The pace of layout is accelerating, and foreign financial institutions are optimistic about the Chinese economy.

Schroder Fund's Deputy General Manager and Chief Investment Officer Yue An, expressed optimism about the opportunities brought by the pilot program for senior professional investors in the Science and Technology Innovation Board. He believes that this initiative is an important innovation in deepening the reform of China's capital market, with its impact mainly reflected in three aspects: Firstly, by introducing senior institutions with experience in investing in hard technology, it provides market value endorsement for non-profitable technology companies, enhancing the accuracy of reviews; secondly, establishing a mechanism of "long-term holding + scale threshold" to tilt capital towards early-stage science and technology projects, while reducing risks for small investors; finally, prioritizing support for government-guided funds, leading companies in the industry chain, and strengthening the concentration of funds in strategic areas such as artificial intelligence to form a dual resource allocation mechanism of "professional judgment + policy guidance". This system does not set a new listing threshold, but provides a more flexible market-based review path for companies under the fifth set of standards. Zeng Gang, Chief Expert and Director of the Shanghai Financial and Development Laboratory, told reporters that the rapid development of foreign financial institutions in China is based on rational judgment of the long-term value of the Chinese economy and strategic layout. Looking ahead, as China's economy undergoes transformation and upgrades and its financial market continues to improve, the level of foreign involvement will further increase. Kuang Zheng, Chief Investment Officer of HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth Management in China, told reporters that the concentration of professional manufacturing technology capabilities in China and Asia is not easily replaceable, and the resilience and structural growth opportunities of the Chinese economy are still significant.