Zhang Jinliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of China Construction Bank: The transformation of digitally empowered industries cannot be separated from the support of financial institutions

　　China News Service, March 26. The 2024 Annual Meeting of the China Development Forum will be held on March 24-25, 2024. On the afternoon of March 25, the "Digital Empowerment Industrial Transformation Seminar" was held. Zhang Jinliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of China Construction Bank, said in his speech in the "Group Discussion 1" session that as of the end of 2023, the balance of CCB's loans to support the core industries of the digital economy was 700 billion yuan, and the balance of new infrastructure loans exceeded 170 billion yuan.

　　Digitally empowered industrial transformation is inseparable from the support of financial institutions. Zhang Jinliang said that on the one hand, China Construction Bank must comprehensively promote its own digital transformation. By improving financial technology capabilities, we will build a self-reliant, independent and controllable digital technology innovation system; continue to improve the data governance system, effectively use data elements to expand the scope of financial services, and achieve the digital transformation goals of commercial banks with agile response, comprehensive reach, and good experience. .

　　On the other hand, it promotes the digital transformation of the real economy. In addition to innovating financing methods and optimizing financing structures, we must also leverage CCB’s financial technology advantages, export technologies, platforms, concepts and methods, and jointly promote digital transformation with traditional enterprises. At the same time, we will increase support and services for new infrastructure and core industries of the digital economy, as well as technological innovation enterprises, increase innovation in risk control, pricing authorization, credit rating and other aspects, and solve pain points such as difficult, expensive and slow financing for enterprises. . As of the end of 2023, the balance of CCB's loans to support the core industries of the digital economy was 700 billion yuan, and the balance of new infrastructure loans exceeded 170 billion yuan.

　　Zhang Jinliang emphasized that in addition to financial support, CCB also attaches great importance to the development of green financial business. It has issued green and sustainable development bonds overseas for six consecutive years, and green loans have achieved rapid growth.