Joint guidance issued today by the Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council on reforms for State Owned Enterprises

  • China to allow SOEs to bring in various investors to diversify their share ownership
  • China aims to achieve "decisive results" in SOE reforms by 2020
  • China to push restructuring at SOEs to pave way for stock listings
  • will encourage private investors to participate in SOE reforms by
  • will allow private investors to buy stakes at SOEs and buy convertible bonds issued by SOEs

Today's steps have been on the cards for a while and come nearly two years since President Xi Jimping called for market forces to play a decisive role in the better allocation of resources in the Chinese economy

Time will tell if it makes any significant difference.