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Shanghai is set to host the 2026 Lujiazui Forum from June 17 to 18, with more than 70 Chinese and overseas speakers expected to attend, city officials said at a press briefing last Friday.
The forum will bring together representatives from China's central financial regulators, overseas financial authorities, international organizations, stock exchanges, financial institutions and market operators. It will include eight plenary sessions covering global financial governance, capital market reform, Shanghai-Hong Kong financial cooperation, technology finance, inclusive finance and sustainable finance.
"We hope to discuss new visions for global financial governance with guests from home and abroad, seek opportunities amid challenges, and open new ground amid change," said Zhou Xiaoquan, executive deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau.
The forum will also include an international seminar on financial rule of law and a technology finance conference. Key topics include China's role in the reshaping of global industrial chains, Chinese technology companies expanding overseas, global capital entering China, and multi-level capital markets supporting new quality productive forces.
On the policy front, Zhou noted that 65 of the 70 tasks under Shanghai's 18 cross-border financial measures have already been implemented. The city's corporate foreign-exchange hedging ratio has reached 37.8 percent – 7.9 percentage points above the national average. Shanghai has also supported nine free-trade offshore bond issuances totaling 3.2 billion yuan (approximately US$450 million), while Yulan bond issuance has surpassed 25 billion yuan.
Chen Jiming, deputy director of the People's Bank of China Shanghai Headquarters, reported positive progress on the upgraded free trade account pilot, saying that enterprises' "convenience in cross-border trade, investment and financing has been significantly improved, and their sense of gain has clearly increased."
To date, 11 banks and 37 companies have joined the pilot, with cross-border receipts and payments exceeding 120 billion yuan. The pilot spans general trade, processing trade, offshore trade, services trade, cross-border financing, and overseas lending.
Capital market reform also featured prominently. Since the launch of the "1+6" reform measures for the Science and Technology Innovation Board at last year's Lujiazui Forum, the board's Growth Layer has admitted 32 existing unprofitable companies and added eight newly listed unprofitable firms. Companies in the layer recorded 37 percent revenue growth in 2025, with six subsequently turning profitable.
As of now, 11 banks and 37 companies have joined the pilot, with cross-border receipts and payments exceeding 120 billion yuan. The pilot covers general trade, processing trade, offshore trade, services trade, cross-border financing and overseas lending.
Capital market reform was another focus. Since the "1+6" reform measures for the Science and Technology Innovation Board were launched at last year's Lujiazui Forum, the Growth Layer of the board has included 32 existing unprofitable companies and added eight newly listed unprofitable firms. Companies in the layer posted 37 percent revenue growth in 2025, while six firms have since become profitable.
The board's ETFs have also expanded, with 37 new ETFs listed over the past year, bringing the total to more than 120 and total assets to about 240 billion yuan. Nearly half of the holdings are from medium- and long-term capital.
Source: City News Service
