China Securities Regulatory Commission Party Committee Secretary and Chair Wu Qing visited a securities brokerage outlet’s investor education base and chaired an investor roundtable with 10 investor representatives, using the session to gather views on strengthening investor rights protection and promoting high-quality development of China’s capital markets. Wu underscored that protecting investors’ lawful rights and interests is securities regulation’s top priority and set out an approach centred on ongoing engagement with investors, quicker responses to concerns, and tougher pursuit of misconduct that harms investors. Participants pointed to improving market conditions and stronger confidence as the new “State Council Nine Articles” and the capital market “1+N” policy documents are implemented. Investor representatives also proposed tighter gatekeeping for listed company entry, more targeted support for high-quality firms seeking to list, a more balanced approach to and further refinement of quantitative trading regulation, deeper public fund reform, higher costs for securities-related illegal activity and crime, and faster response and handling of negative and false market narratives.