/PRZWT/As the pearl on the crown of financial business, merger and acquisition business is the core weapon to counter the disappearance of the "beta dividend" and seize the "alpha opportunity", and it is also the strategic fulcrum for banks to build differentiated competitiveness.
On October 23rd, the annual "Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Annual Conference" was held as scheduled. Over 200 representatives from globally renowned investment institutions, high-quality domestic and foreign enterprises, and investment banking professional service institutions gathered in Pudong to explore the opportunities and paths of the new era's mergers and acquisitions ecosystem.
Focus on the three major "circle of friends" ecosystems
As a grand event within the high-end "investment banking circle of friends", the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank's Mergers and Acquisitions Annual Conference has been successfully held for the sixth time. This year's annual meeting is themed "Harmony Leads to the Distant Future, Wisdom Sees the Future", focusing on topics such as macroeconomics, capital markets, cutting-edge technologies, insurance investment and empowerment, and opportunities in the M&A market.
Good cooperation leads to long-term success. "Good cooperation" is the foundation of mergers and acquisitions. Every cooperation with the "Investment Banking Circle of Friends" is the confidence for the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to achieve steady and long-term development. Centering on the demands of enterprise mergers and acquisitions, the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank has precisely focused on three "circles of friends" and built a comprehensive service matrix.
The first one is the circle of friends for science and technology innovation. Focusing on the three leading industries of integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and biomedicine in Shanghai, the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank helps enterprise founders achieve technology transformation, supports domestic industrial integration and cross-border business expansion, serves the privatization of the capital market and the acquisition of listed companies, and injects Pudong Development Bank's momentum into the construction of Shanghai's science and technology innovation center. ?
The second is the PE circle of friends. The Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank has been deeply connected with private equity M&A funds across the entire market. With over 50 practical experiences in the implementation of PE M&A projects, it has efficiently responded to and matched the investment pace of funds. Now, it has extended its services to sovereign investment funds in the Middle East, Singapore and other regions, becoming a reliable bridge for cross-border M&A. ?
The third is the circle of friends for insurance funds. The Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, in collaboration with professional insurance investment partners, screens high-quality infrastructure assets with stable cash flows across the country, including retail consumption, data computing power, rental and housing protection, and logistics and transportation. With professional services, it assists in asset layout and promotes the healthy development of the REITs market. ?
Deeply cultivate the regional M&A market
In the past year, favorable policies such as the new policy for non-resident mergers and acquisitions in Lingang and the pilot policy for merger and acquisition loans for technology enterprises have been successively introduced. The merger and acquisition market is now entering a "golden period" empowered by policies. To support the construction of Shanghai's "Five centers" led by the International Science and Technology Innovation Center, the head office of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank has targeted "five major tracks" as its development strategy: technology finance, supply chain finance, inclusive finance, cross-border finance, and Treasury finance. Meanwhile, the "Puying Merger and Acquisition", which the entire bank is focusing on promoting with all its efforts, is a "super product" created by SPDB with mergers and acquisitions at its core, combined with the technology and cross-border sectors.
Merger and acquisition finance is also a brand business of the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, dedicated to transforming "short-term transactions" into "long-term assets", earning customers' trust and accumulation through brand building, resisting market fluctuations and locking in long-term strategic cooperative relationships. "Buy enterprises, choose SPDB" is not only the brand core of its deep commitment to the M&A finance field, but also the consensus and reputation among the "investment banking circle of friends" of the Shanghai Branch of SPDB.
In 2025, the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank not only assisted Boyu Capital in completing the largest leveraged buyout of the year, activating new vitality in the consumer sector, but also achieved outstanding performance in the three leading industries of biopharmaceuticals, integrated circuits and AI robots. For instance, it has facilitated the development of China's biopharmaceutical sector. For the first time, China Biologic Products, a large domestic commercial pharmaceutical company, has acquired an innovative drug company, accelerating the integration and upgrading of the pharmaceutical industry. Provided cross-border merger and acquisition services for Sirui Technology, becoming the first pilot non-resident merger and acquisition loan in the Lingang New Area, helping local technology enterprises expand their global territory. Take the lead in forming a syndicated loan to assist Zhiyuan Robotics in completing its capital market layout.
As of now, the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank has served over 300 M&A clients, with the transaction volume exceeding 900 billion yuan. It has issued over 210 billion yuan in domestic and overseas M&A loans, and the balance of M&A loans is nearly 85 billion yuan, firmly ranking first in the Shanghai area.
Looking ahead, the Shanghai Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank will always take the "investment banking circle of friends" as a bond, adhere to the characteristic business card of merger and acquisition finance, deeply cultivate the Shanghai region, and expand the national market. Based on "Good cooperation", empowered by policies and data, we will work together with all partners to assist enterprises in upgrading their industries, making mergers and acquisitions a springboard for enterprises to foresee and embrace the future, and jointly "intelligently envision the future".
