The launch of a policy allowing mainland investors to open trading accounts to trade on the Hong Kong stock market will be postponed for several days, according to a joint announcement by Bank of China (BOC) and the Bank Supervision Bureau of Tianjin, Shanghai Securities News reported (in Chinese). According to the announcement, technical details for individual direct investment on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange need to solved before the accounts receive approval from the National Development and Reform Commission. The bank has received over 2,000 applications for trading accounts since August 23, according to BOC's Tianjin branch.