What is a blue chip? What is a red chip?

The word "blue chip" comes from western casinos. In western casinos, there are three colors of chips, among which blue chips are the most valuable, followed by red chips and white chips are the worst. Today, blue chip refers to the common stock of a company with a stable profit record, which can pay generous dividends regularly and is recognized as outstanding performance, also known as "blue chip".

Red chips refer to stocks issued by companies whose largest controlling interest directly or indirectly belongs to relevant departments or enterprises in Chinese mainland, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Chinese enterprises listed in Hong Kong. Because people describe China as a red China and the national flag as a five-star red flag, the stocks issued by listed companies associated with China are called red chips. This is an image name.

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The early red chips were mainly formed after some China companies acquired small and medium-sized listed companies in Hong Kong, such as CITIC Pacific. In recent years, the emergence of red chips is mainly formed by some mainland provinces and cities reorganizing their window companies in Hong Kong and listing them in Hong Kong, such as "Shanghai Industry".

There are so-called "red chips" and "blue chips" in Hong Kong stock market. Red chips refer to stocks issued by companies whose largest controlling interest directly or indirectly belongs to relevant departments or enterprises in Chinese mainland, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Chinese enterprises listed in Hong Kong. Because people describe China as a red China and her national flag is a five-star red flag, the stocks issued by listed companies related to China are called red chips. This is an image name.

The biggest difference between red chips and A shares lies in the listing place of the issuing company. The official name of A shares is RMB common stock. Common stock issued by a company in China for domestic institutions, organizations or individuals (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents can open A-share accounts from April 20 13 and 1 year) to subscribe and trade in RMB. Red chips are companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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