China's stock market plunged on Monday.
After a year of heady gains, Chinese markets have been buffeted by increasing signs that economic growth is faltering.
The Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.2 percent in subdued trading on Wednesday morning.
More than 1,500 shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen dived by the daily limit.
It has been a difficult year for the world's second-largest economy.
In the past two weeks China has cut interest rates.
A series of modest support measures from the government over the year helped stave off worries of a more dramatic slowdown