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Below is the combined 2013 holiday schedules for China stock markets including Hong Kong:

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China Stock Markets (Excluding Hong Kong) Holidays 2013

China Stock Markets (Including Hong Kong) Holiday Schedule 2013

Starting Monday March 5, the trading sessions of HKEx’s securities market will run from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon and then from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, thereby extending the afternoon session trading hours by 30 minute. At present the afternoon session starts at 1:30 pm.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange said it is hammering out the details of its long-planned international board. Its chairman Geng Liang said Wednesday: “We are actively preparing the launch of the international board, but there’s no timetable.” A number of companies with extensive operations in China, including HSBC, and quite a few Hong Kong blue-chip firms such as Bank of East Asia and Hutchison Whampoa, have said they want to list their shares on the international board.

Originally it was planned to launch the International Trade Board in 2010, which would allow foreign companies to sell shares denominated in the Chinese currency RMB. It was said it would help SSE to raise up to RMB300 billion ($43.95 billion) through initial public offerings in 2010.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange is going to align itself with market operations in mainland China. Starting from March 7, 2011, it will have five hours to trade stocks. The present schedule is from 10 am until noon and then 2:30-4 pm. Under the first phase of adjusting the schedule, trading days will start at 9:30 am, break for lunch at noon, and then resume trading at 1:30 pm until 4 pm.