The 14th Shanghai Financial Expo 2016, co-sponsored by Financial Weekly and VNU Europe Exhibition Group, will be held at Shanghai Exhibition Center from December 2 to December 4. Since it was first held in 2003, Shanghai Financial Expo has become an annual event of the financial industry, an annual financial carnival of Shanghai citizens, a landmark exhibition of Shanghai's construction of an international financial center and a beautiful financial name card of the city.
Highlight 1: nearly 100 exhibitors covering the whole industry
As the largest financial event with the longest history, the most popular and the most abundant activities in China, the 13th Shanghai Financial Expo in 2015 covered an area of 20,000 square meters and attracted about 135,000 investors. The expo once again brought together many elites in the industry, with nearly 100 exhibitors from banking, insurance, securities, futures, trust, foreign exchange, gold, wealth management and new finance. Various financial industries will release innovative financial products and industry information on site to build a financial information exchange platform.
This Expo will uphold the 13-year tradition of "serving the development of China's financial planning industry and conforming to the trend of China's financial reform and innovation", and will continue the characteristics of "Internet Plus" and "financial innovation". It is worth mentioning that, as the "Internet Plus" craze spreads from P2P online lending, equity-based crowdfunding and other Internet financial fields to high-end wealth management at the top of the pyramid, all the major traditional wealth management institutions are involved in Internet wealth management one after another.
Highlight 2: Shanghai Pudong Wealth Forum
Another highlight of the expo was the SPD Zhuoxin Wealth Forum co-hosted by SPD Bank and Wealth Weekly. The forum will be held at Regal Global East Asia on the afternoon of December 1, one day before the opening of the Wealth Management Expo.
In the Shanghai Pudong Development Zhuoxin Wealth Forum, Ms. Lin Caiyi, a doctor of economics from Fudan University, will give a keynote speech on "2017 macroeconomic situation and asset allocation of Major Categories". Ms. Lin is currently Chief Economist of Guotai Junan Securities, invited member of China Finance 40 Forum, invited expert of Shanghai New Financial Research Institute, Board member of China Chief Economist Forum and Expert Advisory Committee of China International Finance Forum, and adjunct Professor of Fudan University.
Highlight 3: "Financial Star" selection announced
Now in its 13th year, Shanghai's "Top 10 Financial Stars" competition is an authoritative competition in the city's financial industry. With the theme of "Simple financial management, Happy Life", this year's competition was officially launched in July and attracted 1,623 financial professionals from 19 financial institutions. Of these, 1,548 qualified, 543 individuals and 226 teams submitted their proposals, which was the highest number of competitors and organizations in recent years. From the financial planning of the competition, the overall level of this year has been significantly improved compared to previous years.
The organizing committee of the 13th Shanghai "Top 10 Financial Stars" Selection event organized a number of experts to comprehensively evaluate the financial plans submitted by the contestants, and once again found a large number of professional outstanding financial stars. In the end, 10 individuals and 10 teams will be awarded the titles of "Shanghai Top 10 Financial Stars" and "Shanghai Top 10 Financial Teams" in the 13th session. The award ceremony will also be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. We expect the audience to witness the style of the new batch of "financial stars" with us.
Highlight 4: public financial behavior survey released
At last year's Financial Expo, Financial Weekly, together with the Media and Public Opinion Survey Center of Fudan University, released the 2015 Survey Report on Investment and Financial Cognition and Behavior of young and middle-aged Shanghai Citizens. According to the survey, the proportion of young and middle-aged residents between 18 and 50 years old in Shanghai participating in investment and financing is more than 90%, and more than 80% of young and middle-aged residents in Shanghai make profits from investment. In addition, the report released the public investment style, habits and other statistical results.
Now, a year later, how has the tendency of citizens to conduct financial management changed? The 2016 Shanghai Citizens' Cognition and Behavior Survey Report on Investment and Financial Management released at the Expo will be revealed to you one by one.
Highlight 5: Lectures by famous speakers invite views from all sides
Like every previous expo, more than 10 distinguished lecturers, such as industry senior forums and investment and finance lectures, will gather at the 14th Shanghai Financial Expo. As the highlight of each expo, the famous lecture has always been the most interesting, popular explosion. So what insights will this year's celebrity lecture bring to the audience?
Under the background of "asset shortage", how should high net worth individuals conduct global asset allocation? In this regard, Zhao Luyun, General manager of Jiyuan Wealth, will share with you "How to help clients with global asset allocation under Asset shortage" and "How High net worth individuals cope with CRS(Global Tax Related Financial Account Information Exchange)". In addition, Yang Yan, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) of CMC Markets, will present two lectures - "Post-Election Investment trading Strategies" and "How to take advantage of interest rate hike expectations".
Since this year, the structural market of A shares continues to stage, how can we grasp the law of the market? Shanghai Finance College will invite Que Guangmin, A professional investor, to share the "Chinese A-share bull and bear law". In addition, Shanghai Financial Education College will also invite Chen Mingjun, commentator of China Business School, to give A lecture on "How to protect your Assets against the era of 'Lost Currency' -- New opportunities for A-share investment under the environment of RMB depreciation".
Finally, in the Famous Forum of this Expo, the famous economist Jin Rock will give a lecture on the theme of "Local Globalization and RMB internationalization", which will explain the current financial situation for investors and look forward to the future of China's economy together.
Highlight six: professional audience reservation to reduce waiting
In order to reduce the waiting time for visitors and optimize the on-site registration process, the Expo has once again launched a professional audience pre-registration system on its official website. Just click the mouse, find the "Online Pre-registration" menu bar on the right, follow the prompts to fill in truthfully, three steps to complete online registration. According to the information submitted by the professional audience, the organizer will send the admission confirmation information to the audience's mailbox and mobile phone respectively in the form of email and short message on November 28, 2016.
