[4] This was done as part of the company's restructuring as it planned to hold an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

[6] In March 2017, the SFC fined Zhongtai International $335,000 for failing to comply with Anti Money Laundering regulations when handing third-party fund deposits.

[6][12] On 26 April 2020, Li Xunlei (director of the research) and his team posted a report online regarding China's unemployment.

The report, discussing methods for calculating China's unemployment rate was considered controversial over its methodology and accuracy.

[13][14] On 17 January 2022, it was reported that Chen Long, former chief strategy analyst of Zhongtai Securities was arrested for market manipulation and insider trading related to Sokon shares.