Martyn Parker, chairman of global partnerships at Swiss Re

"Shanghai has the potential of becoming an international financial center by tapping massive prospects in the free trade zone. The city has also plans to establish the world’s first insurance exchange," said Martyn Parker, chairman of global partnerships at Swiss Re, adding that Shanghai create more financial derivatives for trading, help insurers invest in long-term infrastructure projects and continue to develop a bond market to offer liquidity.

 

Wang Yincheng, president of China's largest non-life insurer PICC

"Shanghai should provide more leeway for insurance companies to try new technologies and products," Wang Yincheng, president of China's largest non-life insurer PICC.

 

Zhou Qiren, professor with the National School of Development at Peking University

"The benefits of interest rate reform and liberalization are underestimated while the risks are overestimated. Interest rates should free up as soon as possible to improve the efficiency of market capital to boost the real economy," said Zhou Qiren, professor with the National School of Development at Peking University.