By Aijing Cao, Junior Project Manager - Art-Science
Following last year’s success, Swissnex in China was delighted to host another edition of Café des Sciences Lecture in Chengdu again, collaborating with the Consulate General of Switzerland in Chengdu. As the birthplace of the world’s first paper currency Jiaozi, Chengdu continues her accelerating role in the financial industry and leads the FinTech and innovation scenes in Western China.
First and foremost, we would like to express our appreciation to our speakers Prof. Jingmei Zhao, Executive Dean of the School of Finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and Mr. Shan Jiang, Senior Researcher at the Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability of University Zurich, Founder of SUSFINTEQ for delivering two insightful presentations on China’s green finance and feasible solutions in sustainable finance respectively.
Bearing the aspiring goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 in mind, Prof. Jingmei Zhao analyzed the present status of Green Finance with pros and cons, and pointed out sharply that “Go Green” needs more innovative, efficient and sustainable solutions. She also underlined the People’s Bank of China’s active policy stance towards Green Finance, the ambitious preparation of the Carbon Emission Market, along with the consensus of potential market value.
After Pro. Jingmei Zhao’s holistic view of China’s Green Finance, Mr. Shan Jiang zoomed in on the challenges and viable solutions in Sustainable Finance and ESG investment through the angle of corporate level. He walked us through the basics of sustainable finance and the strategy of leveraging ESG to add market value. Moreover, he shared the case study of SUSFINTEQ, the Swiss Fintech start-up, focusing on monitoring, analyzing and disclosing ESG records through AI application. In addition, he touched upon the importance of Sino-Swiss cooperative research and project partnership to access more reliable data and develop an integrated investment approach.
Due to the time constraint, we could only take a limited number of questions. If you have further questions for our speakers regarding green finance and ESG, please email us at artscience@swissnexchina.org. We will try our best to forward them to the speakers.
Finally, we would like to thank Conny Camenzind, the Consul General of Switzerland in Chengdu, and Yingxue Gong for her great support, as well as Jiaozi Fintech Dreamwork for providing the excellent venue!
Click here to watch the recording of the event.
