China on Thursday detailed measures to encourage state-owned funds and insurers to buy more shares, aimed at stabilizing the struggling stock market at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to announce tariffs on Chinese imports.

State-owned insurers and mutual funds are expected to play a pivotal role in the process, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance said in a press briefing.

China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan of investment from state-owned insurers into shares as part of the government's latest efforts to support a struggling stock market.

Big state-owned insurance firms are guided to raise the size and proportion of their investment in shares listed on the mainland, and to allocate 30 percent of their newly generated premiums to buying stocks, Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission said at a press conference yesterday.

China introduces measures to boost its equity markets by encouraging share buybacks, higher dividends, wealth management, pension and insurance funds to invest in the markets

China is guiding local mutual funds and insurers to boost their stock purchases in the government’s latest initiative to shore up its ailing equity market as it confronts the threat of higher tariffs.

Starting this year, 30 per cent of the annual insurance premium from new policies will be put into yuan-denominated A shares, regulator Wu Qing said.

State-owned insurers and mutual funds are expected to play a pivotal role in the process of stabilizing the stock market.

China has announced plans to inject hundreds of billions of yuan into its equity markets annually, aiming to bolster investor confidence. In the first half of the year, state-owned insurers will invest at least 100