On May 18, 2026, the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum grandly opened in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Photo: Opening Ceremony
ZHOU Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and Former Governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), delivered a keynote speech at the closed-door meeting held on May 17 and attended the opening ceremony. GUO Yong, Vice Chancellor of Tsinghua University Council; JIAO Jie, Dean of Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (Tsinghua PBCSF); and XIE Wei, President of SPD Bank, delivered opening remarks.
Photo: ZHOU Xiaochuan
Photo: GUO Yong
In his opening remarks, GUO Yong stated that amid accelerating global transformations, deepening global financial dialogue and cooperation and building broad consensus are essential to addressing global financial challenges and fostering new growth drivers for the industry. He noted that despite a complex international environment, the fundamentals of China’s economy remain stable and positive in the long run, with the country continuing to offset global uncertainty through the certainty of its own development. As 2026 marks the first year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period, China’s economic vitality continues to expand, providing broad opportunities and stable support for global financial recovery. He emphasized that building a leading financial power is a major national strategy, and that Tsinghua University is actively undertaking the mission of advancing finance education and research development and cultivating high-calibre financial talent. Rooted in national strategic priorities, Tsinghua PBCSF has developed into a leading financial think tank and center for talent cultivation, actively contributing China’s perspectives to global financial discourse. Tsinghua University is committed to building the Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum into a world-class financial summit and looks forward to further strengthening global dialogue and mutual learning through the forum platform to jointly advance a fairer, more inclusive, resilient, and robust global financial governance system.
Photo: JIAO Jie
In his opening remarks, JIAO Jie noted that the global financial system and landscape are undergoing profound adjustments, shifting from a singular focus on efficiency and integration toward a new balance among efficiency, security, and resilience. He stressed that only through deeper cooperation on global financial governance can the world effectively address increasingly complex global risks and challenges. JIAO stated that China is steadily advancing the optimization and upgrading of global financial governance while firmly pursuing a financial development path with Chinese characteristics. By balancing finance and the real economy, innovation and security, markets and governance, as well as opening-up and risk control, China is accelerating the development of a leading financial power. He emphasized that, as a premier global platform for high-level financial dialogue, the Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum has for years brought together global wisdom and industry consensus. This year’s forum, held in Chengdu for the first time, carries both regional advantages and contemporary significance. Leveraging its academic strengths and platform resources, Tsinghua PBCSF will continue advancing talent cultivation, think tank research, and fintech innovation, while deepening international exchanges and cooperation to support China’s efforts to build a leading financial power and promote a fairer, more inclusive, and more resilient global financial governance system.
Photo: XIE Wei
In his opening remarks, XIE Wei stated that rising geopolitical conflicts and growing anti-globalization sentiment have led some countries to weaponize finance, severely impacting the international multilateral financial governance system and posing significant challenges to global financial security and stability. He pointed out that the digital economy has become a core engine of global economic growth, with AI technologies achieving breakthroughs in investment scale, technological capability, and industry penetration. AI is fundamentally reshaping economic paradigms and financial logic, driving the financial industry beyond tool upgrades toward systemic transformation in services and operational models. He emphasized that commercial banks must proactively adapt to change by deepening sci-tech finance and building comprehensive service systems tailored to the full life cycle of technology enterprises, while accelerating AI-enabled digital and intelligent transformation. SPD Bank has already achieved tangible progress in areas such as large language models deployment and intelligent risk management. Looking ahead, the bank is willing to work with all stakeholders to jointly build a fair and resilient global financial governance system and inject new financial momentum into global economic recovery.
Photo: High-Level Dialogue
ZHU Min, Former Deputy Managing Director of the IMF and Former Deputy Governor of the PBoC; Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001 and Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Masaaki Shirakawa, Former Governor of the Bank of Japan, participated in a high-level dialogue session.
Photo: ZHANG Xiaoyan
ZHANG Xiaoyan, Associate Dean and Chair Professor of Finance of Tsinghua PBCSF, moderated the opening ceremony.
The 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum is being held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, from May 17 to 20 under the theme of Global Financial Governance in a Changing World: New Challenges, New Opportunities, New Developments. The forum features multiple thematic sessions, report launches and research findings releases, closed-door meetings, and the International Strategic Advisory Council Meeting. Senior political and economic leaders, renowned scholars, and industry experts from China and abroad have gathered to discuss new ideas, new trends, new practices, and new drivers shaping global financial development, exploring new pathways and contributing new insights for high-quality development of the financial sector, the building of a leading financial power, and the improvement of global financial governance.
The forum is supported by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank) as a Strategic Partner, and by HUAWEI, XWBANK, Bank of Chengdu, Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, Chengdu Jiaozi Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd, and Jintai Insurance as Partners.
