact on markets, and will assess the effect of its existing market-opening policies," it said, according to Bloomberg News.
China has raised quotas under the so-called qualified foreign institutional investor program, or QFII, to US$30 billion to diversify the investor base and reduce volatility. The nation also approved four brokerage joint ventures and 31 fund management ventures as part of its commitment to the World Trade Organization.
The Chinese mainland's benchmark CSI 300 Index has fallen 44 percent this year, the steepest decline among the world's 20 biggest equity markets, on concern that measures to control inflation will erode earnings.