Reporter: Liu Xuan
The 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting will be held in Beijing from 10 to 22. Shanghai Securities News reporter 10 learned on the 12th at the press conference for the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting that Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China; Ding Xiangqun, Commissioner of the National Financial Regulatory Administration; Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; and Zhu Hexin, Director-General of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, will attend the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting and deliver keynote speeches.
Zeng Linfeng, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee Secretariat for the Financial Street Forum Annual Conference and Deputy Party Secretary and Acting District Mayor of Xicheng District, introduced at the press conference that this year's theme is "Openness · Cooperation · Inclusiveness — Building a New Global Financial Development Ecosystem Together." The event will follow a framework comprising a main forum, parallel forums, thematic conferences, and supporting activities, with 21 issue-based sessions and 3 specialized conferences including FinTech, Insurance, and Investment.
The main forum will feature discussions on the following topics: economic governance, financial innovation, and the central bank's role amid AI-driven technological evolution; building top-tier investment institutions to serve high-quality capital market development and share new opportunities in investing in China; creating a new ecosystem of high-quality financial services for the real economy through alignment, precision, and symbiosis; and cross-border financial development and cooperation under the emerging global landscape.
"The People's Bank of China will host a main forum on 'Economic Governance, Financial Innovation, and the Central Bank's Role in the AI Era,'" said Li Kexin, spokesperson for the PBOC and deputy director of its General Office. This year, the FinTech Conference will further innovate its format and expand its scale.
Liu Zhan, Deputy Director of the General Office of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, introduced that this annual conference will host its first Insurance Summit, themed "Global Resilience, Empowered by Insurance: Building an Open and Inclusive New Ecosystem." The event will feature a grand opening ceremony and four thematic forums. Key outcomes to be released on-site include the research report on "High-Quality Development of the Insurance Industry in the 15th Five-Year Plan," led by the Insurance Association of China.
Wang Li, Deputy Director of the General Office of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), announced that on 10 month 21, the CSRC will host a main forum focused on "Building World-Class Investment Institutions to Serve High-Quality Development of the Capital Market and Share New Opportunities in Investing in China." The forum will feature opening remarks by leaders, keynote speeches, and two roundtable discussions titled "Cultivating and Expanding Patient Capital" and "Long-Term Investment Opportunities in China's Capital Market under Dual Opening-Up."
Additionally, the CSRC's Department of Science and Technology will host a sub-forum at the FinTech Conference. The theme is "AI Empowering Digital Intelligence in Capital Markets," focusing on AI practices and regulation in capital markets, new trends driven by AI for digital transformation, and exploring new models and scenarios for capital market development under the AI empowerment landscape.
Chen Zhiwei, Director of the Foreign Exchange Research Institute at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), announced that SAFE will host a special event on the morning of 10/22. The event, themed "Cross-border Financial Development and Cooperation in the New Global Landscape," will bring together leading experts to discuss cutting-edge issues in international trade and economics.
