On the afternoon of October 16, the 5th International Low Carbon (Zhenjiang) Conference and Carbon Peak Carbon Neutrality Summit 2021 Jinshan Summit - Green Finance High-end Seminar was held in Zhenjiang. Xu Shuhai, deputy secretary of the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee and mayor, Su Huizhi, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy editor-in-chief of The Lookout Weekly, delivered speeches for the seminar, and more than 150 people from government departments, experts and scholars, financial institutions, industry enterprises, media representatives and other participants attended the meeting.
In the process of achieving the "double carbon" goal, the role of green finance is indispensable, the International Low Carbon (Zhenjiang) Conference and Carbon Peak Carbon Neutrality 2021 Kingsoft Summit specially arranged a high-end seminar on green finance, the main purpose is to explore how finance can better support green and low-carbon development and help green transformation in the context of achieving the "double carbon" goal. At the same time, through communication and negotiation with relevant financial institutions, we will promote the landing of green finance projects in Zhenjiang and help the high-quality development of Zhenjiang's green industry.
At the meeting, Zheng Xinli, former deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Expert Committee of the China Green Supply Chain Alliance, Xu Shanda, former deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation, president of the Joint Institute of Finance and Economics, and member of the China Economic 50 Forum, Yao Jingyuan, special researcher of the Counsellor's Office of the State Council and former chief economist of the National Bureau of Statistics, Chen Daofu, deputy director of the Institute of Finance of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Wang Yao, deputy secretary general of the Green Finance Professional Committee of the China Society of Finance and Economics and dean of the Green Finance International Research Institute of the Central University of Finance and Economics, respectively made a speech. Give full play to the supporting role of finance in achieving the double carbon goal", "Digital energy system construction and carbon peak carbon neutrality", "Adhere to the new development concept, help carbon peak, carbon neutrality", "vigorously develop ESG investment, promote green and low-carbon cycle", "Key issues in the development of green finance under the double carbon goal", Zhou Kai, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor, made a keynote speech on "Zhenjiang Practice of Green Finance". Zong Liang, chief researcher of Bank of China, and Luo Dongyuan, vice president of Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd., respectively made keynote speeches on "Green Finance Development Prospects and Opportunities in Zhenjiang City" and "Financial Service Entities Help Low-Carbon Development".
The seminar also set up a thematic dialogue session, Wang Yao, deputy secretary-general of the Green Finance Professional Committee of the China Society of Finance and Economics, dean of the International Research Institute of Green Finance of the Central University of Finance and Economics, Zong Liang, chief researcher of the Bank of China, Zeng Gang, deputy director of the National Finance and Development Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shen Shuangbo, president of China Chengxin Green Gold Technology, Ding Xiaoyun, general manager of the Zhejiang Business Department of the Investment Banking Department of Everbright Securities, Dong Shanning, deputy general manager of the Green Finance Department and deputy general manager of the Corporate Business Department of the Bank of Jiangsu, and other five guests came face to face. Topics such as the construction of the green financial system system, "cooperation between financial institutions and local governments", "how to effectively reform and innovate, improve quality and efficiency in the process of supporting green and low-carbon development of financial institutions", "exploration and practice of financial institutions in the field of green finance" and other topics were discussed.
In recent years, the development of green finance in China has pressed the fast-forward button, the environmental benefits of green credit are gradually emerging, and green finance has guided more funds to serve sustainable projects, becoming the driving force of economic transformation and upgrading and an important direction for the development of the financial industry. As a national low-carbon pilot city, Zhenjiang, from the "Zhenjiang pilot" to the "Zhenjiang experience", is bravely becoming the practitioner and forerunner of the "double carbon" action on the road of green and low-carbon development.