On May 19, the 2025 Global Investor Conference, hosted by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), was held in Shenzhen under the theme “New Quality Productive Forces: New Quality Productive Forces: New Opportunities in China—An Open and Innovative Shenzhen Market”. Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Li Ming, Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal Government Qin Weizhong, Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges Loh Boon Chye, and SZSE Chairperson Sha Yan attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches, with SZSE President & CEO Li Jizun presiding over the ceremony. The two-day Conference brought together nearly 400 representatives from 19 countries and regions, including financial regulators and exchanges, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, asset management companies, venture capital institutions, rating agencies, intermediaries, index providers, universities and research institutes, industry associations, and SZSE-listed companies.

Domestic and international guests shared valuable insights from various perspectives on China’s development of new quality productive forces and support for technological innovation, further encouraging global investors to explore new opportunities in investing in Chinese assets and capital markets. Some participating institutions noted that China’s manufacturing and industrial chain advantages have laid the foundation for the next round of upgrade cycles. China’s new quality productive forces are going global, with export products featuring increasing technological content, significant momentum in industrial upgrading driven by technological innovation, and a generally optimistic outlook on China’s innovation and emerging industry opportunities. It was widely agreed that new quality productive forces will drive high-quality development of China’s economy. Chinese technology products, represented by firms like DeepSeek, are prompting the world to reassess China’s technological capabilities, attracting more global investors to focus on Chinese assets and invest in Chinese markets. In the face of a complex and changing international environment, the Chinese government has maintained policy resolve to stabilize growth. China’s economy and the A-share market have demonstrated strong resilience and risk resistance amid external shocks.

During the Conference, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SZSE, and Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited jointly developed and launched the CSI Hang Seng Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Index and the CSI Hang Seng Greater Bay Area Consumption Index to better serve global investors’ cross-border asset allocation needs. In addition, 20 SZSE-listed companies representing new quality productive forces in fields such as next-generation information technology, new energy, biomedicine, and intelligent manufacturing conducted roadshows and exchanges with overseas investors. Some overseas investors also participated in the “SZSE-listed Company Open House Activity” event jointly organized by SZSE and the Hong Kong Exchange.

Actively embracing and serving the development of new quality productive forces is both the responsibility and a rare opportunity for the capital market. High-quality listed companies representing the direction of new quality productive forces are an important force in cultivating and expanding these productive forces, and will also bring more fresh vitality to the capital market, allowing investors to better share the fruits of high-quality economic development. In recent years, SZSE has earnestly implemented the CSRC’s initiatives on deepening comprehensive investment and financing reform as well as the “Sixteen Tech Measures” and “M&A Six Measures,” enriching capital market tools, products, and services in a targeted manner, and continuously improving the breadth and precision of services for the development of new quality productive forces.

Next, following the unified deployment of the CSRC, SZSE will adhere to the principles of market-oriented, rule of law, and internationalization, further deepen reform, expand opening-up, and optimize services to continuously stabilize and invigorate the capital market, creating a favorable environment for global investors to participate in China’s capital market and jointly share the dividends of China’s high-quality economic development. First, SZSE will deepen ChiNext reform, further improve diverse and inclusive systems for IPOs, refinancing, and M&A, and build a full-cycle, relay-style service system from “IP” to “IPO” to post-listing support, enhancing service convenience and accessibility, and promoting the integrated development of technological and industrial innovation. Second, SZSE will continue to encourage listed companies to focus on quality, innovation, and returns, enhance investment value, and support listed companies in using various capital market tools to strengthen their core competitiveness. Third, SZSE will continue to optimize the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanism, promote the inclusion of REITs as eligible assets, expand connectivity for cross-border ETF and index products, and organize overseas roadshows for SZSE-listed companies, providing more convenient services for global investors to “increase their bet” on China through a higher level of openness.