SGX Group CEO Luo Boon Chai: The Chinese market contains more opportunities

China News Service, Shanghai, November 12 (Gao Zhimiao) Loh Boon Chye, CEO of Singapore Exchange Group, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service on the 12th that China has a deep and strong industrial foundation, superimposed with advanced manufacturing and technology, and global investors are discovering more opportunities in the Chinese market. He said that global capital continues to flow into Asian markets, including China, and Asian asset portfolios have become an important part of the global investment portfolio.

On the same day, the 2026 Shanghai Stock Exchange International Investors Conference was held with the theme of "Interaction, Mutual Benefit and Win-win - Global Investors Talk about China's Asset Security, Resilience, and Innovation Value". Luo Wencai said at the conference that security, resilience and innovation are interrelated. For exchanges and stock markets, there is a need for unique, high-quality companies that can innovate, as well as sustainable and resilient business models, as well as governance and disclosure transparency to provide safety and security to investors.

From the perspective of market connectivity, Luo Wencai said that in the past two or three decades, international capital has flowed into Asia to seek growth opportunities, which is still important; in the future, additional growth drivers for markets and exchanges will be interconnection to promote the efficient flow of capital between markets and countries. The interconnection of ETF (traded open-end index fund) products between the Singapore Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange is one of the implementation points of this logic. Since the launch of Shanghai-New ETF interoperability at the end of 2023, the mechanism has continued to expand. As of now, 11 ETF products have been listed under the China-Singapore ETF interconnection mechanism.

Technological innovation is another main line. Luo Wencai believes that technological innovation in the fields of software, artificial intelligence, medical health, new energy and other fields is important for creating and maintaining new economies and new growth; however, technological innovation itself is not enough and needs to be adopted by enterprises and consumers to bring about revenue growth and make the business model sustainable. He pointed out that China's deep industrial foundation, combined with advanced technology and advanced manufacturing, attracts not only Chinese investors, but also global investors, including those from Asia.

At the same time, capital and industrial cooperation between China and Singapore is expected to deepen. Luo Wencai said that Singaporean companies have continued to invest in China for many years. As new technologies, innovation, advanced manufacturing and high-quality growth continue to advance, cooperation between Singapore and China enterprises is expected to increase.

Talking about the upcoming 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, Luo Wencai believes that such forums and discussions are crucial for all parties to find a way forward for cooperation, and the results of cooperation often stem from the accumulation of multiple exchanges. "Our overall goal is to jointly expand the market, promote trade, create investment opportunities, and help companies expand in local and overseas markets." As an important connector of Asian and global markets, SGX will continue to work with partners such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange to broaden the path of interconnection and allow global long-term capital to more smoothly share the dividends of high-quality economic development in China and Asia.