China Equity Strategy Korean investors positive on China

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China Equity Strategy Korean investors positive on China

22 May 2026

Equity Research Report

China Equity Strategy EquityChina Strategy

Korean investors positive on China

◆ Most Korean investors are overweight China (MSCI EM) and Steven Sun*, CFA (Reg. No. S1700517110003)

HSTECH is a popular holding Head of Research, HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited

stevensun@hsbcqh.com.cn

◆ Potential impact on the memory sector competition landscape +86 755 8898 3158

from CXMT and YMTC’s upcoming A-share listings is among Jeffrey Xie* (Reg. No. S1700523100002)

Analyst, China Equity Strategy Research

the most discussed HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited

jeffrey.p.xie@hsbcqh.com.cn

+86 10 5795 2361

◆ …as well as the AI exposure of various China tech indices

Neal Chen*, PhD (Reg. No. S1700524120001)

(STAR 50, ChiNext and HSTECH) and how this affects Analyst, China Equity Strategy Research

HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited

performance neal.m.chen@hsbcqh.com.cn

+86 21 5066 2066

Lydia Li*, CFA (Reg. No. S1700525040002)

We conducted a two-day China equity strategy marketing trip in Korea and met with Analyst, China Equity Strategy Research

10+ institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, local asset managers, HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited

lydia.j.y.li@hsbcqh.com.cn

and foreign institutional investors, and summarise our key feedback in this note. +86 21 5066 2022

What is the biggest surprise? The KOSPI has been the best performer globally

* Employed by a non-US affiliate of HSBC Securities (USA) Inc, and is

YTD and QTD, driven by the continuing validation of the AI theme and the strong not registered/ qualified pursuant to FINRA regulations

pricing momentum of DRAM, NAND and HBM. However, few Korean investors we