汇丰将成在华上市的首家外资银行
HSBC will be the first foreign bank to offer Chinese Depository Receipts.
汇丰银行将成为可以提供中国存托凭证的首家外国银行。
Plans for the London-Shanghai stock exchange have been in the works for a long time, and in recent months it has rapidly developed for its launch at the end of the year.
These plans will give global investors the chance to access shares in Chinese companies and vice versa - Chinese investors will have a chance to buy London stock listed stock.
Jason Lui, head of Asia Pacific equity derivative strategy at BNP Paribas, told the Financial Times: "It's significant as this is the first time Chinese domestic investors can trade a foreign company in their own market through Chinese Depository Receipts.
"This is a way to test CDRs through this new channel because, for onshore investors, the CDR is still a very new concept."
Talks to list HSBC on the Chinese stock exchange have been ongoing for over ten years, although initial plans did not work out as initially expected.