Recently, the selection of the "Leading Group" of Guangzhou's planned listed companies in 2023 was officially launched. It is reported that the activity aims to select high-quality and active "leaders" in Guangzhou to be listed, and continue to expand the influence of the "Guangzhou sector" in the capital market. The Guangzhou Local Financial Supervision Bureau recently issued the "Guangzhou Leading Group" Action Plan for Accelerating the High Quality Development of Enterprise Listing and Supporting Industry Leadership (2023-2025). The Action Plan proposes specific goals such as striving to add 75 new listed companies within 3 years, raising 120 billion yuan through initial public offerings and refinancing, increasing the proportion of high-tech enterprises and specialized, refined, and new enterprises to over 50% of new listed companies, and adding over 40 new listed companies in the three major emerging pillar industries and five major emerging advantageous industries. It also strengthens the working mechanism for promoting enterprise listing, and creates a project for cultivating enterprise listing Increase the efforts to cultivate key areas for listing, and leverage the leading role of listed companies in the industry. Xie Aimin, Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Guangzhou Branch, stated that ICBC has served as the co organizer of three consecutive "leader" evaluations. In the future, ICBC will continue to adhere to the concept of "technology leading and financial assistance", provide high-quality financial services to listed enterprises, and use practical actions to contribute to the development and upgrading of enterprises on the market. It is reported that in addition to holding selection activities, the Guangzhou Financial Development Service Center will continue to take the lead in carrying out a series of activities such as the "Leading Sheep" Proposed Listing Enterprise Special Roadshow "and the" Leading Sheep "Proposed Listing Enterprise Advanced Training Class", to assist Guangzhou's high-quality development of enterprise listing work. The 2023 "Leading Group" selection event for companies to be listed in Guangzhou will invite companies registered in Guangzhou to participate. The event will last for 6 months and include multiple stages such as event registration, quantitative preliminary evaluation, centralized roadshow review, enterprise visit review, and expert review. Specialized financial institutions will classify and select the participating institutions from the dimensions of technological innovation, capital attention, and enterprise growth, The final rankings include "Top 50 Guangzhou Leading Enterprises 2023", "Top 10 Guangzhou Most Capital Focused Leading Enterprises 2023", "Top 10 Guangzhou Strongest Science and Technology Innovation Leading Enterprises 2023", and "Top 10 Guangzhou Most Growing Leading Enterprises 2023". According to reports, the listed companies will obtain the qualification of the Guangzhou Local Financial Supervision Bureau's reserve enterprise database for listing, the one-on-one guidance of the expert team of the Guangzhou Industry and Information Technology Bureau's Small and Medium sized Enterprise Specialized, Refined, Special, and New Development Promotion Association, the "One District, One Institution" service of the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, the qualification of the Guangzhou Federation of Industry and Commerce's key contact enterprise database, training opportunities on the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and North Stock Exchanges, and the quota of advanced training courses for "Leading" enterprises to be listed Industrial and Commercial Bank of China credit resources and exclusive services, GF Securities one-on-one exclusive services, Guangdong Equity Trading Center free roadshow services, provincial/municipal professional media interviews and reports and opportunities to broadcast in prime time financial columns and other special service rights. (China Daily Guangdong Reporter Station Qiu Quanlin | Dong Anqi)