Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Accelerating the development of new productive forces and investing in China is investing in the future.

On May 19, the 2025 Global Investors Conference hosted by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was held in Shenzhen. Next, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will adhere to the unified deployment of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, adhere to the direction of marketization, legalization, and internationalization, deepen reforms, expand opening up, optimize services, and continuously stabilize and activate the capital market, to create a good environment for global investors to participate in the Chinese capital market and share the dividends of high-quality development of the Chinese economy. First, with the deepening of the reform of the ChiNext Board as the traction, further improve the diverse and inclusive system mechanisms for issuing and listing, refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, etc., improve the full-cycle, relay service system from "IP" to "IPO" to post-listing optimization and strengthening, enhance service convenience and accessibility, promote the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation. Second, continue to promote listed companies to focus on quality, innovation, and returns, enhance investment value, support listed companies in using various capital market tools to enhance core competitiveness. Third, continue to optimize the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanism, promote inclusion of REITs in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect targets, expand cross-border ETF product connectivity and index product cross listing, conduct overseas roadshows for Shenzhen-listed companies for foreign investors, and provide more convenient services to "upgrade" China at a higher level for global investors. The full text is as follows: Accelerating the development of new quality productivity and investing in China is investing in the future - the Shenzhen Stock Exchange hosted the 2025 Global Investors Conference The 2025 Global Investors Conference hosted by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was held in Shenzhen on May 19, with the theme of "New Quality Productivity: Investing in China's New Opportunities - the Open and Innovative Shenzhen Market". Li Ming, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Tan Wee Pin, Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal Government, Lu Wencai, Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges, and Sha Yan, Chairman of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Li Jizun, General Manager of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, presided over the opening ceremony. The conference lasted for two days, with nearly 400 representatives from financial regulatory agencies, exchanges, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, asset management companies, venture capital institutions, rating agencies, intermediary institutions, index providers, universities and research institutions, industry associations, as well as representatives of Shenzhen-listed companies attending. Domestic and foreign guests shared their insights on the development of new quality productivity in China and support for technological innovation from different perspectives, further promoting global investors to explore new opportunities for investing in Chinese assets and capital markets. Some participating organizations stated that China's manufacturing industry and industrial chain advantages have laid the foundation for the next upgrade cycle, and China's new quality productivity is heading towards the world, with increasingly high technological content of exported products, significant industrial upgrading under the drive of technological innovation, and optimistic attitude towards innovation opportunities in China and Shenzhen's New Industries Biomedical Engineering. It is widely believed that new quality productivity will drive high-quality development of the Chinese economy, with Chinese technological products represented by DeepSeek re-evaluating China's technological level in the world, attracting more and more global investors to focus on Chinese assets and invest in the Chinese market. Faced with complex and changing international situations, the Chinese government remains steadfast in its efforts to stabilize growth, and the resilience and risk resistance of the Chinese economy and A-share market under external impact have shown relatively strong resilience. During the conference, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, cooperated with Hang Seng Index Co., Ltd. to jointly compile and release the Guo Zheng Hang Seng Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Index and Guo Zheng Hang Seng Greater Bay Area Consumer Index, to better serve the cross-border asset allocation needs of global investors. In addition, 20 Shenzhen-listed companies representing new quality productivity in fields such as next-generation information technology, new energy, biomedicine, and intelligent manufacturing conducted roadshows and exchanges with overseas investors, with some overseas investors participating in the "Overseas Investors Visiting Shenzhen-listed Companies" event organized jointly by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and HKEX. Actively embracing and serving the development of new quality productivity is the responsibility of the capital market and a rare opportunity. High-quality listed companies that represent the direction of new quality productivity development are important forces to nurture and strengthen new quality productivity, and will also bring more fresh streams to the capital market, enabling investors to better share the results of high-quality economic development. In recent years, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has earnestly implemented the China Securities Regulatory Commission's deployment of deepening comprehensive reforms in investment and financing and the "Sixteen Measures for Science and Technology" and "Six Measures for Mergers and Acquisitions", enriched tools, products, and services in the capital market in a targeted manner, and continuously improved the coverage and accuracy of services for the development of new quality productivity. Next, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will adhere to the unified deployment of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, adhere to the direction of marketization, legalization, and internationalization, deepen reforms, expand opening up, optimize services, continuously stabilize and activate the capital market, create a good environment for global investors to participate in the Chinese capital market, and share the dividends of high-quality development of the Chinese economy. First, with the deepening of the reform of the ChiNext Board as the traction, further improve the diverse and inclusive system mechanisms for issuing and listing, refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, etc., improve the full-cycle, relay service system from "IP" to "IPO" to post-listing optimization and strengthening, enhance service convenience and accessibility, promote the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation. Second, continue to promote listed companies to focus on quality, innovation, and returns, enhance investment value, support listed companies in using various capital market tools to enhance core competitiveness. Third, continue to optimize the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect mechanism, promote inclusion of REITs in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect targets, expand cross-border ETF product connectivity and index product cross listing, conduct overseas roadshows for Shenzhen-listed companies for foreign investors, and provide more convenient services to "upgrade" China at a higher level for global investors. This article is compiled from the WeChat public account of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange; GMTEight Editor: Huang Xiaodong.