Liaoning's first climate investment and financing pilot bank-government cooperation launched in Dalian

In order to deepen government-banking cooperation, jointly promote green and low-carbon development, and implement national climate investment and financing policies, recently, Jinpu New Area Ecological Environment Branch of Dalian City, Liaoning Province and Industrial Bank Dalian Branch recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement. This marks the official launch of the first climate investment and financing pilot regional government-banking strategic cooperation in Liaoning Province. According to the agreement, the two sides will guide financial services to the fields of climate change response and green and low-carbon development through policy guidance and market-oriented principles, including clean energy, energy conservation and emission reduction, ecological restoration and other aspects; support existing green projects, encourage and support enterprises in technological upgrading and industrial transformation, and promote rapid development in this field.

In recent years, Industrial Bank's Dalian Branch has achieved remarkable results in green loans and green financing. The scale of green financing has reached 13.1 billion yuan, and green loans account for more than 30% of unit's on-balance sheet loans. At the same time, it successfully implemented innovative green financial products such as Dalian City's first digital RMB green loan and first carbon emission pledge loan, and actively participated in the climate investment and financing pilot work of Jinpu New Area. Under the guidance of the Jinpu New Area Ecological Environment Branch and the People's Bank of China Jinpu New Area Branch, the country's first distributed photovoltaic plus sustainable development dual-linked loan business was successfully implemented. This innovative measure has received widespread attention and recognition from the industry.

Both parties stated that they will take the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement as an opportunity to further deepen cooperation in the field of climate investment and financing, explore climate investment and financing models suitable for the region, provide "financing + intelligence integration" professional services, and empower the region with finance. High-quality development and contribute to the realization of the "double carbon" goal.