HKEX(HK:00388) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-10-24 04:08Group 1 - The Hong Kong stock market has been active this year, with an average daily trading volume exceeding 250 billion HKD, and over 60 companies listed in the first nine months, raising a total of 182.9 billion HKD, making it the top global market for IPOs [1][3] - Currently, around 300 listing applications are being processed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with half of them from new economy sectors such as electric vehicles, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, new materials, and biotechnology [3] - The mutual market access mechanisms, including the Stock Connect programs, are highlighted as a key advantage for Hong Kong, facilitating international capital flow into the mainland market and vice versa since their launch in 2014 [3] Group 2 - The main challenge for the Hong Kong IPO market is to develop a more diversified asset class ecosystem, including fixed income and commodities, to meet the global trend of de-dollarization and investors' demand for diversified asset allocation [4]