On the afternoon of October 12th, the press conference for the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting was held. The Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting, together with relevant officials from the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua News Agency, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and other co organizers, attended to introduce the overall situation of this forum annual meeting and answer questions from reporters.

Zeng Linfeng, Executive Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting and Deputy Secretary and Acting District Chief of Xicheng District Committee, introduced the overall preparation for the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting: With the approval of the State Council, the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting, jointly hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua News Agency, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, will be held in Beijing Financial Street from October 19 to 22, with the theme of "Openness, Cooperation, and Inclusiveness - Building a New Ecology for Global Financial Development". More than 400 important guests from more than 40 countries and regions around the world will attend the forum.

Currently, geopolitical conflicts, trade frictions, and supply chain restructuring are intertwined, and the logic of global economic development is shifting towards a balance between security and efficiency. It is urgent to use openness to gather consensus, cooperation to solve difficulties, and inclusiveness to eliminate differences. 'Openness' refers to promoting institutional openness in finance and optimizing the cross-border investment and financing environment; Cooperation "means strengthening dialogue and communication, and carrying out extensive collaboration; 'Inclusiveness' means respecting the diversity of development paths and seeking the greatest common denominator. The aim of "jointly building a new ecosystem for global financial development" is to promote the global financial system from fragmentation to systematization, and from zero sum games to symbiosis and prosperity.

It is reported that the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting adopts the activity framework of "main forum (including opening and closing ceremonies)+parallel forum+special conference+supporting activities", and plans to hold a total of 21 topic activities for the main forum and parallel forum, as well as 3 special conferences for financial technology, insurance, and investment.

The main forum topic activities are organized by the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Regulation, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua News Agency, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. They will respectively focus on "Economic governance, financial innovation, and the role of the central bank under the evolution of artificial intelligence technology", "Building first-class investment institutions to serve the high-quality development of the capital market and share new opportunities for investment in China", "Adaptation, precision, and symbiosis - building a new ecosystem of high-quality financial services for the real economy", and "Cross border financial development and cooperation under the new global pattern" for exchange and discussion. The State Administration of Financial Regulation will continue to include its international advisory committee meetings in the framework of the forum's annual meeting to discuss financial risks and regulatory related issues.

The parallel forum continues to adhere to the concept of "open door meetings", closely focusing on major strategic concerns of the central and national governments, and organizing and designing topics around two directions: "high-level financial opening up to the outside world" and "financial support for high-quality economic development". The annual meeting of the Financial Street Forum continued to build brand activities such as G-SIFIs, Beijing Hong Kong Financial Cooperation Forum, "the Belt and Road" Financial Cooperation Forum, Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Financial Rule of Law Forum, and Private Economy High Quality Development Forum.

In terms of thematic conferences, the Financial Technology Conference focuses on the development of financial technology under the new form of intelligent economy. It organizes topics around cutting-edge issues such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and digital finance, and continues to hold financial technology application scenario competitions. It plans to release achievements such as the Central Bank Digital RMB System (DCEPS) brand; The Insurance Conference, with the theme of "Global Resilience, Insurance Empowerment - Building an Open and Inclusive Insurance New Ecology", will hold four themed activities around technology insurance, pension insurance, inclusive insurance, and catastrophic insurance; The investment conference, with the theme of "Gathering Global Capital Momentum to Empower Industrial Innovation Ecology", will feature three themed activities focusing on cross-border investment, China Europe investment, and global capital. It will also be accompanied by investment and financing docking and industry roadshows, promoting the signing and implementation of a number of high-quality projects with high technological content and strong growth potential.

As an important platform for national open development, the Financial Street Forum was founded in 2012 and will hold its 15th edition this year. The Financial Street Forum is known as a barometer of China's financial reform and development, continuously playing the role of a "national level policy propaganda authoritative release platform, a platform for benign interaction between finance and the real economy, a platform for China's participation in global financial governance, and an international financial exchange and cooperation platform".

(Author Niu Yu)