"While they aren't technically shares, depository receipts could entitle investors to hold stakes elsewhere, becoming a de facto route to these companies," said Li Chao, a senior financial technology analyst at consultancy iResearch.

New technologies are set to bridge the digital gap between the countryside and urban areas, promote high-quality development, and entitle farmers with the shared dividends of the digital economy.

Announced by the State Council in late October, such policies entitle small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector to defer tax payments to ease the impact of rising commodity costs.