Opening Address by Mr Kee Rui Xiong, Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Disclosures Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the FPAS Global Conference on 16 October 2023

More than 31 provincial and autonomous regional tourism departments

According to the US State Department, 69 countries did not meet the minimum criteria.

The Bank of Japan's Research and Statistics Department prepares these data on a regular basis for assessing the state of Japan's economic activity and prices.

Germany's government department for transportation, the Ministry for Digital and Transport, is putting more than EUR one billion into climate-friendly transport vehicles.

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Six Chinese departments including the People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, have released an announcement that they are encouraging financial institutions in the banking sector to defer debt and interest payments for loans due in the fourth quarter for small and micro enterprises, the PBC said on Monday.

On 19 September 2022, the ChiNext Board ETF Option (underlying security: ChiNext Board ETF, Code: 159915) and the CSI 500 ETF Option (underlying security: CSI 500 ETF, Code: 159922) were listed for trading on the SZSE. SZSE Chairman Chen Huaping attended the launch ceremony. Director Zhang Wangjun of the Department of Market Supervision I of CSRC and Standing Committee member Zeng Pai of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee gave speeches via video link, and SZSE President & CEO Sha Yan addressed the ceremony on the spot. Officials and guests from the CSRC system, the Shenzhen Local Financial Regulatory Bureau and relevant market institutions participated in the ceremony. Together, they witnessed another important moment of the SZSE derivatives market.

On September 19, 2022, the listing ceremony of CSI 500 ETF options was successfully held on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). At the listing ceremony, Pi Liuyi, Deputy Director and First-level Inspector of the Market Supervision Department I of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), attended the meeting by video link. Liu Ti, SSE Executive Vice President, and Yang Xiaosong, General Manager of China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Southern Asset Management), jointly struck the opening gong for the market of CSI 500 ETF options. Dai Wengui, Deputy Chief Economist of China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (CSDC), and Yu Wenhong, Deputy General Manager of Southern Asset Management, unveiled the option contracts.

On July 7, 2022, the Macro-Finance Salon (No. 188) was held online. This event was co-hosted by the International Monetary Institute (IMI) and the Department of Monetary Finance, School of Finance, Renmin University of China (RUC), and organized by the Macroeconomic Research Office of IMI. During the seminar, Zhang Bin, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS, delivered a keynote speech titled “New Citizens and New Models: Housing Markets for the future”. Professor Wang Guogang, School of Finance, RUC; Member of Academic Committee, CASS; Li Xunlei, Chief Economist, Zhongtai Securities; Xia Lei, Chief Economist, Sealand Securities and Chen Xiaoliang, Associate Editor&Reviewer, Institute of Economics, CASS gave speeches respectively. The salon was moderated by Zhao Xijun, Co-Dean, Academy of China Capital Market, RUC.