levering site-visit reports from chinese listed companies, we document a 39 percent increase in the percentage of kam-related site-visit questions (krq%) post-kam adoption. this effect is more pronounced for idiosyncratic kams, kams concerning operating risk, and kams effectively reduce investor information overload. kam disclosure quality and investor information demand further strengthen this effect. krq% increases with investors’ risk-belief updates upon the release of kams, suggesting kam disclosures enable sophisticated investors to target riskier firms for information acquisition. supporting this evidence, we observe decreased market uncertainty following kam-inquiring site visits. after kam adoption, kam-inquiring analysts tend to incorporate kam-related information into their research reports and make more accurate forecasts and forecast revisions that elicit stronger market reactions. our results are robust to alternative measures of kam-related inquiries, different sample periods, and two difference-in-differences specifications. collectively, our study suggests mandatory kam disclosures aid sophisticated investors in information acquisition and production.