[Hainan Free Trade Port cross-border asset management pilot expansion, 2 public offerings, 3 securities firms, 5 banks are listed] On September 24th, the official website of Hainan Securities Regulatory Bureau showed that Huatai Securities Haikou Guoxing Avenue Securities Business Department has completed the registration for the Hainan Free Trade Port cross-border asset management pilot business. The filing date is September 23, becoming the first securities sales agency in the pilot. As of now, the number of pilot institutions that have completed registration has increased to 10, including 4 issuers, including two securities firms, Jinyuan Securities and Wanhe Securities, and two fund companies, Huibaichuan Fund and Peng'an Fund; there are 6 sales institutions, all of which are banks except Huatai Securities, including Industrial Bank Haikou Branch, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Haikou Branch, China Merchants Bank Haikou Branch, CITIC Bank Haikou Branch, and Minsheng Bank Haikou Branch. Judging from the pace of filing, banking institutions have entered the market one after another since the launch of the pilot. In December 2025 and April 2026, China Merchants Bank Haikou Branch and China CITIC Bank Haikou Branch completed the filing. (Reporter Lin Jian)