Zhang Ying, a reporter from Shenzhen Business Daily and a reporter from the Reading and Innovation Client in Guangzhou
On December 22, the 2023 China Science and Technology Finance Forum was held in Guangzhou.
Photo courtesy of the organizer.
The forum released the "China Urban Science and Technology Finance Ecology Index Report". The report was jointly completed by experts and scholars in the field of science and technology finance organized by the China Science and Technology Finance Alliance, the Institute of Science and Technology Finance Innovation, the China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute, and the Shenzhen Association for the Promotion of Industry-University-Research Cooperation, and conducted a comprehensive evaluation and ranking of the ecological development of science and technology finance in more than 30 cities in China.
According to the results of the report, the top five cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. The report pointed out that the three major national financial centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen lead the way, and their overall value is significantly higher than that of other cities.
The provider of science and technology financial services is financial institutions, and only when a city has the advantages of a developed financial industry and a concentration of financial institutions can it have a resource base for the innovation and development of science and technology finance. Among the top 10 cities in terms of resource enrichment, Shenzhen ranks 6669 points ranked third in the country, in Beijing (9654 points) and Shanghai (8932 minutes).
The report proposes to develop the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into a world-leading fintech centre, with Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the leading centres to promote fintech connectivity.
At the same time, a number of signing activities were held at the forum, including the signing of contracts between China Science and Technology Finance Alliance and Guangzhou Science and Technology Finance Group and Shenzhen Venture Capital Association, marking that all parties will work together to promote the in-depth integration and development of science and technology finance and inject new impetus into the construction of venture capital ecology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Wu Xiaolan Chair Professor of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhao Changwen, Professor of Lingnan College, Fang Hanting, Doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University, and other university scholars delivered keynote speeches, Huang Cheng, Chairman of Guangzhou Financial Holding Guangjin, Tan Weihao, President of Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Industry-University-Research Cooperation, Wang Hongwei, Executive General Manager of Shenzhen Innovation Investment Group and General Manager of Talent Investment Department, Feng Jie, Chairman of Shenzhen Lihe Science and Technology Venture Capital, and Li Siping, Managing Partner of Qianhai Ark Asset Management and Secretary-General of the Investment Committee, conducted a high-end dialogue.
At the same time, the forum also carried out a project roadshow, and three high-quality overseas talent projects of Shenzhen Resproli Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Dafang Intelligent Technology, and Guangzhou Sruiter Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. were brilliantly displayed, covering biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing and other fields.
The forum was hosted by the Organizing Committee of the 2023 Maritime Trade Fair, organized by the China Science and Technology Finance Alliance, the Shenzhen Association for the Promotion of Industry-University-Research Cooperation, and the Guangzhou Science and Technology Finance Group, and invited more than 200 experts and scholars, investment and financing institutions and representatives of science and technology enterprises from universities, scientific research institutions and science and technology finance to jointly promote the deep integration of science and technology and finance, and make suggestions and suggestions for building a new ecology of science and technology finance.