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China presses listed firms to merge and revamp to lift stocks
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CHINA is urging listed companies to merge and restructure, according to an official statement, as the government seeks to avert a stock rout and encourage investors to return to the market.
China will strongly encourage mergers and acquisitions involving listed firms to help push reform of state companies and inject vitality into the economy, said a joint statement released by four government agencies late Monday.
The notice also stressed measures to boost the stock market, including encouraging firms to pay cash dividends to optimize investor returns and encourage investors to hold stock for the long term, and urging companies to buy back their own stock — which should see prices rise.
The latest directive comes amid a stock market crash which has seen the benchmark index plummet nearly 40 percent since peaking in mid-June, prompting a series of interventions by Beijing.
Global markets have also swung wildly on fears about slowing growth in China, the world’s second-largest economy.
China last year unveiled a merger of its top two trainmakers, state-owned China CNR Corp and CSR Corp, into a single huge conglomerate — sending their shares soaring.
Market speculation about possible mergers between state giants has since focused on energy, shipping and telecommunications.
But energy giant Sinopec has denied reports the government was planning to merge it with another domestic energy behemoth, China National Petroleum Corp.
Bloomberg News reported last month that Beijing may merge two of its largest shipping companies, and there was recent speculation that top telecom firms China Unicom and China Telecom would merge as the government swapped the two companies’ chairmen.
China will simplify mergers and acquisition approval, expand ways for companies to fund deals, and push banks to finance cross-border mergers, the joint statement said.
State media reported in April that the official Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which manages state firms under the direct supervision of the central government, was considering merging scores of the biggest enterprises to create around 40 national conglomerates from the existing 111.
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