On November 11, the Forum on China Financial Openness and Global Asset Allocation and the 2016 XMU Finance Alumni Conference was held in the Science and Art Center, XMU. Mr. Lin Dongwei, deputy Party secretary, Mr. Zeng Guobin, secretary-general of the Alumni Association, leaders of the School of Economics and the Wang Ya’nan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), XMU alumni in the realm of finance from the mainland of China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the U.S., etc., as well as teachers and students of XMU have gathered together to speak their minds and contribute ideas to the prosperity of the financial industry in China.

Following the opening ceremony presided over by Ms. Zeng Jingyi, a renowned Phenix TV hostess of financial program, Mr. Lin Dongwei, deputy Party secretary, Mr. Chen Shaojie, deputy chairman of finance branch of XMU alumni association in Hong Kong, and Mr. Lei Genqiang, the Party secretary of the School of Economics, delivered their speeches separately.   

Mr. Lin Dongwei pointed out in his speech that the discipline of finance of XMU could trace back to 95 years ago, the year when Xiamen University was founded and the course of banking was newly set up in the department of Commerce. Ever since then, XMU has turned out tens of thousands of top-tier financial personnel across the globe, who have made huge contributions to various fields of finance. Besides, this forum will also provide a platform for the alumni to weigh in on the government decisions and offer their valuable advice as to how to rev up China’s financial industry. Lin said that XMU will go to the mat for the building of the platform.

Chen Shaojie briefed the attendees on the Hong Kong branch of XMU fiance alumni association.  He hoped that the HK branch will seize the opportunity of the forum to play a crucial role of liaison between XMU and its alumni, between mainland and Hong Kong.

In his speech, Mr. Lei Genqiang referred to the long history of the discipline of economics of XMU as well as its amazing achievements in various aspects. He said that the finance faculty will work tirelessly to push XMU finance into the top tier in the world rankings.

 Li Xiaojia, Zhang Yichun and Zhang Dechun deliverd keynote speeches.

Zhu Dezhen, Qiu Guolu and Lin Yong made keynote speeches.

Forum One: China’s Financial Openness and RMB Internationalization

Forum Two: Global Asset Allocation and Quantitative Investment

This event, as one of the most important celebratory activities for the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the discipline of finance of XMU, attracted a massive amount of attention such as the Xinhua News agency, China National Radio, Guangming Daily etc., which all trumpeted and bolstered this forum in varied forms, providing an all-directional and panoramic picture to the public. China’s Financial Information Network customized a special website as well as an interview column to cover this event live in full length.

Finance has been a feather in the cap of XMU and this forum will fully capitalize on this edge and tap into its rich alumni resources, the aim is to build a  platform for all the XMU finance alumni to share their opinions, discuss about financial strategies and hot market issues,  reach consensus, provide counsel for the goverment in decision-making, and build rapport between XMU finance people with other circles of financial pros in the world.

Source: http://se.xmu.edu.cn/info/slides/2016-11-12-12631.html

Written by Cui Qingwei, Deng Jingjing and He Yongfang

Edited by Zhou Jin