New Beijing bourse seeks to spur growth of smaller firms
Move in line with strategy of lifting domestic demand and boosting SME financing
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Aw Cheng Wei China Correspondent In Beijing, Aw Cheng Wei
China's latest bourse is aimed at helping more of its smaller companies that employ 80 per cent of the workforce grow amid tensions with the United States.
More ways of raising capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are also expected to help the world's second-largest economy alleviate its perennial problem of banks' reluctance to lend to smaller firms.
