The CSRC issued a statement and posted photos of Wu Qing in meetings hours after a report said he had sought to resign for health reasons.

China’s top securities watchdog appeared in public just hours after he was reported to have offered his resignation, in what analysts said could be an effort by authorities to prevent market destabilisation. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement on Thursday that its chairman Wu Qing was travelling to France and Brazil from November 10 to 13. It also displayed photos on its website of Wu taking part in meetings in the two countries. The prompt and rare publicity of…

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