Shanghai SEHK and Hengfeng Bank jointly held a green finance exchange seminar

On August 7, the Green Finance Exchange Seminar, co-hosted by Shanghai Environmental Exchange and Hengfeng Bank, was successfully held in Weihai, Shandong Province, where more than 100 guests from governments, enterprises, universities, media and other fields gathered together to focus on green and low-carbon transformation and development and discuss the practice path of green finance. Fan Bo, member of the leading party group and vice governor of Shandong Provincial Government, Yan Jianbo, secretary of Weihai Municipal Party Committee, Xin Shuren, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Hengfeng Bank, Lai Xiaoming, chairman of Shanghai Environmental Exchange, and Liu Jie, general manager of Shanghai Environmental Exchange attended the exchange seminar.

Lai Xiaoming said in his speech that green finance is an important starting point for promoting sustainable economic development, protecting the ecological environment, and achieving comprehensive and high-quality social development. He pointed out that as the first environmental and energy trading platform in China, and also the construction and operation agency of the national carbon emission trading system designated by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Environmental Exchange actively innovates green financial products such as carbon forward and carbon index, builds and improves climate investment and financing service platforms, provides various carbon neutral services, and fully promotes the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the industry while ensuring the smooth and orderly operation of the national carbon market. Through this event, we hope to establish closer cooperative relations with participating enterprises and institutions, jointly promote the deepening development of the national carbon market, inject new vitality into the innovation and development of green finance, and jointly promote the realization of the "dual carbon" goal.

Yan Jianbo said that the development of green finance is to practice the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains", to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality inherent requirements, but also to promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development of important measures, in recent years, Weihai has given full play to the advantages of industry, innovation, ecology and other advantages, constantly improve the financial service system, deepen the reform of the financial sector, prevent systemic financial risks, and the city's financial operation is stable and healthy. In the future, Weihai will accelerate the establishment of the National Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zone, strive to create more replicable and replicable Weihai experience, and make contributions to the overall situation of Weihai in the province and the country.

Xin Shuren said that financial institutions should actively broaden the ways for green water and green mountains to transform gold and silver mountains, accelerate the construction of green finance digital tools, strengthen the improvement and update of traditional products, try to explore innovative businesses in carbon finance and transition finance, strengthen the application of green finance big data resources, and achieve accurate portraits of service objects through research and analysis of carbon accounts, carbon footprints and other data, implement innovative financial products, and enhance the supporting role of digitalization in green finance.

At the seminar, the first carbon neutral branch of Weihai banking industry certified by the Shanghai Environmental Exchange - the carbon neutral branch of Weihai Branch of Hengfeng Bank was officially unveiled. In addition, this event achieved carbon neutrality by writing off sufficient emission reductions, and Liu Jie issued the event carbon neutrality certificate to Hengfeng Bank.