China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will continue to strengthen market stabilization mechanisms and make every effort to maintain the smooth operation of the capital market during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), its official said in Beijing on Thursday.
Li Chao, vice chairman of the CSRC, China's top securities regulator, stressed at a press conference that the regulatory commission will focus on enhancing market stability, expanding long-term funding and strengthening risk monitoring.
"We will further enhance the internal stability of the capital market. Drawing on experience and practices from recent years, we will continue to strengthen market stabilization mechanisms and steadily expand the forces that stabilize the market. We will further broaden medium- and long-term funding sources, channels and ways of entering the market, and improve the market mechanism and ecosystem for long-term capital and long-term investment. We will also strengthen risk monitoring, early warning and comprehensive analysis, and make every effort to maintain the smooth operation of the capital market," Li said.
Top securities regulator vows to strengthen market stabilization in 15th Five-Year Plan period
The 2026 China Business Report, released on Thursday by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai), revealed a significant rebound in business confidence among its surveyed member companies operating in China.
Business confidence bounced back markedly, as 58 percent of respondents expressed optimism about China's five-year business outlook, up 17 percentage points year on year, the report said.
Profitability rebounded to its highest level since 2019, with 78 percent of respondents profitable in 2025, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 2024 level, according to the report.
As business confidence rebounded and more companies reported profits, investment confidence in China also strengthened, resulting in 28 percent of respondents increasing investment in China last year, the highest level in four years.
Improved market sentiment is also reflected in a positive assessment of China's business environment. Fifty-five percent of surveyed companies said the business environment in China is transparent, up 7 percentage points year on year.
Jeffrey Lehman, chair of AmCham Shanghai, attributed the positive change to eased bilateral tensions and shared expectations for more stable and reciprocal economic and trade relationship, as the two leaders of states reaffirmed multiple times in the past year.
"We do our surveys In June, and so in June of 2025, there was a lot of anxiety among our members about the geopolitical situation. After that, we had the meeting of the leaders in Busan. We had the summit in Beijing in May, the agreement between the two countries that they would try to create a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on fairness and reciprocity. And that is very reassuring to our members because that suggests that there will be a stable environment in which they can operate well. If anxiety about geopolitics slips, that means then, that the number one concern is the continuing improvement in the quality of domestic competition," he said.
The report is based on AmCham Shanghai's 2026 China Business Survey of 262 member companies.
AmCham Shanghai report shows sharp rebound in business confidence among member companies
