Mysterious China Reopening Plan Sparks Bourse Rally

A mysterious screenshot with no known origin, purportedly detailed “China’s reopening plan,” has led to a rally in Beijing stocks with gains of $450 billion, Stuti Mishra reported for the UK’s The Independent early on Nov. 4, 2022.

Photo Insert: The news spread like wildfire in the country where citizens have been living under strict containment policy.

The letter, which consisted of just four paragraphs of text, began circulating on the Chinese social media platform WeChat this week, leading to speculations about Xi Jinping’s plans to ease the stringent COVID restrictions and open up the country by March next year.

The letter was first posted by an anonymous account and it contained no details about its origin or where the information mentioned in the text came from, according to Bloomberg news which first reported the letter.

However, the news spread like wildfire in the country where citizens have been living under strict containment policy.

It claimed that a meeting was held on Sunday of COVID-19 experts at the request of President Xi. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, China reported 531 new local COVID cases in the mainland.

It also said the meeting was conducted by China’s top official Wang Huning, one of seven men on the powerful Politburo Standing Committee – which was attended by members of the economic and propaganda departments there.

The text referred to Mr. Xi as a “big boss” and used “WHN” to refer to Mr. Wang in a bid to sidestep the tight censorship on WeChat, the only social media platform allowed in the country that banned Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular platforms.

It said the participants in the meeting discussed “speeding up a conditional opening plan, with the goal of substantially opening by March next year.”

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