Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise. Officials in Beijing

BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stocks to help jolt its languid markets out of the doldrums.

The Chinese government aims to boost domestic stock markets by ordering pensions and mutual funds to significantly increase their investment in domestic shares. This strategic move is expected to infuse hundreds of billions of yuan into the market over the next three years.

Asian shares are mixed after China rolled out more moves to boost its lagging stock markets. Hong Kong fell while Shanghai's benchmark gained 0.5%. Officials in Beijing said pension funds

BANGKOK--World shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise.

China is guiding local mutual funds and insurers to boost their stock purchases in the government’s latest initiative to shore up its ailing equity market as it confronts the threat of higher tariffs.

China rolled out a basket of measures to stabilize its stock markets, including plans to boost the amount pension can invest in the nation’s listed companies, as it combats uncertainty in a second Donald Trump presidency.

Led by the chief of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, officials from five government departments joined hands to map out the latest action plan to support a struggling stock market.

chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, told reporters. He said this should pump "hundreds of billions of yuan of new long-term funds" into the stock market.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the country's top securities watchdog, said at a work conference on Monday that it will step up joint monitoring and supervision of the country's stock, exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets, as well as the futures and spot markets.

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