On September 3rd, the Guangzhou Financial Conference was held in the Results Release Hall of the 2023 Service Trade Fair. The reporter learned on site that in the first half of this year, the added value of Guangzhou's financial industry increased by 7.8% year-on-year, ranking first in the six major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Chongqing. Especially in June last year, the financial tasks of the "Overall Plan for Deepening Global Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao in Guangzhou Nansha" (referred to as the "Nansha Plan") were all completed, and Nansha achieved a financial industry added value accounting for 8% of GDP, becoming one of the five pillar industries in the region. At the press conference, He Huaquan, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, introduced that in the first half of the year, the financial industry in Guangzhou continued to maintain a stable and rapid growth momentum, with an added value of 141.077 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, higher than the national growth rate and in line with the growth rate of Guangdong Province, ranking first in the six major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Chongqing. He Huaquan introduced that finance injects new momentum into the high-quality development of the real economy. Since the beginning of this year, Guangzhou has promoted 29 national financial institution headquarters to sign strategic cooperation agreements with the municipal government, and signed 52 project cooperation agreements with 38 enterprises, with a total financing amount of 465.07 billion yuan. In addition, Guangzhou has taken multiple measures to cultivate high-quality listed companies, supporting various enterprises to use the capital market to become better and stronger, and promoting a high-level cycle of technology, capital, and industry. Since the beginning of this year, there have been 10 new listed companies, and there are currently 227 domestic and foreign listed companies, with a total market value of about 3 trillion yuan. The listed companies have raised more than 600 billion yuan in total. In terms of major financial project construction, He Huaquan introduced that he fully supports the development of Guangzhou Futures Exchange and promotes the continuous enrichment of its product system. On July 21st and 24th, with the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, lithium carbonate futures and options were officially listed, which has positive significance in promoting the high-quality development of the new energy industry and serving the lithium battery industry to ensure supply and stable prices. Accelerate the establishment of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Insurance Service Center, and all preliminary preparations are ready. He Huaquan stated that he will also accelerate the establishment of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area International Commercial Bank, forming a good situation of coordinated cooperation among the three regions. In the past year, all financial tasks under the Nansha Plan have been completed, and Nansha has achieved a financial industry value added ratio of 8% to GDP, making it one of the five pillar industries in the entire region. "At the achievement press conference, Zhu Jin, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Financial Work Bureau of Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone, said that in the first half of this year, the growth rate of local and foreign currency deposits and loans in the entire region exceeded 30%; Accumulatively gathering financial enterprises has increased by 56 times in 8 years, and has achieved a series of achievements in platform construction, reform and innovation, characteristic financial sectors, and optimizing the business environment. Last year, innovative policies such as the high-level opening up pilot for cross-border trade and investment, QDLP for private equity fund cross-border investment and financing, QFLP pilot, climate investment and financing pilot, and digital RMB pilot were implemented and effective in Nansha. Among them, the pilot work of digital RMB has been steadily advancing, achieving full coverage of people's livelihood scenarios. It is the first nationwide application scenario to distribute talent rewards and subsidies in the form of digital RMB, establish parallel imported automobile consumption scenarios, and facilitate payment for Hong Kong and Macao residents. Zhu Jin stated that the "Nansha Plan" provides 15% of Nansha's corporate income