Financial holding firms' job is to boost the real economy

Editor's note: At a recent forum on financial holding firms organized by China Everbright Group and Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, to mark the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up, some officials and scholars shared their views on the role of finance in boosting the real economy and helping the private sector. Following are excerpts from the speeches delivered by three of them:

Private economy needs a shot in the arm

Gu Shengzu