Open ENROLLMENT Programs (Public Training Course)

This training program is designed to provide Thai industry professionals, senior managers, and investment practitioners with a structured and in-depth understanding of China’s economic system and financial markets, with a particular focus on the equity market and mutual fund industry.

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the main structural features and patterns of Chinese financial markets

• Understand the modern history and key reform stages of China’s capital market development

• Recognize institutional differences between Chinese and Western financial systems

30 industry professionals, senior managers, and investment practitioners.

Part I: China’s Economic Development and Institutional Structure

The first part of the program introduces:

• The economic development trajectory of China

• The transformation of China’s economic structure

• The roles of public and private institutions

• Key economic, social, and political forces shaping China’s development

This section establishes the institutional foundations of China’s system and reviews major reforms over the past decades, enabling participants to understand how economic structure, policy design, and institutional evolution interact.

Part II: China’s Capital Markets – Equity Market and Mutual Fund Industry

The second part focuses on:

• The structure and evolution of China’s equity market

• The development of the mutual fund industry

• Major regulatory and institutional characteristics of China’s capital markets

• Structural features that differentiate Chinese financial markets from Western markets

As the world’s second largest equity market by market capitalization, China has become an increasingly important destination for global institutional capital. Although its markets share certain foundational features with developed markets, they exhibit distinctive characteristics in regulatory structure, investor composition, and pricing dynamics.

Understanding China’s capital markets therefore requires more than technical knowledge; it requires insight into the country’s institutional logic, policy framework, and broader economic and cultural context. Such perspective is critical for informed and strategic engagement with China’s financial markets. Given that Thai institutional and individual investors can access Chinese equities through channels such as QFII and the Shanghai–Hong Kong and Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanisms, this program will also provide practical insight into how these access routes operate within the broader institutional environment.

Bin Zhao, Associate Professor in Finance, has been a faculty member at Thammasat University for six years.

Prior to joining Thammasat, she taught Chinese Financial Markets for both undergraduate and master’s programs at NYU Shanghai. She also delivered an executive-format short course for the NYU-HKUST MBA Program, combining structured lectures with industry practitioner sessions.

In addition to academic teaching, she has provided consulting services to international investment banks on the Chinese equity market and worked on projects at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, gaining direct exposure to the institutional development of China’s capital markets.

Her research specializes in China’s financial markets, with particular emphasis on asset pricing and investor behavior, integrating cultural and social perspectives to provide deeper insight into the distinctive dynamics of the Chinese market.

At Thammasat, she has also taught Chinese Economy in the Bachelor of Economics program, as well as finance-related courses.

The trainee attending the program at least 80% of total training hours will be eligible for a participation certificate.

Saturday of 16 May 2026

9.00 – 16.00 hrs.

A hotel in Bangkok

8,900 Baht per each

This includes training fee, coffee breaks, lunch, training material, and e-certificate.

Thammasat Consulting Networking and Coaching Center

Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University

Email: conc@tbs.tu.ac.th

Miss Napapat Phongsai Coordinating Staff

Tel 091-119-4502