1997年5月15日,国家计委、国务院证券委宣布,1997年股票发行规模为300亿股。次日,沪深股市作出强烈反应,分别下跌102点和497点,给高热的股市再泼一桶冰水。这是继1996年12月中旬《人民日报》发表特约评论员文章以来,调控股市的又一次重大举措。此举一出,股民和股评界议论纷纷,褒贬不一, On May 15, 1997, the State Planning Commission and the Securities Commission of the State Council announced that the size of the stock issue in 1997 was 30 billion shares. The next day, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets reacted strongly by dropping 102 points and 497 points respectively to pour another barrel of ice water into the hot stock market. This is yet another major move in the stock market control since the People’s Daily published a special commentator’s article in mid-December 1996. This move came out, investors and stock comments in the discussion, have different opinions,