On the morning of April 14, 2014, the Zhuhai Hengqin Construction Planning Hall was filled with distinguished guests, as nearly one hundred financial industry professionals from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau gathered together. Hosted by the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee and co-organized by KVB Kunlun International Financial Group Co., Ltd. and Zhuhai Hengqin Kunlun New Financial Exchange Center Co., Ltd., the "Hengqin Internet Finance Symposium" was held here.

Renowned financial experts, including Ba Shusong, Deputy Director of the Financial Research Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Liu Xiangmin, Deputy Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the People's Bank of China, offered their views and recommendations on implementing Hengqin's financial innovation policies, promoting Hengqin's financial innovation businesses, and exploring the development of Internet finance in the Hengqin New Area. Liu Xinnuo, Managing Director of KVB Kunlun International Financial Group Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech titled "Building a New Frontier for Internet Finance Development in Zhuhai Through Smart Financial Technology." Focusing on China's foreign exchange reform and drawing on the company's own financial technology development, he outlined the future development strategies and direction of KVB Kunlun International and its wholly owned company—the Kunlun New Financial Exchange Center—in Zhuhai Hengqin.

He Ningka, Deputy Secretary of the Zhuhai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor; Liu Xiaolong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor; Niu Jing, Director of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee; along with relevant officials from the Guangzhou Branch of the People's Bank of China, the Guangdong Regulatory Bureau of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the Guangdong Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Guangdong Regulatory Bureau of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Zhuhai's municipal government agencies, and the Hengqin New Area, attended the symposium.

Over the four years since the implementation of the Hengqin Overall Development Plan, the Hengqin New Area's financial innovation has achieved initial results. The clustering effect of financial institutions and financial resources has become increasingly evident, financial innovation businesses have made certain breakthroughs, and a multi-tiered financial system that brings together both traditional and emerging financial institutions has taken initial shape. The timely emergence of Internet finance meets the requirements of Hengqin's financial innovation, provides new vitality for Hengqin's rapid development, helps seize the opportunities of a new round of financial development, and drives Hengqin's overall financial innovation landscape to expand in a better, broader, and faster way.

The new era has given Hengqin a new mission, and the path of financial innovation development remains long and arduous. Through this symposium, innovative theoretical achievements in Internet finance with Hengqin characteristics were formed. Under the leadership of the State Council and the provincial government, and with the continued care and support of the experts, the Hengqin New Area will vigorously promote Internet finance businesses, accelerate the development of financial factor markets, and strive to build a financial market with Hengqin characteristics that features flexible models and well-established supporting facilities, creating valuable experience for the nation's pioneering financial reforms.

After the Hengqin Internet Finance Symposium concluded, the attending leaders and guests posed for a group photo.

The scene at the Hengqin Internet Finance Symposium.

Ba Shusong, Deputy Director of the Financial Research Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, delivered the keynote address on Internet finance.

Liu Xinnuo, Chairman of KVB Kunlun International, delivered a speech.