{
  "id": 9117482,
  "title": "Hong Kong regulators to flesh out new yuan strategy after Beijing meetings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/hong-kong-regulators-to-flesh-out-new-yuan-strategy-after-beijing",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T09:30:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3368367/hong-kong-regulators-flesh-out-new-yuan-strategy-after-beijing-meetings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Beijing and Hong Kong have begun preparations for a new phase of offshore yuan development after the city released its first five-year financial plan, with banking and securities regulators set to provide further details on Wednesday. Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) chairman Kelvin Wong Tin-yau indicated that the blueprint would be elaborated on during the meeting. Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Eddie Yue Wai-man is scheduled to discuss yuan internationalization in a keynote speech at the Treasury Markets Summit 2026, one of the city's largest annual banking conferences. Yue and SFC CEO Julia Leung Fung-yee joined Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po in Beijing to discuss the city's five-year financial development plan with senior officials, including People's Bank of China (PBOC) governor Pan Gongsheng and National Financial Regulatory Administration Minister Ding Xiangqun. The SFC's Leung confirmed that a proposed fixed-income and currency trading platform, which would connect with the Bond Connect schemes, had applied for a license from the commission. The platform aims to facilitate global funds trading onshore sovereign bonds through streamlined offshore access channels, enhancing price discovery and execution for both northbound (investing in mainland markets) and southbound (Hong Kong investors buying mainland-listed assets) instruments. Hong Kong's government has pledged to explore wider use of the yuan in official payments as part of the five-year plan, further strengthening the city's position as a leading offshore yuan trading center.",
  "summary": "Beijing and Hong Kong are laying the groundwork for a new phase of offshore yuan development and other goals after the city unveiled its first five-year plan, with banking and securities regulators set to provide more details on Wednesday. The city’s market regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), would outline further details of the blueprint, chairman Kelvin Wong Tin-yau said on…",
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}