South Korean stock investors are crazy about buying Chinese stocks.

Data from SEIBro, a subsidiary of the Korea Securities Depository Settlement Institute, shows that as measured by transaction volume, China ranks second in the list of favorite overseas markets among Korean investors as of July 17 this year, just behind the United States. Korean investors have a particularly strong interest in Hong Kong stocks. As of July 18, the Hong Kong stock most held by Korean investors is Xiaomi Corporation-W. It is worth noting that as of July 18, Korean investors' deposits available for purchasing stocks have reached 66.7 trillion Korean won, at a recent high, indicating that investors still have room to increase their positions. According to data from SEIBro, as of July 18, 2025, in the past year, the top 10 net buys of Hong Kong stocks by Korean investors were Xiaomi Corporation-W, BYD Company, NIO Inc., Alibaba-W, Kinross Gold, Pinduoduo, BeiGene, Three Gorges Smart Control, Global X Hang Seng Technology ETF, and YouThin Select.