Hong Kong, Shanghai open stock exchange link(1/4)

Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee Han Zheng (L) and Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission Xiao Gang hit a gong during the launch ceremony of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shanghai on November 17, 2014. The landmark stock trading link program allowing Hong Kong and Shanghai investors to buy and sell shares on each other's bourse is officially launched on Monday, marking the start of one of China's most significant moves to further open its capital markets. [Photo / Zhang Hengwei]