Chinese stocks pop as Beijing vows more measures to boost weak economy

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A Nanjing Road pedestrian street on October 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Yan Daming | Visual China Group | Getty Images watch now China's top leaders met Monday for the much-anticipated Politburo meeting and hinted at moves to "adjust and optimize" property policy in what the leadership called a "torturous" economic recovery. State news agency Xinhua quoted the 24-member Politburo as saying "the economy is facing new difficulties and challenges." That's mainly due to weak domestic demand, operational challenges for companies as well as "a grim and complex external environment," it said. "The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to actively expand domestic demand, give full play to the basic role of consumption in driving economic growth, expand consumption by increasing residents' income," according to Xinhua. watch now "It is necessary to boost the consumption of automobiles, electronic products, and home furnishing, and promote the consumption of services such as sports, leisure, and cultural tourism," said the report. Hong Kong-listed shares of internet giants rose on Tuesday. Alibaba shares soared 4.7%, while Tencent was up nearly 4%. Meituan and Baidu shares were higher by 5.7% and 6.8% respectively. In the electric vehicle space, Xpeng soared 11%, Li Auto was up 4.15% and BYD rose 2%. "This is a reconfirmation that the [Chinese] policymakers have heard the market concern on more support needed for the domestic economy," said Xiaolin Chen, head of international at KraneShares, on CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" Tuesday. "They want to achieve the 5% GDP target of this year. The first job they need to do is to create jobs for the labor force in China," said Chen. "I do certainly see some encouraging language released from the statement that removed a lot of the concerns of people having a high focus on real estate market, employment, private investment, and so on. So far, the language has been encouraging."