Chinese stock markets have experienced a down trend in recent months, but a recent survey conducted by the China Youth Daily shows that more than half of respondents still have confidence in the country's economy and investment.

Despite inflation, natural disasters, price rise that affecting the stock markets, the paper points out most of the investors are still optimistic and become more rational in investing. Experts say investors began to choose diverse investment tools to keep risk at a lower level.

The paper quotes Professor Guo Min from the University of International Business and Economics as saying that investors should learn to invest effectively and reasonably. They could choose stock, funds, gold, housing, insurance in their portfolio.