At the 8th Member Congress of the Securities Association of China, CSRC Chairman Wu Qing emphasized that industry players should shift from price competition to value competition based on their resource advantages. Leading institutions should enhance resource integration to become internationally influential benchmarks, while smaller firms should focus on niche segments, specialized services, and regional markets to cultivate "small but refined" offerings.

Regulators will implement differentiated supervision: optimizing evaluation metrics, moderately expanding capital space and leverage limits for high-quality institutions to improve capital efficiency; exploring tailored policies for smaller and foreign firms to foster specialization; and enforcing stricter oversight on problematic entities.

GTHT released a research note stating that Chairman Wu’s speech signals a relaxation of restrictions for top-tier brokers, including adjustments to risk control indicators and capital-leverage constraints. This shift aims to transition the industry from scale-driven growth to risk-based pricing and from license-dependent profits to professional operations. The move is expected to incentivize profitability through expertise, benefiting leading brokers and serving as a catalyst for sector-wide valuation recovery.

HK-listed Chinese brokerages include: HTSC (06886), GF SEC (01776), CGS (06881), GTHT (02611), CICC (03908), CITIC SEC (06030), CSC (06066), DFZQ (03958), EB SECURITIES (06178), SWHY (06806), CC SECURITIES (01375), and GLMS SEC (01456).