Optimistic expectations have spurred frequent foreign investment moves.

　　In 2025, northbound capital notched a net inflow of over 250 billion yuan. By the end of 2025, overseas institutions and individuals held more than 10 trillion yuan in onshore yuan financial assets, while China"s bond market, worth nearly 200 trillion yuan, ranked as the world"s second-largest, Shanghai-based yicai.com reported.

　　Foreign participation in equities has also picked up. Since early 2026, foreign institutions have surveyed over 400 A-share listed firms. Over 120 A-share companies had qualified foreign institutional investors among their top 10 shareholders at end-2025, with over 80 percent of them seeing increased or new holdings in the fourth quarter, according to yicai.com.