Chinese stock market: Now is the best time to buy

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[Global Network Finance Comprehensive Report] “Capital comes for profit, and when there is no profit to be made, it will leave. This is a major challenge for Hong Kong.” On March 25, at the 2026 Boao Forum for Asia, Zheng Yongnian, Dean of the School of Public Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), former Dean of the Qianhai Institute for International Studies, and Chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Research Institute, made this statement during an interview.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee pointed out that while certain forces are busy delineating and confronting each other, Hong Kong is committed to opening up trade routes and revealed recent progress in investment agreements with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

According to recent data released by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the net capital inflow for funds registered in Hong Kong reached HKD 356.7 billion in 2025, an increase of 118.5% year-on-year; as of December of that year, the assets under management (AUM) of these funds increased by 38.3% year-on-year to HKD 2.28 trillion.

In this regard, Zheng Yongnian believes that capital seeks certainty, and when it feels uncertainty elsewhere, it will automatically flow to areas with more certainty, and Hong Kong is such a place; the key is whether this foreign capital can be converted into risk capital and invested in China’s real economy.

In addition, regarding the recent fluctuations in China’s capital markets, Yao Yang, Dean of the Advanced Finance Institute at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, offered his judgment: “This fluctuation is a short-term phenomenon triggered by the situation in Iran, and now is the best time to buy. I have a lot of confidence in the Chinese stock market.”