On November 19, 2023 Chengdu Finance Week officially opened in the Chengdu High-tech Zone, jointly hosted by Chengdu Municipal Local Financial Regulation Bureau and Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone Administration Committee. Distinguished guests from government departments, financial institutions, financial organizations, and research institutes in countries including Luxembourg, Germany, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Hungary and others attended the opening ceremony.
2023 Chengdu Finance Week themed “Finance Empowers Sustainable Innovation, Investment Advances Inclusive Growth”, aims to further enhance Chengdu’s influence and appeal in the collaborative development of western financial center in the Chengdu-Chongqing area and improve financial services for the Belt and Road Initiative through a series of targeted keynote speeches, round-table discussions, and work achievements releases.
On the opening day, a number of achievements in the construction of western financial centre and cross-border investment and financing were displayed. CIDP (Cross-Border Investment & Financing Digital Platform), X-Nexus (An Empowerment Platform for Stock Exchanges to China) and CDIEC (Chengdu Centre for International Economic Cooperation) were launched.
2023 Chengdu Finance Week will be carried out online and offline, and it will last for more than 2 months, which is the first international event organized in the form of “Finance Week” in western China. A variety of sub-events will take place, including high-level international forums covering topics such as sovereign wealth funds, Gulf innovation investment, development finance, RMB internationalization cooperation, and the development of international financial centres.
It will also hold “JIAOZI Business Book of the Year” and “Reading Day of JIAOZI Business Book” and launch several in-depth academic research reports, including Beyond Wealth: Global Sovereign Wealth Funds, Sustainable Growth: International Financial Centres and ESG Investment and others. It will invite guest representatives to engage in deep research and cooperation discussions with governments and enterprises, further promoting cross-border cooperation in financial services and global innovation.
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