China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. announced a private placement of 592,814,900 A shares at an issue price of CNY15.06 per share for the gross proceeds of CNY 8,927,792,394 on December 16, 2022. The transaction included to not more than 35 specific investors. The transaction included participation from China Merchants Port Investment Development Company Limited for 449,155,900 shares and Shenzhen Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. for 143,659,000 shares. The transaction has been approved in the 12th session of the company's 3rd directorate for 2022, the 2nd session of the company's 3rd directorate for 2023, 3rd session of the company's 3rd supervisory board for 2022, first session of the company's 3rd supervisory board for 2023 and approval in principle of China Merchants Group. The transaction is still subject to directorate to approve the formal plan, state-owned assets supervision and management department or other competent units need to approve the transaction plan, Company's shareholders' meeting and Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission. The subscribed by China Merchants Port must not be transferred within 18 months after issuance and subscribed by the other investors must not be transferred within 6 months after issuance.

On March 13, 2023, the company announced that it has received the "Notice on Accepting Application Documents of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. to Issue Shares to Purchase Assets and Raise Supporting Funds " ([2023] No. 258) issued by Shenzhen Stock Exchange.