Trading platform between Hong Kong and Shenzhen aims to further open up the stock market Lin Hong—a 29-year-old software engineer and amateur stock trader living in Beijing—was excited to hear that the proposed Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program had been approved. Trading platform between Hong Kong and Shenzhen aims to further open up the stock market Lin Hong-a 29-year-old software engineer and amateur stock trader living in Beijing-was excited to hear that the proposed Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program ever been approved.