The 3rd Shandong Finance Expo and Finance + Real Economy Forum will be held in Jinan, capital city of East China's Shandong province, from Nov 23 to 25.

The expo, with the theme of "Optimizing Financial Ecology for High-quality Development", will inject new vitality into the development of the modern financial industry in Shandong province, optimize the financial ecological environment and promote the close integration of finance and entities. 

Meanwhile, it will also showcase the achievements of the reform and opening-up in the financial sector of the province. 

The expo will highlight new and old kinetic energy conversion and the rural revitalization of financial services, and will show new measures launched by various institutions in serving private enterprises and small and micro enterprises. 

The Finance + Real Economy Forum features a key forum and two thematic forums. It will invite leading experts and entrepreneurs in domestic financial and substantive fields to deliver independent speeches or have round-table dialogues. 

The areas that authoritative experts and enterprise leaders excel at range from financial policy, financial institution management, and international finance to rural revitalization, characteristic towns and the private economy.

A roadshow promoting new and old kinetic energy conversion and rural revitalization will take place, which will build a platform for the exchange between financial and physical resources. 

This year's expo will set up an exhibition area to demonstrate how finance supports the development of the private economy and show the latest progress made by the country's financial regulatory agencies. Some private entrepreneurs will also talk to experts at the forum.

The Shandong Finance Expo has become an important window for Shandong's financial development and an effective platform to promote the integration of finance and the real economy.

Moreover, it has become a major gathering for provincial financial brands integrating forums, exhibitions, and communication exchanges.

Specifically, it exhibits high end finance and the real economy, and has a significant domestic influence.

Participants include large banks such as Bank of China and China Construction Bank, joint-stock commercial banks such as Evergrowing Bank, city commercial banks such as Qilu Bank and Qingdao Bank, private banks such as Lanhai Bank, and various financial institutions such as insurance, securities and fund companies.

Municipal financial offices in Shandong province have also signed up for the expo to showcase their financial development results. Some high-tech enterprises that have made breakthroughs in science and technology finance will also participate in the expo.

The expo will also see financial institutions and business institutions from abroad, which will help Shandong's financial industry to better connect to the world.

The first Shandong Finance Expo and Finance + Real Economy Forum is held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province on Dec 23, 2016. [Photo/bandao.cn] 

The second Shandong Finance Expo and Finance + Real Economy Forum is held in Jinjialing Financial District, the core area of Qingdao's financial industry on Nov 26, 2017. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Launched in 2014, Jinjialing Financial District in Laoshan of Qingdao has quickly established itself as a new hub for financial businesses in Qingdao. [Photo/qdxin.cn]