From June 25 to 27, Lv Jiajin, Party Secretary and Chairman of CIB, led a delegation to Nanchang City in Jiangxi Province. The purpose was to investigate financial services for Jiangxi’s construction of the “Three Major Highlands,” implementation of the “Five Strategies,” promotion of the rise of the central region, and advancement of high-quality development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. During the visit, they held discussions with Ye Jianchun, Deputy Secretary of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Li Hongjun, Standing Committee Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee, and Secretary of the Ganjiang New Area Party Working Committee, and Ren Zhufeng, Standing Committee Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor. During this period, CIB signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the Jiangxi Provincial Government. Party Committee Members and Vice Presidents Sun Xiongpeng and Zeng Xiaoyang also participated in the investigation.
Jiangxi is a nationally renowned revolutionary base area, one of the six provinces in the central region’s rise strategy, and an important component of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Jiangxi three times, providing direction and guidance for its development. During his visit to Jiangxi in October 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that Jiangxi should strive to lead in high-quality development of revolutionary base areas, be a pioneer in promoting the rise of the central region, and take proactive steps in advancing the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, working hard to write the Jiangxi chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Jiangxi has significant geographical advantages and multiple strategic overlays, holding an important position in the national development landscape. “As we approach mid-year, our visit to Nanchang aims to deeply implement the spirit of the Central Financial Work Conference and fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during his visit to Jiangxi. We need to accurately grasp the characteristics of Jiangxi’s provincial conditions, focus on the goals of ‘leading, pioneering, and proactive,’ emancipate our minds, innovate boldly, expand the ‘Five New Tracks’ based on local conditions, and excel in the ‘Five Major Areas,’ aiding in creating a new highland for the rise of the central region in Jiangxi and drawing a new blueprint for the development of Jiangxi in the Yangtze River Economic Belt,” said Lv Jiajin.
Jiangxi is a burgeoning industrial province with a comprehensive range of industries and rich non-ferrous metal mineral resources, earning the nickname “World Copper Capital.” Located in the high-tech zone of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Copper Group is the largest copper enterprise in China, leading in the domestic production of copper concentrate, cathode copper, and copper processed materials.
On the morning of the 25th, Lv Jiajin and his delegation visited Jiangxi Copper Group. Both parties engaged in in-depth discussions on enhancing bank-enterprise cooperation and promoting high-quality development in the manufacturing sector. Zhou Shaobing, General Manager of Jiangxi Copper Group, provided an overview of the group’s development status and future direction. He stated that Jiangxi Copper has maintained a long-term, solid cooperative relationship with CIB, with significant potential for future collaboration. He expressed hope that CIB would continue to support Jiangxi Copper Group in accelerating its development towards high-end, intelligent, green, and international standards, fostering and developing new productive forces, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results. Lv Jiajin affirmed that CIB would leverage its advantages in Green Banking, Investment Banking, and Fintech to provide comprehensive “financial + non-financial” services. This support aims to strengthen Jiangxi Copper Group’s core business, optimize its structure, diversify its development, and promote mutual enhancement through dual circulation, contributing further to the modernization of China’s non-ferrous metal industry.
At present, Jiangxi is at a pivotal juncture of harnessing its accumulated potential and advancing transformation and upgrading. On the afternoon of the 25th, CIB signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the Jiangxi Provincial Government. Ye Jianchun, Deputy Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Governor, met with Lv Jiajin and his delegation and witnessed the signing ceremony. Ren Zhufeng, Executive Vice Governor of Jiangxi, and Sun Xiongpeng, Vice President of CIB, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties.
Ye Jianchun, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, expressed gratitude for CIB’s support for Jiangxi’s development. He mentioned that CIB has consistently maintained a good cooperative relationship with Jiangxi, injecting “financial vitality” into the province’s ecological civilization construction and rural revitalization, thereby making substantial contributions to Jiangxi’s economic and social development. He hoped that CIB would continue to support Jiangxi’s development, effectively implement the various contents of the comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement, and assist in the transformation and upgrading of the province’s traditional industries, the accelerated development of strategic emerging industries, and the innovative development of future industries.
Lv Jiajin introduced the development history of CIB and its operations in Jiangxi. He stated that CIB would allocate more financial resources to key areas of Jiangxi’s economic and social development, engaging in deep cooperation with the province in creating a modern industrial system, leveraging the value of ecological resources, and advancing rural revitalization. This collaboration aims to play a greater role in Jiangxi’s economic and social development.
On the morning of the 26th, Lv Jiajin and his delegation visited Jiangxi Lianovation Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. They gained a detailed understanding of the company’s development history, cutting-edge technologies, and research projects. In the high-temperature superconducting research and production workshop, they observed a demonstration of the high-temperature superconducting induction heating device and learned about the core and application fields of high-temperature superconducting technology. Lv Jiajin stated that there is great potential and opportunity for financial services in supporting technological innovation. CIB will fully leverage its expertise in Techfin to support enterprises in enhancing their independent innovation capabilities, addressing bottlenecks and pain points in the incubation, transformation, and industrialization of core technological achievements, and fostering new productive forces to create new competitive advantages.
Ganjiang New Area, located on the northern bank of Ganjiang River in Nanchang City, is the 2nd national-level new area in the central region and the 18th in the country. It is also an important hub for advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries in the central region.
On the evening of the 26th, Lv Jiajin and his delegation met with Li Hongjun, Standing Committee Member of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee, and Secretary of the Ganjiang New Area Party Working Committee, as well as Wang Wanzheng, Director of the Ganjiang New Area Management Committee.
Li Hongjun expressed gratitude to CIB for its long-term concern and support for the development of Nanchang City and Ganjiang New Area. He mentioned that CIB, as one of the first joint-stock commercial banks in China, is powerful and enjoys a high reputation. He hoped that CIB would fully utilize its professional advantages, further enhance its efforts in the “Five Major Areas” of finance, strengthen the integration of finance with the real economy, and focus on the “8810” Action Plan of Nanchang City and the “6510” Action Plan of Ganjiang New Area. He emphasized the need to improve financial services, jointly deepen Green Banking reforms and innovations, and effectively support high-quality development.
Lv Jiajin responded by highlighting the superior business environment and immense development potential of Nanchang City and Ganjiang New Area. He assured that CIB would continue to provide high-quality financial service support, strengthen financial product innovation, assist in optimizing the financial ecosystem, and promote the development of related industrial chains, thereby making greater contributions to the economic and social development of the region.
During the investigation, Lv Jiajin and his delegation also visited the Nanchang Branch Office, the Personal Loan Centralized Operation Center, the Data Analysis Laboratory, and the Party History Education Center. They extended their regards to the cadres and employees, and Lv Jiajin presided over a symposium to hear work reports, commend the branch’s achievements, and set forth requirements for the next phase of work. Lv Jiajin emphasized the importance of leading in high-quality development. He urged an accurate understanding of Jiangxi’s development trends, integration into Jiangxi’s modern industrial system, and the need to liberate thinking and strive for advancement. He stressed the importance of leveraging CIB’s strengths to expedite the layout of new business fields and tracks, cultivating new momentum and advantages, and promoting reasonable quantitative growth and qualitative improvement. Lv Jiajin called for pioneering efforts in exploring Green Banking development. He emphasized combining CIB’s Green Banking advantages with Jiangxi’s ecological strengths, shifting focus from “pollution control” to “carbon reduction,” and enhancing group synergy, research empowerment, and innovation leadership. He urged significant breakthroughs in carbon sinks, carbon measurement, and carbon trading standardization, turning Jiangxi’s ecological wealth into economic wealth, and exploring new pathways and accumulating new experiences for the bank’s Green Banking development. Lv Jiajin also stressed the importance of proactive efforts in advancing the “Three Basics” (San Ji) and “Three Advancements” (San Hua) work. He highlighted the need to adhere to goal-oriented approaches, prioritize key areas, and effectively reduce burdens and empower grassroots levels. He called for strengthened management of grassroots employees, enhancement of basic institutional construction, and standardization of management, marketing systematization, and digital operation construction. In terms of Party discipline learning and education, Lv Jiajin emphasized the need to set examples. He underscored the importance of strengthening supervision of the “top leader” and leadership teams, rigorously promoting Party discipline construction at all levels, building strong combat fortresses, and comprehensively improving the purity, professionalism, and combat effectiveness of the cadre team. He advocated for integrating the promotion of Chinese financial culture with Party discipline learning and education, transforming it into tangible outcomes that advance high-quality development.
Key officials from CIB’s Nanchang Branch and relevant departments from the head office participated in the investigation.