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China's Capital Market Enters a New Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions
Guosen Securities Co., Ltd., one of China's leading comprehensive investment banks and securities firms, observes that the country's capital market is entering a new stage of reform and strategic transformation. According to the company's latest analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity in the A‑share market is accelerating as a key driver of industrial upgrading and innovation. In the first three quarters of 2025, the market recorded 3,470 mergers and acquisitions, a 7.93 percent increa
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[{"type":"text","content":"SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Guosen Securities Co., Ltd., one of China's leading comprehensive investment banks and securities firms, observes that the country's capital market is entering a new stage of reform and strategic transformation. According to the company's latest analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity in the A‑share market is accelerating as a key driver of industrial upgrading and innovation. In the first three quarters of 2025, the market recorded 3,470 mergers and acquisitions, a 7.93 percent increase year on year, and 134 major asset restructurings, an 83.56 percent surge from the same period in 2024. Guosen Securities notes that mergers and acquisitions have become an essential mechanism for supporting the real economy, with an increasingly strategic focus on cultivating new productive forces, driving technological advancement, upgrading industries, and enhancing enterprise competitiveness.","length":964,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Policy Support Opens a New Window for M&A","length":45,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Guosen Securities emphasized that the development of the M&A market has received strong backing at the national policy level. With regulators and local governments working in tandem, a new policy window for M&A has officially opened. Over the past two years, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has rolled out a series of landmark documents, including the Sixteen Measures to Support the High-Level Development of Technology Enterprises through Capital Markets, the Eight Measures to Deepen Reform of the STAR Market and Promote Technological Innovation and New Productive Forces, and the Opinions on Deepening Reform of the M&A Market for Listed Companies.","length":683,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"These initiatives aim to enhance inclusiveness, adaptability, precision, and efficiency in the capital market's M&A framework. As Guosen Securities noted, reforming the M&A system has become a central pillar of China's broader market-oriented reforms, ensuring that listed companies can more effectively leverage capital markets to pursue strategic restructuring.","length":379,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Rising Activity in the Domestic M&A Market","length":46,"tagName":"p"},{...