Shanghai Academy and Shanghai Gold Exchange officially reached a framework agreement on strategic cooperation on the morning of July 6. Wen Xueguo, Executive Vice President of Shanghai Academy, and Jiao Jinpu, President of Shanghai Gold Exchange, signed the agreement on behalf of the respective parties.

The framework agreement is aimed to give full play to the functions of Shanghai Academy as a new-type think tank in resources integration, further promote the core functions of the Shanghai Gold Exchange in serving the construction of Shanghai as an international financial hub. The agreement will improve the competitiveness of China’s financial industry and support the steady, rapid development of China’s economy in the long run, as well as provide intellectual support for Shanghai’s economic and social transformation.

According to the strategic cooperation framework, both sides will have in-depth exchanges and cooperation in multiple aspects, including; academic cooperation, training of high-end talents, sharing of human resources, and holding large think-tank forums and high-end academic lectures.

Zhang Ainong, Research Director of Shanghai Gold Exchange, Cheng Jiansheng and Luo Jiang, General Manager and Deputy General Manager respectively of the Research and Development Department, as well as Yang Huijun, Director of the Secretariat of Shanghai Academy, Chen Yao, Director of the Administration Division, and Li Chunguang, Deputy Director of the Cooperation Division, attended the signing ceremony.

(Text and photo by Xie Nini)