On October 15, the Ministry of Natural Resources and SZSE signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on promoting high-quality development of maritime economy and held a maritime SMEs investing and financing project roadshow at SZSE. Wang Hong, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Director of the State Oceanic Administration, and Wang Jianjun, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee and President & CEO of SZSE attended the event.

Ocean is a strategically important area for high-quality development, and maritime economy serves as important support to the building of a maritime power. The capital market, as important part of the modern economic system, offers an effective platform to guide the gathering and circulation of maritime production factors, facilitate the transformation of maritime technological and innovation results, and achieve the high-quality development of maritime economy. SZSE has always paid great attention to serving the maritime industry and actively supported the development of technological and innovation-oriented enterprises, growth enterprises and private enterprises. Through long-term exploration and practices, SZSE has gradually formed a capital market ecosystem that matches innovation and startups in the maritime field. At present, there are 54 SZSE-listed companies involving maritime resources, with total market value of over CNY300 billion and total financing of about CNY150 billion, covering such fields as maritime high-end equipment manufacturing, ocean transportation, maritime information service, maritime biomedicine, etc. SZSE has effectively helped improve maritime economic benefit and promoted maritime science and technology development.

SZSE and the Ministry of Natural Resources have maintained close relations for a long time and conducted in-depth communication in cultivating pre-IPO companies, investing and financing matchmaking, etc. The two parties have jointly held “Investing and Financing Roadshow of Small and Medium-sized Maritime Enterprises” for four years straight, which has served over 100 maritime innovation-oriented enterprises. On the basis of previous sound cooperation, the two parties signed the strategic cooperation framework agreement to further deepen the cooperation in market service, investing and financing roadshow, supply of innovative products and information and personnel exchange for maritime enterprises.

Since the beginning of the year, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have issued the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Opinions on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pioneering Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics successively, both of which have laid down specific requirements on the development of maritime economy. SZSE will, seizing the opportunity of deepened cooperation and keeping in mind the development of maritime economy in the Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen’s building of a “global maritime center”, increase efforts in the cultivation of maritime enterprises planning to be listed, provide lifecycle capital market services to maritime enterprises, continue to advance the innovation of financial products, support the establishment of a modern maritime industry system through multiple channels and on all fronts, serve the high-quality development of maritime economy and contribute to China’s building of a maritime power.