If Mr Guo does not pour all the cash he has promised into Sharp, his investors would be relieved.

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As well as opening the door to better companies, Mr Guo is trying to show the door to bad ones.

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Mr Guo is trying both to smarten up the firms on the market and educate the investors who buy their shares.

ECONOMIST: China��s stockmarkets

Over half of those who bought shares on the first day of trading suffered losses within three months, Mr Guo says.

ECONOMIST: China��s stockmarkets

Mr Guo surely knows that in the jungle, mistakes can prove fatal.

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Mr Guo has put his faith in investor education.

ECONOMIST: China��s stockmarkets

During his first year in charge, Mr Guo has set about cracking down on insider trading, cajoling firms to pay dividends, opening the door to foreign investors, uprooting rotten companies from the exchange, and encouraging better firms to list on it, at better prices.

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Mr. Guo added that Beijing plans to start construction of 160, 000 public-housing units this year.

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Mr. Guo's remarks come after his Shanghai counterpart said the coastal city will continue policies to rein in home prices.

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Close to 90% of homes sold in 2011 were to first-time buyers, Mr. Guo said in an annual work report to city officials.

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Mr. Guo was a strong advocate of financial market reform.

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