Nasdaq-style index hailed as big step forward for China

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Updated November 4, 2009 12:17:41

The ChiNext board has opened on China's Shenzhen Stock Exchange and pushed profit predictions over and above original listing prices.

The Nasdaq-style index consists of 28 small to medium sized innovation companies from industries like bio-technology, medical research and software design. .

Presenter: Bo Hill.
Speaker: Professor XL Ding, political economist, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

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