Since this year, many trust companies have increased capital or introduced strategic investors. "Capital increase of trust companies can enhance capital strength, thus ensuring the implementation of the company's strategic transformation and business adjustment." Yu Zhi, a researcher of Usufruct Trust, told the Securities Daily. According to sorting, two trust companies increased their capital successively in December alone. On December 15, the official of Shaanxi Guotou said that the company had completed the private placement on December 14, raising 3.519 billion yuan. After the capital increase, the registered capital of the Company increased to 5.114 billion yuan, and the net assets exceeded 15 billion yuan. On December 5, Shanghai Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau publicly disclosed the Reply on Approving Huabao Trust Co., Ltd. to Change Registered Capital, Change Equity and Adjust Equity Structure. The reply showed that the registered capital of Huabao Trust increased from 4.744 billion yuan to about 5.004 billion yuan. According to incomplete statistics by the reporter, as of December 18, 8 trust companies, including Dongguan Trust, Huachen Trust, Zhejin Trust, Zhongcheng Trust, Guoxun Trust, Zhongrong Trust, Xiamen Trust and Lujiazui Trust, have promoted or completed capital increase in the year, and the total newly increased registered capital has exceeded 10 billion yuan. As for the reasons for the capital increase of trust companies, a large trust management person told the Securities Daily that "many trust companies have increased their capital successively. On the one hand, based on the capital assessment requirements of trust companies, on the other hand, the capital scale plays a key role in the trust companies' business expansion process, helping to open up or expand their business channels." According to the Research and Development Center of Bairui Trust, the pressure on trust companies to increase capital mainly comes from three aspects: "regulatory pressure, risk prevention and control pressure, and business transformation pressure". The net assets and net capital of trust companies will directly affect the scale of trust assets and inherent business that they can manage, thereby affecting the income and profits of trust companies. However, the capital increase of trust companies is conducive to consolidating capital strength, improving their ability to resist risks, mitigating liquidity risks, and contributing to the long-term performance growth of trust companies. Xing Cheng, a researcher at the Financial and Legal Research Center of Tsinghua University, told the Securities Daily that capital increase has become an important way for trust companies to improve their capital strength, industry competitiveness and further promote the transformation and rapid development of innovative businesses. With the continuous tightening of supervision and the increasing uncertainty of the trust industry's development, the trust industry continues to vigorously expand its capital scale, consolidate its capital strength, and constantly improve its business innovation and risk resistance. In addition, some trust companies also introduced strategic investors when increasing capital. For example, the official of Warburg Trust said that with Zhoushan Caijin Investment Holding Co., Ltd. becoming a new shareholder, the capital adequacy ratio of Warburg Trust will be further enriched, which will help the company to enhance its risk resistance, enhance its comprehensive competitiveness, and make a solid step towards becoming an important carrier of the industrial ecosystem of China Baowu Group and an industry-leading comprehensive financial service provider in the future. With the expansion of trust industry assets, the future transformation pressure of trust companies is also increasing. In Yu Zhi's view, the trust industry has entered the stage of transformation and development. Service trust, standard trust, etc. are the direction of future development, and the differentiated development will