While the ongoing COVID pandemic is a bane of many businesses, for some companies such as test kit manufacturers, it's a boon.

虽然持续的新冠肺炎疫情对许多企业来说是一个祸害，但对一些公司来说，如检测试剂盒制造商，这是一个福音。

Will it be a boon for, or a bane of, China's exports, and how should China make use of the agreement to boost its exports and improve trade quality?

Such a success would encourage similar reforms in other regions, and help solve the bane of China's financial system－price distortion－thereby unleashing great economic growth potential, Hong said.

Dong Dengxin, director of the Finance and Securities Institute at the Wuhan University of Science and Technology, said any adoption of the T+0 system by the whole A-share market could help contain excessive speculation, which has been the bane of the market.

One year later, more sub-markets may begin to adopt the system, helping to solve the bane of the Chinese stock market－excessive administrative controls," he said.

Speculative trading has been the bane of the A-share market as investors are not fully aware of the long-term profit opportunities, he said.