China securities official expected to helm Shenzhen Stock Exchange: sources

China securities official expected to helm Shenzhen Stock Exchange: sources

FILE PHOTO: A bell bearing the logo of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is seen during a companies listing ceremony in Shenzhen, Guangdong province February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

China is expected to appoint a senior securities official to head its second-largest bourse, four sources said, filling a role that has been vacant for the unusually long period of seven months as the securities regulator reshuffled its leadership.