Under the guidance and unified deployment, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) , together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, China Securities Depository Limited (CSDC) set on the preparation work of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect at the beginning of 2015, launched overall business and technology preparation on May, 2016, and initiated officially the market participants technology preparation after the release of Joint Statement on 16 August, 2016, boosting various of technology preparation work comprehensively.