What does the increase in QFII and RQFII quotas mean?

The increase in the amount of funds foreign investors are allowed to invest in China’s financial markets is the latest in a series of steps that relax controls on cross-border capital flows. The move may help to lift equity prices in the short-term, but the wider impact will be limited without faster progress on reforms of the currency regime and state-controlled banking system.

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