Reuters said in a report that Shein has confidentially submitted its IPO registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and could debut the stock market before the end of 2023.

路透社在一篇报道中表示，Shein已秘密向美国证券交易委员会提交了IPO注册，并可能在2023年底前首次上市。

The company is working with financial advisers on the planned offering, and is aiming to file a listing application in Hong Kong confidentially as early as the second half of 2019, the source said.

Reuters reported earlier this year that Lixiang confidentially filed in December for an initial public offering in the United States, aiming to raise at least $500 million.

According to Yi, China has never banned audit firms from providing working papers of overseas-listed Chinese firms for foreign regulators, but such information should be exchanged confidentially via a regulatory cooperation channel as required by law.