# China changes stock market rules weeks before DeepSeek filed to list: Is that a coincidence?

> Source: <https://techfundingnews.com/china-deepseek-star-market-rule-change-ipo/>
> Published: 2026-07-20 11:00:00+00:00

Just three weeks before the Hangzhou-based AI developer DeepSeek was preparing to file for a mainland listing, the…