Asian stocks jumped on Thursday as Beijing sought to ease recent regulatory concerns. China Securities Journal said the market correction was a short-term event shock, rather than a reversal caused by changes in fundamentals. Also, the China Securities Regulatory Wednesday held a meeting with global investment banks and said will continue to allow Chinese companies to go public in the US. Traders also digest a more dovish tone from the Fed although the central bank signalled is closer to start tapering. The Hang Seng led the gains across the Asia-Pacific region (+2.8%), boosted by tech shares and recovered some ground after falling more than 8% over two days early this week. The Shanghai Composite gained more than 1.5% and the Nikkei 225 0.7%. The ASX 200 ended 0.5% higher and the Kospi finished 0.1% up as Samsung Electronics forecasts strong demand for memory chips in H2 2021.