Shanghai to have "Dances with Wolves" a sense of urgency


Finance, national interests and security. Government work report made clear this year to focus on "speed up reform of the financial system, strengthen financial supervision." In this regard, the Shanghai People's Congress have a lot of suggestions: as a domestic financial center of Shanghai, it is necessary to find a breakthrough point and increased To promote efforts to seek an international financial center, construction of new progress and new breakthroughs.

Facing the "Dances with Wolves"

2007 Shanghai is the financial industry's progress has been made in a year. However, with world-renowned as an international financial center of Shanghai and its strategic objectives, there is a big gap. It was noted that the development of finance, Shanghai must have "Dances with Wolves" sense of urgency.

From the financial industry contributions to GDP ratio, New York, 15%, 11.6% for Shenzhen, Shanghai, only 10%; from a number of financial institutions, more than 3,000 in New York, Hong Kong in 2003 reached 1009 in Shanghai at present only There are 858; the number of employees from the financial point of view, New York, London, nearly a million, 500,000 Hong Kong, Shanghai, only about 200,000; in the financial markets, energy level, the degree of internationalization, and so on, the gap is more evident.

On behalf of the National People's Congress, China Democratic National Construction Association, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Zhang Zhaoan suggested that Shanghai should continue to improve the financial markets, construction, expansion and extension of the connotation of the market; to strengthen the various types of domestic and foreign financial institutions gather, especially in attracting foreign financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific headquarters set up Shanghai. It was also suggested that in Shanghai to speed up the development of commodity futures and strengthen the international commodity pricing power, or may become a new breakthrough.

To play a "home advantage"

Shanghai to speed up the building of an international financial center, is a national strategy. However, Shanghai could play their "home advantage" to further enhance the flexibility of the policies and attractive and do a good job matching services, strengthen financial cohesion.

On behalf of the National People's Congress, the Pudong New Area substituting head Li-ping pointed out that for the first test to Pudong to create a better atmosphere and improve the financial market system and vigorously promote the construction of the Lujiazui financial city. On behalf of the National People's Congress, China Financial Futures Exchange Zhu Yuchen, general manager also believes that the Shanghai Pudong can make active use of comprehensive reform pilot area to test the policy of first opportunity to explore a set of practical and financial incentives to address the financial institutions and financial professionals in tax revenue , As well as office accounts, housing, employment and families of the children to school and other difficulties.

Zhu Yuchen also suggested that an open and enliven Shanghai financial institutions, through government guidance, to encourage its support grow in size and strength, home to be a good athlete, playing home games, and give full play to take the lead role; timely establishment of financial holding group, a group of strength training A strong, internationally competitive financial institutions, to improve Shanghai's financial strength and influence.

Talent, "two-pronged"

Statistics show that Hong Kong and New York as an international financial center of the city population of the financial industry have reached more than 10%, Shanghai is less than 1% of financial talent gap is more than 1,000,000. To elevate the number of employees in the financial Shanghai, Shanghai speed up the concentration of financial talent, is urgent.

On behalf of the National People's Congress, National Dong Hwa University Economic Development and Cooperation Yan Cheng-chung, director of the Institute suggested that "bringing in" and "local culture" can be a two-pronged: on the one hand, the introduction of Shanghai has an urgent shortage of high-end talent to make Shanghai a financial market professionals, Human resources development in the Promised Land; On the other hand, has become the financial characteristics of Shanghai, Shanghai is also a business card, Shanghai must form a sound financial and cultural atmosphere, increasing the financial knowledge, and let all the people are aware of the financial.

2008-03-12