Agriculture Bank of China (ABC), 51, 59, 93, 144, 168, 169, 170, 172, 180, 181, 182, 183, 197, 198, 199, 200, 220

Agriculture Development Bank of China (ADBC), 56

Anti-trust law, 221

Artwork exchange, 96

A-share market, 1–3, 6–8, 16, 19, 26, 36–40, 90, 148, 170, 210, 249, 250, 252, 254

Asian Development Bank (ADB), 70

Bank of China (BOC), 59, 93, 109, 144, 155, 168, 169, 171, 177, 180–183, 197, 220

Bank of Communications (BOCOM), 59, 144, 168, 169, 172, 180, 197

Beijing Financial Assets Exchange (CFAE), 126

Big Four, 21, 168, 169, 170, 175, 176, 180–183, 200, 252

Bond type, 46, 47

B-share, 1–3, 22–27, 34, 43, 215, 216, 240

B-share market, 1–3, 22–27, 43, 215, 240

Budget Law, 50, 53

Capital adequacy ratio (CAR), 51, 168, 169, 179

Carlyle, 104–106, 108, 119, 130, 228

Central bank bill, 45, 46, 48, 65, 72

Central government bond, 52

Central Huijin Investment Company (CHIC), 132, 133

China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC), 57, 147

China Association of Private Equity (CAPE), 126

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), 97–100, 171, 173–179, 186, 188, 190, 195, 197, 200, 213

China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX), 126

China Beijing Stock Registration & Custody Center (CBSRRCC), 126

China Construction Bank (CCB), 59, 93, 119, 144, 168, 169, 172, 177, 180–183, 200, 251

China Development Bank (CDB), 56, 59, 220

China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX), 35, 77, 78, 80, 89

China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), 70

China Government Securities Depository Trust & Clearing Co. Ltd (CDC), 65, 70

China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), 95, 99, 100, 109–111

China International Capital Corp (CICC), 8, 112, 119, 155, 157, 206, 251–254

China International Marine Containers (CIMC), 25

China Investment Corporation (CIC), 51, 131–135

China Merchants Bank (CMB), 172, 197, 199

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), 3, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 26–30, 34, 36–40, 42, 57, 58, 60, 65, 66, 77, 95, 97–100, 112, 123, 129, 138, 142, 143, 145, 149, 151–156, 160, 161, 164, 204, 209, 210, 211, 218, 219, 221, 222, 236, 241, 245, 248, 251, 252

CITIC PE, 121, 138, 139, 215, 254

Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), 157

Company Law, 38, 116, 217, 234, 235, 237

Convertible bond, 8, 157

Corporate bond, 8, 46, 47, 48, 52, 57, 58–60, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72

Corporate governance, 21, 28, 34, 114, 148

Credit Default Swap (CDS), 75, 95

Credit rating, 56, 58, 64, 66, 71

Credit rating agency, 60

Credit Risk Mitigation (CRM), 95

Credit Risk Mitigation Agreement (CRMA), 95

Credit Risk Mitigation Warrant (CRMW), 95

CSI 300, 77, 78, 88

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), 35, 76–81, 83–87

Delisting mechanism, 21, 40, 43, 204

D’Long, 212, 213, 222

Economic rescue plan, 50

Enterprise bond, 8, 46–48, 51–53, 59, 61, 62, 66, 72

Exchange traded fund (ETF), 144

Export-import Bank of China (EIBC), 56

Financial bond, 46–48, 55, 56

Foreign exchange derivatives, 76, 92

Fund approval system, 152

Fund tunneling, 149, 165

Futures market, 75, 76, 77, 80–83, 87–89, 99–101, 254

General partner (GP), 113–116, 126–128, 131, 136, 139

Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), 118, 121, 127–129, 137, 140, 228

H-share, 23–26, 170, 171, 252, 253

Independent board director, 21, 22

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), 59, 93, 144, 168–170, 172, 180–182, 197–200, 252

Initial public offering (IPO), 2–5, 11, 12, 14–16, 19–21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31–33, 37–40, 42, 43, 107, 111–114, 117, 118, 121–129, 137–140, 156, 157, 203, 204, 209, 216, 222, 227, 229, 230, 236, 239, 240–247, 252, 253

Interest rate derivatives, 196

International Board (IB), 36–38

International Finance Corporation (IFC), 70, 128

Junk bond, 62, 64, 66, 220

KKR, 104–106, 138

Liberate interest rate, 185, 196, 201

Limited Partner (LP), 111–116, 126–131, 135, 139

Local financing platform, 53, 55

Local government bond, 46, 47, 51–55, 72

Local government debt, 47, 53, 55, 199, 200

Main board, 2, 3, 5, 19, 20, 27–30, 38, 39, 43, 107, 118, 128

Margin trading, 12

Medium-term notes, 46, 47, 66

Merger & Acquisition (M&A), 64, 116, 121, 203–207, 209–223, 227, 254

Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), 108, 131, 213, 216, 219, 221, 245, 254

National Development and reform Commission (NDRC), 59, 60, 66, 68, 72, 115, 131, 136, 194, 219

National Electronic Trading System (NET), 34

Newbridge Capital, 103

New Third Board, 3, 33–37, 43, 121

Non-deliverable forward (NDF), 93

Non-performing loan (NPL), 168, 169, 175, 177, 179, 182, 183, 200

Non-tradable share reform, 13, 28, 90, 144, 222

N-share, 240

Old Third Board, 33, 34

Open-end fund (LOF), 144

Over-the-counter (OTC) trading system, 3, 34, 35, 65, 66, 72

P2P, 167, 186, 193–196

Pawn shop, 184, 190, 193

PE exit, 32, 128

P/E ratio, 3, 5, 12, 14, 19, 20, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43, 104, 118, 123, 127, 129, 248

Pension fund, 65, 141, 159, 162, 163, 248

People’s Bank of China (PBOC), 6, 22, 36, 50, 51, 53, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72, 92, 97, 100, 142, 155, 170, 173, 178, 179, 192, 196, 200, 220

Policy bank bond, 45, 46, 48, 56, 72

Price correlation, 75, 82

Price correlation coefficient, 83–87

Private banking, 115, 167, 197–199, 201

Private equity (PE), 11, 103, 109–129, 131, 135–140, 220, 223

Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII), 141, 144, 160, 161, 249, 250

Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII), 70, 141, 158–160, 164, 239, 248, 249, 251, 255

Red Chip Model (RCM), 240, 243, 245

RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (RQFII), 70, 250, 251

Securities Association of China (SAC), The State- owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), 210, 219, 245

Securities Law, 38, 57, 116, 154, 217, 218

Securities Trading Automatic Quoting System (STAQ), 34

Selling short, 5, 9, 157, 251

Shadow banking, 62, 167, 168, 179, 184–194, 196, 200, 201

Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), 35, 76–78, 80–87

Shanghai Gold Exchanges (SGE), 81

Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR), 51, 92, 196

Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), 88–90, 122, 142, 148, 170, 242

Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SHCOMP), 2, 8, 13, 14, 19, 39, 41, 42, 249

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), 1, 2, 6, 8, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27–30, 33, 34, 58, 63, 70, 78, 90, 91, 142, 148, 208, 242

Short-term bond, 50, 144

Small and individual stock investors, 41

Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), 2, 27–30, 35, 43, 51, 62–74, 72, 73, 106, 185, 190, 192, 193, 196, 204

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Board (SMEB), 2, 19, 20, 27, 28, 30, 118, 121, 122, 129

SME Private Placement Bond, 62–64

SOE holistic listing, 203, 209–211, 222

S-share, 240

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), 210

State-owned Enterprise (SOE), 1, 2, 6, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 23, 27, 39, 42, 43, 45–47, 49, 59, 62, 66, 67, 105, 106, 109, 113, 116, 136, 167–168, 185, 188, 190, 193, 196, 200, 203, 204, 209–211, 214, 220, 222, 228, 239, 240, 245, 252, 254

T-Bond futures, 49, 75, 76, 78, 88, 89

Third Board Market (TBM), 2, 33

Treasury bond (T-bond), 49, 75, 76, 78, 88, 89

Valuation adjustment mechanism (VAM), 225–236

Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”), 221, 240, 245, 246

Village bank, 175, 176

Warrant, 8, 78, 90, 91, 95

Wealth management products (WMP), 182, 184–189, 191, 192

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), 35, 76–81, 84–87