Shenzhen Stock Exchange 2026 New Year Address: Further Deepen Comprehensive Investment and Financing Reforms to Better Support the Growth and Growth of Innovative and Entrepreneurial Enterprises in Emerging Sectors and Future Industries

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on December 31, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange issued a 2026 New Year message stating that in 2026, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference, earnestly implement the spirit of the National Financial System Work Conference. Under the strong leadership of the Party Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the supervision and guidance of the discipline inspection and monitoring team stationed at the Securities Regulatory Commission, it will focus on the main line of risk prevention, strong supervision, and strict control, and strive to build a world-class exchange to fully serve the “15th Five-Year Plan” for a good start and start in the Chinese style Modernization makes a positive contribution. The first is to talk about strong politics and party building. Adhere to and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, thoroughly promote comprehensive and strict government of the Party, strictly and pragmatically carry out normalization of inspection, rectification, and long-term audit and rectification, consolidate, expand and thoroughly implement the results of learning and education in the spirit of the Eight Regulations of the Central Committee, and lead the high-quality development of the exchange with the new results of party building. The second is risk prevention and steady operation. Improve risk monitoring and prevention systems, prevent and mitigate risks in key areas, and make every effort to maintain the stable operation of the market. Actively cultivate a group of high-quality listed companies, promote the high-quality development of indexed investment, enhance the attractiveness of medium- to long-term capital, and focus on enhancing the internal stability of the market. The third is strong supervision and excellent ecology. Strengthen full-chain supervision, strengthen classification supervision, highlight scientific and technological empowerment, crack down on illegal and illegal acts, maintain market order and shape a good ecology through strict supervision and control. Fourth, focus on reforms to promote development. Further deepen comprehensive investment and financing reforms, enhance the inclusiveness and adaptability of the system, better support the growth and growth of innovative and entrepreneurial enterprises in emerging fields and future industries, and serve the development of physical enterprises throughout the chain and life cycle.

The original text is as follows:

Shenzhen Stock Exchange 2026 New Year Address

2025 is the year the 14th Five-Year Plan comes to an end, and it is also a key year to lay a solid foundation for the “15th Five-Year Plan.” Looking back on this year, the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to meet difficulties and forge ahead. The main goals and tasks of economic and social development were successfully completed, high-quality development achieved new results, and Chinese-style modernization took new solid steps. In particular, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee reviewed and approved the “Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development”, drawing up a blueprint for China's development over the next five years and pointing out the direction for doing a good job in the capital market. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. According to the unified deployment of the Party Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange insisted on steady progress, and promoted risk prevention, strong supervision, and high-quality development in an integrated manner. New results have been achieved in various tasks.

This year, we have maintained and strengthened the overall leadership of the Party. Highlight political leadership, thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third and Fourth Plenums of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the Central Economic Work Conference and the National Financial System Work Conference, solidly carry out in-depth study and education on the spirit of implementing the Eight Regulations of the Central Committee, promote comprehensive and strict government of the Party in depth, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, firmly support the “Two Establishments” through practical actions, and resolutely carry out “two maintenance”.

This year, we made every effort to maintain the stable operation of the market. Strengthen risk forecasting, strengthen transaction monitoring and monitoring, prevent and mitigate risks in key areas, and maintain the bottom line that systemic risks do not occur. Vigorously attract medium- to long-term capital into the market and actively develop equity products such as ETFs. The total size of ETFs in Shenzhen exceeded 1.79 trillion yuan, an increase of 79% over the previous year. Focusing on improving the quality and investment value of listed companies, Shenzhen companies disclosed plans to increase their repurchase holdings by more than 400 orders, and the upper limit of the repurchase increase amount exceeded 110 billion yuan; dividends continued to exceed 500 billion yuan, and 533 companies had mid-term dividends of 132,928 billion yuan, an increase of 25.98% over the previous year. Since this year, the market has been steady, moderate and positive. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange Index has risen 29.87%, and the GEM Index has risen 49.57%.

This year, we strictly supervised and protected the legitimate rights and interests of investors. Strengthen self-regulatory supervision, consolidate the “gatekeeper” responsibilities of intermediaries, strictly control issuance and listing entry, continue to strictly supervise listed companies, continue to thoroughly combat counterfeiting and anti-counterfeiting, increase transaction supervision, deepen scientific and technological supervision, severely punish vicious violations of laws and regulations, and carry out smooth and orderly delisting supervision to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors.

This year, we used the market function to help the economy develop with high quality. The third set of GEM listing standards was officially launched, research and deepening GEM reforms, promote high-quality expansion of the bond market, and enhance the inclusiveness and adaptability of the system. There were 48 IPOs throughout the year, of which 87.5% were strategic emerging industries. Since the release of the “Six Rules of Mergers and Acquisitions”, 154 new major asset restructuring orders have been planned, an increase of 77% over the previous year, and acquisitions of new quality productivity targets account for nearly 70%. The annual stock financing amount was 148.5 billion yuan, bond financing was 2.98 trillion yuan, and 6 new REITs were listed, which further supported the innovation and development of physical enterprises. Improve the market service system and improve service quality and efficiency. Conduct in-depth visits to listed companies to help solve development problems. Steadily expand high-level opening-up to the outside world, continue to deepen cross-border connectivity, actively promote the internationalization of ETFs, and organize road shows for 46 Shenzhen companies to 5 countries and regions.

This year's work was inseparable from the joint efforts and strong support of all participants in the market. Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to people from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the reform, development and stability of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange!

A journey of thousands of miles, with Kai Geo. In 2026, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference, earnestly implement the spirit of the National Financial System Work Conference. Under the strong leadership of the CCSRC Party Committee and the supervision and guidance of the CSRC's Discipline Inspection and Monitoring Team, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will strive to build a world-class exchange around the main line of risk prevention, strong supervision, and strict supervision and control, to fully serve the “15th Five-Year Plan” and make a good start to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization. The first is to talk about strong politics and party building. Adhere to and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, thoroughly promote comprehensive and strict government of the Party, strictly and pragmatically carry out normalization of inspection, rectification, and long-term audit and rectification, consolidate, expand and thoroughly implement the results of learning and education in the spirit of the Eight Regulations of the Central Committee, and lead the high-quality development of the exchange with the new results of party building. The second is risk prevention and steady operation. Improve risk monitoring and prevention systems, prevent and mitigate risks in key areas, and make every effort to maintain the stable operation of the market. Actively cultivate a group of high-quality listed companies, promote the high-quality development of indexed investment, enhance the attractiveness of medium- to long-term capital, and focus on enhancing the internal stability of the market. The third is strong supervision and excellent ecology. Strengthen full-chain supervision, strengthen classification supervision, highlight scientific and technological empowerment, crack down on illegal and illegal acts, maintain market order and shape a good ecology through strict supervision and control. Fourth, focus on reforms to promote development. Further deepen comprehensive investment and financing reforms, enhance the inclusiveness and adaptability of the system, better support the growth and growth of innovative and entrepreneurial enterprises in emerging fields and future industries, and serve the development of physical enterprises throughout the chain and life cycle.

This article was selected from the “Shenzhen Stock Exchange” WeChat account, Zhitong Finance Editor: Feng Qiuyi.