2025 Stock Exchange International Workshop Kicks Off in Shanghai

On October 13, the 2025 Stock Exchange International Workshop (2025 SEIW) was officially opened in Shanghai. 192 representatives from 31 stock exchanges across Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bhutan, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Somalia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and China, as well as from the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS), registered and attended for the program.

Officials from the International Cooperation Department of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Financial Commission of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shanghai International Centre for Communication and Cooperation between Exchanges (SICCCE) attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Some remarks are quoted as following:

Opening-up is a distinct hallmark of China's capital market, and international cooperation is indispensable. We are willing to work with our counterparts to support exploring new models of pragmatic cross-border cooperation between capital markets, empower supervision with technology, activate innovation with capital, and share opening-up opportunities.In that way, we can inject more certainty into global economic development and open up greater space for growth.

——Deputy Director General, International Department, CSRC

Since its establishment, the Shanghai International Centre for Communication and Cooperation between Exchanges (SICCCE) has carried out a series of activities, effectively playing the role of a bridge and platform as a non-profit organization. We sincerely hope that SICCCE will continue to leverage its strengths, actively conduct exchanges and cooperation with capital markets along the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), and make greater contributions to the development of Shanghai as an international financial center.

——Deputy Director General, Financial Commission of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

In today's world, technology is reshaping the global financial landscape. Every stock exchange is required to shift from a single trading function to a model with ecological integration capabilities. Traditional exchanges must accelerate their transformation to better adapt to various uncertainties in the near future... I sincerely hope that this Workshop will serve as an excellent platform to promote knowledge sharing among professionals in the exchange industry and to facilitate dissemination of valuable best practices.

——President of SSE & Chairman of SICCCE

Industry experts from stock exchanges, index companies, securities firms and asset management institutions will give presentations on 11 topics, including “From Scale Economy to Innovation Economy”, “How Capital Markets Support the Development of Sci-Tech Innovation Enterprises”, “ETF Markets of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges”, “Application of Artificial Intelligence and Large Models in China's Securities Industry”, “ESG Practice Sharing by Chinese Listed Companies”, and “How to Use Stock Exchange Platforms to Serve Diversified Financing Needs”.

Meanwhile, participants will conduct on-site visits to representatives of securities firms and SSE STAR board companies to gain insights and intuitive understanding of Chinese capital market. They are also invited to attend the “2025 Shanghai Global Asset Management Forum”, where they will engage in in-depth dialogues with Chinese asset managers and explore future cooperation opportunities.

The 2025 SEIW will last for 4 days. It is hosted by SICCCE and supported by SSE, SZSE and Asset Management Association of Shanghai (AMAS). Since 2019, the SEIW program has been successfully held for 5 sessions. It has become a powerful initiative to strengthen business exchanges and experience sharing among stock exchanges along the BRI region and support the capacity building of respective capital markets.