Focusing on openness, cooperation and inclusiveness, several senior financial regulators issued policy measures
The 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference opened in Beijing on October 19, with the theme of "Openness, Cooperation, and Inclusion." Principals from the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission attended and announced a number of financial support policies and regulatory reform measures aimed at deepening international cooperation and improving market stability.
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China News Service, Beijing, October 19 (Reporters Lu Shaowei and Xu Jing) The 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference opened in Beijing on the 19th. With the theme of "Openness, Cooperation, and Inclusion - Building a New Ecosystem for Global Financial Development", it will deepen pragmatic international financial cooperation and build consensus on global financial development.
Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Ding Xiangqun, Director of the State Administration of Financial Supervision, Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and Zhu Hexin, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, attended the opening ceremony and delivered keynote speeches.
Pan Gongsheng announced that the People's Bank of China will introduce a number of policy measures: it will work with the State Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission to establish liquidity support tools to deal with large redemptions by non-bank institutions; expand the scope of applicable institutions for the Standing Lending Facility (SLF); promote interconnection between banks and exchange bond markets Implemented; the pilot further facilitates overseas financial institutions to carry out RMB purchase and sale business in the domestic foreign exchange market; together with 10 departments including the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the "Guiding Opinions on Financial Support for the Construction of International Science and Technology Innovation Centers in Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" were issued.
Ding Xiangqun said that China's financial regulatory authorities will effectively improve the effectiveness of supervision and effectively prevent and control financial risks; intensify efforts to promote reform and transformation, strengthen financial support for high-quality development; always adhere to mutual benefit and win-win, and continue to promote high-level financial openness.
Wu Qing pointed out that the China Securities Regulatory Commission will adhere to the priority of stability and make every effort to maintain the safety and stability of the capital market; highlight integrity and innovation, continue to deepen the inclusive reform of the capital market; strengthen strict compliance with the law, vigorously cultivate a standardized and healthy market ecology; deepen pragmatic cooperation, and expand high-level market opening to the outside world in an orderly manner.
Zhu Hexin mentioned that in the near future, on the basis of improving the quality and efficiency of existing policies, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange plans to launch a batch of incremental measures: First, launch a package of current account facilitation policies to better meet the diversified settlement needs of foreign trade companies. The second is to launch a package of policies to optimize capital account foreign exchange management to better meet the needs of enterprises for cross-border investment, financing and capital allocation. The third is to promote the open development of the foreign exchange market, expand the pilot program of foreign exchange settlement and sales by securities companies, support financial institutions in providing exchange rate risk management services for enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, and improve cross-border service capabilities.
The annual forum of this forum will last until October 22, with a total of 21 topic activities including the main forum and parallel forums and 3 special conferences including the FinTech Conference, the Insurance Conference, and the Investment Conference. More than 400 important guests from more than 40 countries and regions around the world will attend. For the first time, the annual meeting of the forum expanded its branch venues to African countries, and launched a three-way connection between Beijing, Hong Kong and London for the first time.
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