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时间:2017-04-07

Profile on Shanghai Financial Association

 

Shanghai Financial Association is a non-profit social corporation co-founded by financial trade unions, finance market, large financial institutions and related intermediary service organizations. It is supervised by Shanghai Municipal Office of Finance Service and registered at Shanghai Administration Bureau of NGOs.

On April 30, 2009, the opening ceremony held at Bund Center marked the beginning of Shanghai Financial Association. In carrying out the State Council’s Opinions on Promoting Shanghais Modern Services Industry and Advanced Manufacturing Industry and Building An International Financial and Shipping Center, the establishment of the association is to make the financial market, institutions and agencies play their role in urging Shanghai to become an international financial center. Under the principle of “based in Shanghai to serve for finance, promote the Innovation and cooperate for a win-win solution”, it acts as a platform for financial institutions to communicate, for the governmental sector to connect with the financial organizations and for overseas publicity in the process.

The third council president unit for the association is undertaken by the Bank of Communications, while the deputy units are 32 financial institutions including Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, China Financial Futures Exchange, Shanghai Gold Exchange, and China Foreign Exchange Trade System. Currently there are 106 council units in China and abroad and 1060 members. The association topped the second selection for “Shanghai’s Advanced Social Organizations” in February 2013 and was awarded with a 5A title by the Shanghai Administration Bureau of NGOs in 2015.

Shanghai Financial Association has been taking its own advantage to innovate. With governmental support, it has been consolidating the base to establish its own brand. First it has integrated Shanghai’s fianancial resources from all businesses and held a series of activities with brand effect. It participated in holding the Lujiazui Forum since 2009, held the annual international shipping finance seminar and played a part in holding the Bund Global Financial Summit. Other events it has sponsored include China Financial Leasing Development Forum, Green Finance Forum, Internet Finance Forum, China Public-Private Partnerships Financing Forum, Lujiazui Asset Securitization Forum and the finance session of Shanghai Public Relations International Summit. Second, it has been providing platforms for SMEs who have trouble finding investment. For example, it led to organize Shanghai SMEs Finance Service Negotiation Meeting for eight years in a row since 2009 and now this meeting has been held for eleven consecutive years, which has become an important financing platform for Shanghai finance industry as well as for the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.  Third the association successfully complied and launched a dozen issues of “Shanghai Finance Prosperity Index”. The project came the third in “2012 Shanghai Finance Innovation Award”. Fourth the association has been actively engaged in foreign exchange activities. It has signed strategic cooperation agreement with ATTF Luxembourg, European Chamber and other institutions. It also sent delegations to America, Canada, Europe, South Korea and Taiwan Region to promote financial communication. Annual Meeting of International Financier was held for three years. A financial dialogue between China and France was held and along with Luxembourg for Finance, it holds four terms of finance training each year. Yangtze River Delta Finance Forum and China Finance Office Joint Conference were also sponsored by the association, which was later selected as the first secretary unit of the latter conference. Steered by the requirements, the association has been dedicated to serve for its members. The magazines it issues include Shanghai Finance, Finance and Financial Ages. To expand oversea talent recruitment channel, it held two online job fair aiming at talents overseas. The association also cooperated with Xinhua News Agency Shanghai branch to hold an annual selection of “Shanghai Financiers Awards”. Sixth, the association has been providing intelligence support for building Shanghai into an international finance center. Since 2013, there has been an annual selection of “Shanghai Outstanding Financial Reform Outcomes” each year held by the association, which is welcome by the members. It has organized twelve professional committees to offer council for shipping finance, financial risk prevention and others. Each of the committees aims to carry out a research, compile a professional book, launch a themed meeting and hold a communication event every year. A committee for Shanghai Free Trade Zone has been founded in January 2014, which is set to integrate financial resources, strengthen study on free trade, promote communication and innovation and enhance self-regulation for the zone. Seventh, the association has undertaken the historical task to boost the key projects and to build its brand. It took part in setting up the Bank Museum; also it has collaborated with CEIBS Lujiazui Institute of International Finance and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics to set up the academic event brand Shanghai Financiers’ Saloon. Eighth, the association has strengthened collaboration with district governments and relevant trade associations to contribute to finance developing. For example, it has worked comprehensively with Pudong New Area Government on constructing two national strategies, the Free Trade Zone and Science and Innovation Center. In the collaboration with Huangpu District, it has built platforms for communication within the financial industry, introduced financial institutions to settle in the district, developed comprehensive financial supervision and compiled the bund finance development index. Besides, it has also strengthened cooperation and interaction with other trade associations like Association of Shanghai Internet Financial Industry and Shanghai League of Corporations to improve its ability to serve for its member units.

It is a long way to go in the future. Shanghai Financial Association will stick to the principle of “based in Shanghai to serve for finance, promote the Innovation and cooperate for a win-win solution”, keep spreading its effect home and abroad and contribute to making Shanghai an international financial center.  

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