Article 41 The securities as purchased or sold by the parties involved in securities transaction may be in paper form or in any other form as approved by the securities regulatory authority under the State Council.

Article 42 The securities transaction shall be carried out in the form of spot goods as well as any other form as prescribed by the State Council.

Article 43 The practitioners in stock exchanges, securities companies as well as securities registration and clearing institutions, the functionary of securities regulatory bodies as well as any other personnel who have been prohibited by laws and administrative regulations from engaging in any stock transaction shall, within their tenures or the relevant statutory term, not hold or purchase or sold any stock directly or in any assumed name or in a name of any other person, nor may they accept any stocks from any other person as a present. Anyone, when becoming any person as prescribed in the preceding paragraph herein, shall transfer the stocks he has held according to law.

Article 44 The stock exchanges, securities companies as well as securities registration and clearing institutions shall keep secret for the accounts as opened for their clients according to law.

Article 45 A securities trading service institution and the relevant personnel that produce such documents as auditing reports, asset appraisal reports or legal opinions for stock issuance may not purchase or sell any of the aforesaid stocks within the underwriting term of stocks or within 6 months as of the expiration of the underwriting term of stocks.
Except for the provisions as prescribed in the preceding paragraph herein, a securities trading service institutions and the relevant personnel that produce such documents as auditing reports, asset appraisal reports or legal opinions for listed companies may not purchase or sell any of the aforesaid stocks within the period from the day when an entrustment of a listed company is accepted to the day when the aforesaid documents are publicized.

Article 46 The charge for securities transaction shall be reasonable. The charging items, standards as well as methods shall be publicized. The charging items, standards and administrative measures of securities transaction shall be uniformly formulated by the relevant administrative department under the State Council.

Article 47 Where any director, supervisor and senior manager of a listed company or any shareholder who holds more than 5% of the shares of a listed company, sells the stocks of the company as held within 6 months after purchase, or purchases any stock as sold within 6 months thereafter, the proceeds generated therefrom shall be incorporated into the profits of the relevant company. The board of directors of the company shall withdraw the proceeds. However, where a securities company holds more than 5% of the shares of a listed company, which are the residing stocks after sale by proxy as purchased thereby, the sale of the foregoing stocks may not be limited by a term of 6 months. Where the board of directors of a company fails to implement the provisions as prescribed in the preceding paragraph herein, the shareholders concerned have the right to require the board of directors to implement them within 30 days. Where the board of directors of a company fails to implement them within the aforesaid term, the shareholders have the right to directly file a litigation with the people's court in their own names for the interests of the company. Where the board of directors of a company fail to implement the provisions as prescribed in paragraph 1herein, the directors in charge shall bear the joint and several liabilities according to law.
 
Section II Listing of Securities

Article 48 An application for the listing of any securities shall be filed with a stock exchange and shall be subject to the examination and approval of the stock exchange according to law and a listing agreement shall be reached by both parties. The stock exchanges shall, according to the decision of the department as authorized by the State Council, arrange the listing of government bonds.

Article 49 As for an application for the listing of any stocks, convertible corporate bonds or any other securities, to which a recommendation system is applied, as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations, an institution with the qualification of recommendation shall be employed as the recommendation party. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 11 of the present Law shall be applied to the recommendation party of listing.

Article 50 A stock-limited company that files an application for the listing of its stocks shall satisfy the following requirements:
 (1) The stocks shall have been subject to the examination and approval of the securities regulatory authority under the State Council and shall have been publicly issued;
 (2) The total amount of capital stock shall be no less than RMB 30 million yuan;
 (3) The shares as publicly issued shall reach more than 25 % of the total amount of corporate shares; where the total amount of capital stock of a company exceeds RMB 0.4 billion yuan, the shares as publicly issued shall be no less than 10% thereof; and
 (4) The company may not have any major irregularity over the latest years and there is no false record in its financial statements. A stock exchange may prescribe the requirements of listing that are more strict than those as prescribed in the preceding paragraph herein, which shall be reported to the securities regulatory authority under the State Council for approval.

Article 51 The state encourages the listing of corporate stocks that comply with the relevant industrial policies and fulfill the relevant requirements of listing.

Article 52 With regard to an application for the listing of stocks, the following documents shall be reported to a stock exchange:
 (1) The listing report;
 (2) The resolution of the general assembly of shareholders regarding the application for the listing of stocks;
 (3) The constitution of the company;
 (4) The business license of the company;
 (5) The financial statements of the company for the latest years as audited by an accounting firm according to law;
 (6) The legal opinions as well as the Recommendation Letter of Listing;
 (7) The latest prospectus; and
 (8) Any other document as prescribed by the listing rules of the stock exchange.

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