China News Service, Shenzhen, December 27 (Reporter Cai Minjie and Zheng Xiaohong) The "2022 China Local Financial Development Forum" was held in Shenzhen on the 27th, and the forum released the "14th China Financial Center Index (CFCI)".
The above-mentioned index pointed out that the competition pattern of leading financial centers in mainland China has stabilized, and the regional "layering effect" has become prominent; in the post-epidemic era, the mainland's financial industry has taken the initiative, and the financial industry performance of most financial centers has resumed growth momentum.
The "14th China Financial Center Index" shows that the competition pattern of leading financial centers in the mainland has stabilized, and the regional "layering effect" has become prominent.
The members of the top ten comprehensive competitiveness list have remained consistent for three consecutive periods.
Among them, Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen rank among the top three financial centers in the country, and their advantages are more prominent; Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanjing, Tianjin, and Wuhan are among the top ten financial centers in the Mainland this year, and their rankings remain unchanged.
The above-mentioned index shows that in the post-epidemic era, the mainland's financial industry has taken the initiative, and the performance of the financial industry in most financial centers has resumed its growth momentum.
In the past year, major financial center cities in China have continued to increase financial support for the real economy, helping market players to bail out, serving stable growth, and protecting people's livelihood, and withstood the impact and test of the complex international and domestic environments.
In 2021, the total added value of the financial industry of the 36 financial centers will reach 5.69 trillion yuan, accounting for 62.4% of the national total for that year, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from five years ago, and remaining at a historically high level.
Among the 36 financial center cities in this period, the financial industry performance scores of 21 cities returned to positive growth.
The top ten financial industry performance in this period are Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, Chengdu, Tianjin and Suzhou.
At the same time, the financial market scale scores of most financial center cities resumed growth, and the capital market utilization level increased significantly.
As a "long tail factor" for the construction of a financial center, the financial ecological environment is playing a greater supporting role.
The growth of the financial ecological environment scores of the 36 financial centers in this period has rebounded, showing that the impact of the new crown epidemic on the financial talent environment and business environment tends to weaken.
In this period, the average GDP growth rate of the 36 financial centers in 2021 reached 7.6%, an average increase of 4.5 percentage points over the same period last year.
According to reports, the China Financial Center Index is compiled by the team of the Institute of Financial Development and State-owned Enterprises of the China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute. It aims to continuously track and study the development of domestic financial centers and provide decision-making reference and policy basis for relevant departments.
The first China Financial Center Index was released in 2009.
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