中國證監會將對股市開戶數量進行限制

China will soon allow individual investors to open no more than three accounts for Shanghai-listed shares following the detection of a growing number of fake registrations in recent months.

近幾個月以來，隨着有關部門查出越來越多的虛假註冊賬戶，很快我國將最多允許個人投資者在滬市開設三個股票賬戶。

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is expected to announce the new rule recently, according to a source close to the securities watchdog.

據證監會知情人士稱，證監會預計將在近日宣佈這項新規。

Individuals who had more than three accounts prior to the new ruling will not be affected, the source said.

該知情人士表示，新規發佈前已擁有三個以上賬戶的個人將不會受到影響。

China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp Ltd (CSDC) -- a subsidiary of CSRC that settles all transactions in the A-share market -- lifted a 17-year-old ban in April last year, allowing individual investors to open up to 20 securities trading accounts simultaneously to trade in Shanghai-listed shares.

中國證監會旗下解決A股市場所有交易的子公司--中國證券登記結算有限公司--在去年四月解除了一項長達17年的禁令，允許個人投資者同時開放20個證券交易賬戶來交易上海上市的股票。

Previously, an individual investor was permitted to have one only account.

在此之前，一個單獨的投資者僅被允許有一個唯一的帳戶。

However, the securities regulator found recently that a number of new registrations are likely to be false after a few securities firms began heavy marketing activities to encourage investors to open securities accounts.

不過，證券監管機構最近發現，在幾家證券公司開始大量營銷活動，鼓勵投資者開設證券賬戶之後，出現了大量新註冊的虛假賬戶。

"Many correspondence addresses used for newly opened accounts in a securities firm were found to be the same," according to the source.

知情人士表示，近期某券商許多新開賬戶的通信地址被發現都是相同的。

CSDC data suggest that newly opened securities accounts on the Chinese mainland exceeded two million in August amid a lukewarm stock market performance during the month.

中國證券登記結算有限公司的數據顯示，8月，中國大陸的新開證券賬戶數量超過200萬個，但當月的股市表現卻不溫不火。