9 On September 12, the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Service Trade Fair") kicked off in Beijing. More than 80 countries and international organizations set up exhibitions and conferences, and more than 400 of the world's top 500 and industry leading companies were involved. Exhibit next. As the exclusive "global partner" of the banking industry, Bank of China made a wonderful appearance at the National Convention Center and Shougang Park.
This Service Trade Fair is the first national and international large-scale exhibition held by China after the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Since 2024, Bank of China has closely followed the preparations for the Service Trade Fair and fully supported a series of activities such as domestic and overseas investment roadshows. In this Service Trade Fair, Bank of China will participate in depth according to the overall arrangement of the Service Trade Fair, carefully organize exhibitions and participate in the dual venues, hold key activities, release results, and provide all-round support in on-site financial services and other aspects.
Another appointment at the Service Trade Fair
Fully support the wonderful hosting of the exhibition
Starting from 2021, Bank of China has become the exclusive "global partner" of the banking industry of the Service Trade Fair and continues to deepen work related to the Service Trade Fair. Since the beginning of this year, Bank of China has gathered the strength of the entire bank, coordinated the resources of the entire bank, and given full play to the group's advantages. On the basis of summarizing and drawing on past service experience, Bank of China has steadily and orderly promoted the preparations for the 2024 Service Trade Fair, and helped the smooth holding of exhibition-related activities.
actively monitors the service and trade schedule. From attracting exhibitions and investment before the exhibition to supporting activities during the exhibition, Bank of China keeps pace with the pace and provides all-round services. With the support of the Head Office, Bank of China’s domestic and overseas institutions have closely linked up and actively participated in and supported various roadshow investment promotion activities. In April, we participated in the "Nuggets Dubai Overseas Salon" event to build a platform for domestic companies to explore the Middle East market, especially technological innovation and business opportunities in Dubai. In June, we participated in the 2024 CIFTIS Brussels special promotion conference to support CIFTIS’ international investment promotion and exhibitions, inviting enterprises and institutions from various countries to come to Beijing to participate in exhibitions and conferences, promote high-quality services and products, and build a bridge for Sino-foreign economic and trade cooperation.
During the exhibition, Bank of China will participate in the launching ceremony of the 2024 "Integrity Business Promotion Month" and support activities such as investing in Beijing Living Room. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy. Bank of China will create a special area at the Shougang Park booth to comprehensively display innovative measures and key areas of implementation results that support the high-quality coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. It will also participate in the "Beijing Day" and Beijing The Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Investment Promotion Conference, with the theme of "Linking Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to Win a New Future", launched financial service promotions and signed contracts between banks and enterprises in the three places. In addition, Bank of China will continue to leverage its professional advantages in cross-border finance, supply chain finance, foreign exchange and foreign trade, and provide exhibitors with comprehensive services covering online and offline account opening, deposits, loans, cash management, cross-border remittances, etc. Comprehensive financial services.
At the same time, Bank of China carefully arranged its exhibitions at the National Convention Center and Shougang Park, with a three-dimensional wrap-around design and multiple displays to show that Bank of China fulfills its mission as a large state-owned commercial bank and supports high-quality economic development with high-quality financial services. We will make every effort to achieve the fruitful results of the "Five Major Articles" and convey the Bank of China's will and determination to resolutely implement the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, support the country's high-level opening up with finance, and deeply serve the two-way interaction between China and the world.
Give full play to its professional advantages
Actively serve High-level opening to the outside world
From the Service Trade Fair to the China International Import Expo, the Canton Fair, the Consumer Expo, the China International Investment Fair... In recent years, Bank of China has continued to leverage its experience in exhibition services to support the hosting of large-scale national home events. , fully serving the country’s high-level opening up to the outside world.
As the pioneer and pathfinder of China's financial "going global" strategy, Bank of China has a "big country" in mind, integrates its own globalization process into the overall development situation, continues to leverage its professional advantages in foreign trade and foreign exchange, and contributes financial strength to promote the country's high-level opening up to the outside world. Currently, Bank of China’s overseas institutions cover 64 countries and regions around the world. In addition, in the first half of this year, the Bank of China Serbia RMB Clearing Bank officially opened and successfully handled the first cross-border RMB remittance business. Currently, Bank of China has 15 institutions serving as RMB clearing banks.
Relying on high-quality global product service capabilities and resource allocation efficiency, Bank of China actively serves "going out" and "bringing in", providing global customers with comprehensive and professional financial services of "one-point access, global response", and continues to Improve the quality and efficiency of the supply of cross-border financial products and services, and maintain long-term market leadership in the fields of international trade settlement, cross-border RMB settlement, foreign exchange settlement and sales, syndicated loans, offshore bond underwriting, panda bond underwriting and other fields, with global advantages and cross-border comprehensiveness Service advantages are further improved.
At the same time, Bank of China actively supports the high-quality construction of the “Belt and Road”, participates in the construction of the “Belt and Road” three-dimensional interconnection network and multilateral cooperation platform, and continues to expand the business coverage of the “Belt and Road” countries. As of the end of June , Bank of China’s overseas institutions cover 44 “Belt and Road” countries. To steadily and steadily promote RMB internationalization , Bank of China seizes the development opportunities of RMB in cross-border trade settlement and investment, continuously expands the customer base and service capabilities of RMB investment and financing in the capital market, and successfully organizes RMB internationalization in key regions such as Southeast Asia and Latin America. Roadshows and cross-border RMB business promotion conferences in Central Asia effectively support the construction of the RMB offshore market.
At this Service Trade Fair, Bank of China used multi-screen interaction at its booth to display its global institutional layout and the latest financial results in supporting the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. Overseas branches of Bank of China will also come to the booth for the second consecutive year to hold "Paris Day" and "Sydney Day" themed activities, gathering domestic and overseas efforts to support trade in services. At the same time, Bank of China will also launch financial products such as BOC Cross-border e-Commerce and BOC Corporate e-Butler during the exhibition to continue to promote the quality and efficiency of cross-border financial services in the field of foreign trade and investment.
Fulfilling the mission
Promoting high-quality economic and social development
An air water generator that can turn moisture in the air into a water source, a medical physiological parameter detector with intelligent analysis functions, and an educational programming robot dog that children can interact with... in At the Bank of China's booth in the comprehensive theme area of the Service Trade Fair, many novel technological products attracted people to stop and visit.
Bank of China has specially created a "Technology and Finance Achievements Exhibition Area" this time, joining hands with 36 technology-based companies that support cooperation. The companies cover integrated circuits, medical equipment, smart water purification, science and technology education and other technological innovation industries that the country is vigorously developing. It not only allows the audience to have close contact with the cutting-edge technological products of these industries, but also provides an excellent stage for technological enterprises in the growth stage.
The display of achievements of technological innovation enterprises at this service trade fair is the epitome of Bank of China’s continued support and accompanying the growth and development of technological enterprises. In recent years, Bank of China has continued to promote financial support for technological innovation by focusing on strengthening professional capabilities, improving service systems, strengthening comprehensive services, promoting ecological construction, and optimizing supporting resources. In the first half of 2024, in order to coordinate the development of science and technology finance, Bank of China will set up a science and technology finance center at the head office and 24 domestic first-level branches, and build science and technology finance specialized branches or characteristic outlets in key areas to build an overall "head office-branch-branch" A multi-level organizational system for science and technology finance, and actively carry out the major article of science and technology finance.
Focusing on key customer groups, Bank of China uses digital means to carry out customer profiling, achieves hierarchical and classified accurate support, upgrades the exclusive credit model for technology finance, and continues to improve the full chain and full life cycle service system to better meet the needs of technology-based enterprises, especially technology-based enterprises. Financial needs of small, medium and micro enterprises. Data show that as of the end of June, Bank of China had provided more than 1.7 trillion yuan in credit support to 83,500 technology companies, and the cumulative supply of comprehensive services exceeded 650 billion yuan.
At the same time, the Bank of China actively practices the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, continuously strengthens its mission of serving the real economy, and implements the deployment requirements of the "Five Major Articles" with financial empowerment of technological innovation as the first priority. Promote the virtuous cycle of technology-industry-finance, use green finance to lay the foundation for high-quality development, comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of inclusive financial development, steadily promote the high-quality development of pension finance, and use digital finance to empower high-quality development with new vitality , fully serving the high-quality economic and social development.
Stick to the original intention of serving the people
Convenient services light up a better life
In the past summer, foreign tourists’ enthusiasm for visiting China continued to increase. “China travel” became popular on overseas social media. A large number of foreign bloggers took photos and published what they saw during their trips to China. According to the news, the common feeling among many people is that payment is more convenient.
In March this year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Optimizing Payment Services and Improving Payment Convenience", pointing out the direction for optimizing payment services and improving payment convenience for the elderly and foreigners in China. Bank of China resolutely implements the detailed deployment requirements, focusing on the inconvenience of payment for groups such as overseas residents and the elderly, constantly improving the service guarantee mechanism, clearing up payment service blockages and difficulties, and improving payment service levels in an all-round way.
Airports are the first stop for global guests to enter the country. Bank of China has currently built a total of 31 airport overseas guest payment service centers across the country, which can provide payment service consultation and guidance to overseas guests as soon as possible. In Beijing, Bank of China, with the unified deployment and support of the People's Bank of China, undertook the construction of the "Overseas Guest Payment Service Center" at the Capital International Airport to provide customers with a full range of travel and payment services involving transportation, payment, catering, shopping, etc., every morning at 7 :30 to 10:00 pm, staff are on duty to guide customers to handle foreign card cash withdrawals on their own, providing a one-stop and intensive solution to the diverse payment demands of foreign guests.
At this year’s Service Trade Fair, Bank of China created a “Special Service Area for Foreigners Visiting China” at its booth, recreating the scene of the “Payment Service Center for Overseas Guests” at the Capital International Airport. Visitors can consult on-site to learn about relevant business policies and experience financial machines such as self-service exchange machines. , you can also use the electronic interactive map to check the location information of Bank of China outlets in Beijing, foreign card acquiring merchants, ATMs that support small-denomination cash withdrawals, and departure tax refund stores that are convenient for overseas visitors to China. Looking across the country from Beijing, Bank of China has currently deployed 23,000 ATMs in China to support cash withdrawals with mainstream bank cards around the world. More than 30 overseas institutions of Bank of China around the world provide pre-payment services for individuals coming to China.
Digital RMB is also of great significance in improving payment convenience. At the 2023 Service Trade Fair, Bank of China created a digital renminbi trend market in Shougang Park and launched a series of check-in experience activities, which were generally welcomed by the attendees at the exhibition. At this Service Trade Fair, Bank of China brought digital renminbi to the Shougang Park Financial Services Special Exhibition. Through "online + offline" interactive experience and other methods, it comprehensively demonstrated the diversified applications of digital renminbi for governments, enterprises, and individuals. During the
exhibition, Bank of China will cooperate with Beijing Municipal Transportation Card Payment Co., Ltd. to release a new hard wallet product. In addition, Bank of China created a rich and colorful experience scene at the Service Trade Fair, carried out activities such as discounted ticket purchases, scanning QR codes to receive red envelopes, and giving gifts with consumption, and invited citizens and friends who came to the exhibition to "experience digital finance and light up a better life." ”, demonstrating the benefits brought by open innovation in the financial industry to the people.
went to the service trade appointment again. Bank of China provided all-round support for the exhibition with considerate service and full enthusiasm. Taking this opportunity, Bank of China will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the spirit of the Central Financial Work Conference, give full play to its long-term accumulated advantages in international business characteristics, and pool its financial strength to promote the in-depth integrated development of trade in services and trade in goods. , fully serving the country’s high-level opening up to the outside world and promoting high-quality economic development.
