The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) announced Thursday it would ramp up efforts to attract more foreign investment and continue to reform and open up its capital markets.

The SSE said it would attract overseas "high-quality" listed companies to issue Chinese Depository Receipts on the bourse, according to a post on its official WeChat account.

It also vowed to further promote exchange-traded funds and other relevant mechanisms.

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