The 2022 Shenzhen Stock Exchange Global Investor Conference (virtual) was opened on May 24, 2022. Mr. Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Ms. Sha Yan, President & CEO of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Mr. Zeng Pai, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, Director General of Qianhai Authority, and Secretary of CPC Nanshan District Committee, delivered video speeches at the opening ceremony.

The theme of the Conference was “Sharing High-quality Development Opportunities and Promoting High-level Two-way Opening-up”. The four-day event attracted around 200 industry experts and representatives of investment institutions from home and abroad. Senior officials from Shenzhen Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau and Qianhai Financial Regulatory Bureau, experts from CITIC Securities, CICC and other industry institutions, and heads of leading domestic and overseas investment institutions, such as ChinaAMC, CSOP Asset Management, Fidelity International, BlackRock, MSCI and J.P. Morgan Asset Management delivered keynote speeches and held panel discussions for international investors focusing on the topics of institutional opening-up of capital market, serving the development of real economy, improving market connectivity mechanisms, supporting low-carbon and sustainable development, and serving the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Area for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. Conference participants held in-depth discussions on strengthening capital allocation to high-quality assets in China, long-term investment in the Chinese market and supporting innovative transformation and development of economy.

SZSE has held global investor service events for three consecutive years. On the basis of earlier activities, this year’s Global Investor Conference focuses on serving the information needs of overseas medium and long-term investors. A joint promotion session for Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing stock exchanges and an online roadshow by listed companies for overseas investors were highlights of this year’s event, providing a platform to further improve the breadth and depth of overseas investors' understanding and participation in China's capital market.

Under the leadership of the CSRC, SZSE will explore ways to enhance mechanism and channels for market opening-up, improve international investor service system, promote the two-way opening-up of the capital market at higher level, actively create a market environment facilitating the market access by medium and long-term funds, and strive to build a high-quality innovation capital center and a world-class exchange, so as to better serve the creation of a new development paradigm and high-quality economic development.