Hong Kong stocks went down 159.37 points, or 0.67 percent to close at 23,527.26 Monday.
China's stock index futures closed lower Monday with the contract for January, the most actively traded, down 1.35 percent from the previous trading day to end at 3,122.0 points.
The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) on June 1, 2010, fell 32.75 points, or 2.91 percent, to close at 1,093.77 Monday.
China's stocks fell Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.66 percent, or 46.99 points, to finish at 2,791.81 points.
China will boost lending to agriculture to help counter inflation, Vice Minister of Finance Li Yong said in an article posted on the department’s website on Jan 8, Bloomberg reported.
Companies listed on China's Nasdaq-style ChiNext board have raised 116.75 billion yuan ($17.61 billion) since the board's creation in October 2009.
Foreign investment banks seeking a greater share of stock underwriting in China must focus more on smaller initial public offerings (IPOs), said the head of JPMorgan Chase & Co's Chinese operations.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, is on track to establish a deposit insurance system to strengthen risks management in the financial sector, while vowing to implement a prudent monetary policy in 2011 to soak up excessive liquidity.
The man in charge of China's top land watchdog pledged on Friday to continue to carefully manage the availability of building plots in an effort to curb soaring property prices.