International stocks usually refer to stocks issued by foreign companies on a country's stock market and expressed in the currency of that country or a third country.

In the international stock market, the issuance and trading of stocks are realized through the primary market and the secondary market respectively.

The primary market is the stock issuance market, and the secondary market is the market for buying and selling issued stocks. In addition, according to the structure of the secondary market, it can be divided into two parts: the stock exchange market and the over-the-counter market.

The main trading products in the international stock market are:

1. Spot stocks

2. Stock futures

3. Stock index futures , referred to as stock index futures

4. Stock Option (Stock Option)

5. Depositary Receipt (DR, Deposit Receipt)

The international nature of the international stock market This is reflected in the following aspects:

1. In the domestic stock market, qualified foreign institutional investors can trade freely and openly.

2. Domestic stocks are listed, issued and traded overseas.

For example: The Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States is an international stock market. Its international nature is reflected in the fact that companies from other countries other than the United States can list and issue stocks on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and It can be bought and sold freely in the secondary market.

The internationalization of my country's stock market mainly includes two channels: overseas listing and opening up of the domestic stock market. my country's stock market is still relatively open to the outside world, and Chinese companies have adopted some different financing structures when entering the world's capital markets.

On November 5, 2002, the China Securities Regulatory Commission promulgated the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Domestic Securities Investments by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors". my country officially began to implement the QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors) system, and China's capital market began to Conditionally open to qualified foreign institutional investors.

3. Stock transactions in the international stock market can be freely bought and sold within the scope of mature international conditions. For example: the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States, its listed stocks can be traded within my country.