Aiming to further drive the rapid growth of the new financial sector at Jiangbei New District of Nanjing, the first “Yangtze River Finance” Summit Forum was held at Jiangbei New District on December 23rd, 2020. Regulators, the academic community, industry guests, and financial institutions discussed a number of topics centered as FinTech. These included: industry innovations, macro effects, risk patterns, technological advancements, regulatory updates, and future trends. Attendees engaged in in-depth academic exchanges and experience sharing to facilitate the joint evolution of the financial sector.
On the theme of “Challenges and Future of FinTech”, the Forum was hosted by Nanjing Jiangbei New District Management Committee and the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). It was jointly sponsored by the Nanjing Jiangbei New District Finance Bureau, the Nanjing Jiangbei New District Central Business District Construction and Management Office, and the Nanjing Institute of Digital Finance Industry Co., Ltd.
At the Forum, the Nanjing Jiangbei New District Management Committee signed a strategic cooperation agreement with SAIF which was in addition to another cooperation agreement between SAIF and the Nanjing Jiangbei New District Central Business District Construction and Management Office. Subsequently, Professor Guangshao Tu and Mr. Jianrong Shen jointly unveiled the Nanjing Jiangbei New District Campus of the SAIF FinTech Innovation Base.
