Investors refer to natural persons and legal persons who invest cash to buy certain assets in the hope of obtaining benefits or profits. Investors in a broad sense include company shareholders, creditors and stakeholders. Investors in a narrow sense refer to shareholders.

in the financial market, the so-called investors refer to all individuals and institutions, including depositors, who purchase financial instruments to finance financial transactions. The investor is called an investor when verifying the capital. Investors generally have the characteristics of conservative trading, low risk load and less dependence on information.

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Category

1. Strategic investors refer to legal persons who meet the requirements of national laws, regulations and provisions, have cooperative relations or cooperative intentions and potential with the issuer, and are willing to sign strategic investment placement agreements with the issuer in accordance with the issuer's placement requirements; It is a legal person who is closely related to the business of the issuing company and wants to hold the shares of the issuing company for a long time.

China introduces strategic investors into the issuance of new shares, and allows strategic investors to participate in subscription in the issuance of new shares by issuers. The lead underwriter is responsible for determining the general legal person investors, and each issuer gives its strategic investors a clear and detailed definition in the stock issuance announcement.

2. Securities

Securities investors are the capital suppliers of the securities market, mainly institutional investors and individual investors. Numerous securities investors ensure the continuity of securities issuance and trading. Trading securities investors who also enliven the securities market refer to institutions and individuals who buy securities for the purpose of obtaining interest, dividends or capital gains. Institutional investors are mainly securities companies, financial institutions such as mutual funds, enterprises, institutions and social organizations.

3. Institutional category

In a broad sense, it refers to a legal person institution that specializes in securities investment activities with its own funds or funds raised from scattered public hands. In western countries, securities companies, investment companies, insurance companies, various welfare funds, pension funds and financial consortia, etc., whose main sources of income are securities income, are generally called institutional investors.

among them, the most typical institution is the mutual fund which specializes in securities investment. In China, institutional investors are mainly securities self-operated institutions with securities self-operated business qualifications, and various investment funds in line with relevant national policies and regulations.