He Lifeng attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 Lujiazui Forum and delivered a speech.

Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council, He Lifeng, attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 Lujiazui Forum on the 17th and delivered a speech. Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, Chen Jining, also attended the event. He Lifeng pointed out that in recent years, China has adhered to the work mainline of preventing risks, strengthening supervision, and promoting high-quality development in the financial sector, and has continuously pushed forward the development of the financial industry. At present, the global economic development and global financial operations are facing challenges as the century-old changes are accelerating. China will steadfastly anchor the road of financial development with Chinese characteristics, fully implement the deployment outline of the "Five-Year Plan for the 15th Five-Year Period," serve the high-quality development of the economy, and inject stability into the world economy. China will continue to steadily expand institutional opening in the financial field, welcome financial institutions from all over the world to deepen their presence in the Chinese market, and share opportunities for development in China. He Lifeng emphasized that in the face of global development and governance challenges, the only correct path is based on international rules and multilateralism, with mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation. China will continuously improve financial rule of law and resolutely safeguard national financial security. China is willing to strengthen global financial governance cooperation with all parties and work together to address risks and challenges. He Lifeng pointed out that Shanghai has gathered global financial resources, and its unique advantage as an international financial center continues to emerge. It will support the development of offshore finance in Shanghai, accelerate the construction of the global allocation center for RMB assets and the risk management center, improve the level of facilitation of cross-border trade and investment, further enrich and perfect product systems including credit, insurance, bonds, and other products, and promote new breakthroughs and enhancements in the construction of the Shanghai International Financial Center.