On June 1, the 2023 Global Investor Conference hosted by SZSE was officially held in Shenzhen. The Conference is themed “New Investment Opportunities in the Modern Capital Market with Chinese Characteristics”. CSRC’s Vice Chairman Fang Xinghai, Guangdong’s Vice Governor Zhang Xin, SZSE’s Chairman Chen Huaping, and Standing Committee member of the Shenzhen Municipal CPC Committee Zeng Pai attended and addressed the Opening Ceremony of the Conference. More than 300 representatives of domestic and foreign institutional investors, intermediaries and listed companies were present at the Conference.

Fang Xinghai extended warm congratulations on the successful holding of the Conference on behalf of CSRC. He pointed out that building a modern capital market with Chinese characteristics is an integral component of advancing Chinese modernization, and the modern capital market must be a market that opens in both directions, a market that welcomes global investors with open arms, and a market that effectively supports local enterprises going international. CSRCput forth effort to deepen the reform of the capital market and optimize policies and rules, continued to give play to the functions of the capital market, helped form a group of quality listed companies that reflect high-quality development, and expanded high-standard institutional opening-up of the capital market. CSRC welcomes eligible international financial institutions and investors to continue to seize opportunities to expand their investment scale and standard in China and invites them to share the dividends of the healthy and stable growth of the Chinese economy. CSRC is also looking forward to continuing to hold multi-level communication and cooperation events of various forms with relevant parties and jointly building an efficient and inclusive global capital market that will inject more innovation vitality and stability into the development of the world economy.

Zhang Xin pointed out that Guangdong is a large economic province, financial province and capital market province in China. In recent years, a group of Guangdong-based enterprises have grown bigger and stronger through the capital market and become core engines of high-quality economic development of Guangdong. The Conference has provided a quality platform for international investors and financial institutions to learn about China’s economic development and explore the investment value of the Chinese capital market. Zhang Xin hoped that the attendees would make full use of the platform to continue to improve the efficiency of the capital market in serving the real economy. Guangdong will actively participate in and promote the reform and opening up of the capital market, fully support SZSE inbuilding a world-class exchange featured by a quality innovation capital center, and create a market-oriented, rule-of-law-based, and international business environment. Meanwhile, Guangdong will establish a higher-quality and more efficient financial service system, deepen communication and cooperation with global investors and financial institutions, and provide strong drive for China’s economic growth.

Zeng Pai said that Shenzhen, as the special economic zone that was the first in China to implement reform and opening up, does the best and exerts the greatest influence in reform and opening up. It is an important economic center and financial center of China and also one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese capital market. Currently, Shenzhen is facing major strategic opportunities for development including the dual driver of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Area of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, the development of Shenzhen as Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Area of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and the building of comprehensive reform pilot zone and overall deepening of reform and opening up in Qianhai cooperation zone. The Conference has shown to the world the confidence and determination of the Chinese capital market to open to the outside world, further strengthened the cooperation between Shenzhen and global investors and financial institutions, helped Shenzhen builditself intoan economic center citywith greater global influenceandamodern international metropolis. Shenzhen welcomes global investors to invest and conduct business and cooperate with Shenzhen for common development.

Chen Huaping expressed warm welcome to leaders and guests attending the Conference on behalf of SZSE. He pointed out that in recent years, under the leadership of CSRC, SZSE has earnestly practiced the sustainable development concept, optimized and refined the multi-tiered market system, and constantly enriched investment and financing products. SZSE has continuouslyimproved the standard of opening up, steadily advanced reform, development and stability, pushed factors and resources to gather in technological innovation fields at ahigher speed, and actively served the formation of a new pattern of development and high-quality development. Next, SZSE will continue to followtheorientationof serving high-quality development, put forth effort to refine the system of policies and regulations and the product system, make market operation more standardized and transparentthroughefficient regulation, and continue to advance high-standard opening up with the goal of facilitating win-win cooperation. SZSE will strive to build itself into a world-class exchange featured by a quality innovation capital center and help create a sound environment for global investors to participate in the Chinese capital market and share new opportunities of China’s development.

The Global Investor Conference is an important event of SZSE to advance high-standard opening up. It has been held for four consecutive years since 2020 and has built a bridge for communication and mutual reference between domestic and overseas markets. This year’s Conference attracted extensive participation of foreign institutions. Compared to last year, the number of foreign institutions attending the Conference further increased and the types of institutions were more diverse. During the 2-day Conference, nearly 30 keynote speeches and roundtable discussions were conducted centering on four major topics of the opening up of the Chinese capital market, the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the connectivity mechanisms, sustainable finance and ESG investment, and fund and index investment, which showcased the Chinese capital market in details and in all respects.