The Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2025 kicks off in Beijing's Xicheng district on October 27, 2025. Photo: Ma Jingjing/GT

China's securities watchdog will start reforms on the ChiNext board in Shenzhen Stock Exchange, establishing listing standards that better align with the characteristics of tech startups in emerging and future industries, thereby providing more targeted and inclusive financial services for new industries, new business models and new tech firms, Wu Qing, chairman of the China Security Regulatory Commission, said at the Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2025 on Monday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The ChiNext Board, which started trading on October 30, 2009, mainly lists hi-tech companies and those with high growth potential, according to Xinhua.