Singaporean media Lianhe Zaobao reported on the 10th, conveying experts' views that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and fluctuations in the South Korean market may have prompted Chinese authorities to "prepare in advance" in response to reports that Chinese securities companies are strengthening screening for customers.

According to the article, US Bloomberg recently reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that several securities companies, including CITIC Securities and East Money Information, have recently raised compliance requirements for customers wishing to engage in leveraged trading and derivatives (financial derivatives) trading. According to sources, prior to approving the use of margin trading and options accounts, they will more strictly review asset status, trading experience, and risk tolerance. Some securities companies will restrict new borrowing for investors who have opened new accounts within the past six months or who have frequently been asked to deposit additional margin. According to Bloomberg's summary, 966,060 new margin trading accounts were opened from January to June, a 60% increase year-on-year. In June alone, 179,021 new accounts were opened, a 77% increase compared to the same month last year, highlighting the surge in demand from individual investors for leveraged trading.

The article reported analyses by Chen Bo, a senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore, and Sheng Meng, a director at boutique investment bank Chanson & Company, stating that in addition to AI-related themes continuing to heat up and symbolic initial public offerings (IPOs) from semiconductor memory giant Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and humanoid robot developer Unitree Robotics stimulating irrational market sentiment, and in response to intense fluctuations in the South Korean stock market, among other factors, it may have prompted Chinese regulators to take "preparatory measures" to avoid excessive leverage in the market and curb the spread of speculative fervor.