The first batch of 10 science and technology innovation bond ETFs collectively submitted for approval, filling the gap in the "technology finance" bond fund sector.

Against the background of the continuous expansion of the technology innovation bond market, the first batch of science and technology innovation bond ETFs made their official debut. On the morning of June 18, Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, stated at the 2025 Lujiazui Forum: "We will vigorously develop science and technology innovation bonds, optimize issuance and trading system arrangements, promote the improvement of interest subsidies, guarantees, and other supporting mechanisms, accelerate the launch of science and technology innovation bond ETFs, and actively develop convertible bonds, convertible bonds, and other stock-debt combination products." In the afternoon of the same day, the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission showed that 10 public funds, including E Fund, Southern Fund, Fuguo Fund, Boshi Fund, Penghua Fund, and Invesco Great Wall Fund, collectively submitted the first batch of science and technology innovation bond ETFs. Li Yishuo, General Manager of the Fixed Income Index Investment Department of E Fund, said that science and technology innovation bonds are important tools for the capital market to support the financing of technology innovation enterprises, which helps to promote the precise and efficient flow of funds from the bond market into the field of technology innovation, providing diversified financing channels for related enterprises and better serving the development of new productive forces. Recently, the issuance of science and technology innovation bonds has been accelerating, and the market capacity continues to expand, laying a market foundation for the launch of science and technology innovation bond ETFs.