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Forum themed on future industry investment held
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2019-10-23

The 2019 Zhongguancun Forum hosted by the leaders of Beijing Municipality was held at the A101 Yihe Hall of the Conference Center of the Zhongguancun Exhibition Center on the morning of October 17. In the afternoon of that same day guests with total assets of over 20 trillion yuan gathered in the Yihe Hall to open the Patient Capital, the Power of Nurturing — Future Industry Investment Theme Forum.

The 2019 Zhongguancun forum had a four-part agenda consisting of leaders' speeches, a keynote speech, a release conference, and round-table dialogue. Zhao Changshan, Chairman of Zhongguancun Development Group, Chen Chunyan, Secretary General of Asset Management Association of China, and Liu Liange, Chairman of the Bank of China, made speeches. Song Jun, deputy director of the Organizing Committee of the Zhongguancun Forum, Zhai Lixin, director of the Zhongguancun Management Committee.

Chen Wei, deputy director of the equity and assets department of the National Council for the Social Security Fund, and top investors and well-known entrepreneurs from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries attended the event. Tsinghua Unigroup, the Beijing Branch of Zheshang Bank, the Beijing Haidian Sub-branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of Beijing and Yonyou Group supported the forum.

In the keynote speech and round-table dialogue sessions, a number of special guests discussed global innovation and high-quality development from the perspectives of technological innovation and future industrial investment, explored industrial development trends, actively promoted industrial capital to build an investment relationship network of global responsibility, advocated the improvement of the investment environment, and discussed domestic and foreign capital trading opportunities, trends and challenges.

The "Zhongguancun Development Innovation Fund" was released on site. The Fund is led by Zhongguancun Capital, the investment platform of Zhongguancun Development Group, and was jointly established by capital from domestic and overseas industrial, financial and technology sources. The fund will develop an investment strategy for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, the incubation of high-grade, precision and advanced industries, and the construction of science and technology service platforms and innovative carriers.

An annual exchange platform, this year's Future Industry Investment Theme Forum achieved fruitful results: key phrases at the forum were building an investment relationship network of global responsibility, co-constructing industrial innovation ecology, globalization opportunities, patient capital, and core technology. Many participating institutions expressed an intention to engage in further cooperation and exchange.

The forum had one key and five highlights:

I. One key: Summit conversation

Jia Yiwei, Chairman of Zhongguancun Capital, Yu Zhaohui, President of Zhujiang Technology Group, Feng Lihua, Vice President of the Bank of Beijing, Ding Wei, Chairman of CICC Capital, Ibrahim Ajami, Head of the Mubadala Venture Capital Fund, Wang Wenyin, Chairman of Amer International Group, Huang Baoxin, deputy party secretary of Ping An Insurance, Hatano Mitsuhiko, head of the multinational enterprise department of Mizuho Bank, Liu kefeng, chairman of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Investment Management Company.

II. Five highlights

1. Building a patient capital industry innovation ecology

Leaders of government departments, well-known domestic and foreign institutional investors, high-tech enterprise executives, industry experts, media and other guests analyzed the real situation of the industry, and put forward suggestions for building a patient capital industry innovation ecology based on the practical experience of many years.

2. Insight into the global technological innovation trend

Top investors and famous entrepreneurs from the United States, Britain, Japan, Germany, France, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates discussed international innovation cooperation, reviewed the global commonality and regional personality of future industrial investment, grasped the trajectory of global capital, and gained insight into the opportunities for technology investment from a global perspective.

3. Attract industrial investment to achieve accurate and efficient capital connection

In order to promote matching and connection between science and technology innovation industry and capital, the afternoon forum introduced the overall situation and small trends in production and investment integration through speeches, discussion and sharing, and invited industrial investment players to achieve accurate and efficient capital connection.

4. Deepen understanding of entrepreneurs about themselves, others and key financing projects

To benchmark the highest international standards, and form a Chinese consensus on core technology investment, investors of equity funds should help entrepreneurs know what projects to choose and understand their underlying investment logic.

5. Meet 500+ high-level talents and expand contacts

Attendees of the forum were introduced to 500+ high-level talents, listened to speeches by leaders, participated in guest discussions, explored the future of innovative technology development, and expanded their contacts.

As one of the most important parallel events of the Zhongguancun Forum, the Future Industry Investment Theme Forum is also the only investment meeting led by Zhongguancun Development Group, and jointly sponsored by the Asset Management Association of China, Zhongguancun Management Committee and Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Investment Management Co., Ltd. It has become the most important indicator of future industrial investment and receives a great deal of attention.