Recently, the 28th Global Financial Center City Index was released. In the latest financial center index, Shanghai, China, surpassed Tokyo, Japan, for the first time and entered the top three. This time the index shows that the top ten financial centers in the world are: New York in the United States, London in the United Kingdom, Shanghai in China, Tokyo in Japan, Hong Kong in China, Singapore, Beijing in China, San Francisco in New York, Shenzhen in China, and Zurich in Switzerland.

Many people may not know much about the Global Financial Center Index. Let me give you a brief introduction. The Global Financial Center Index is an evaluation index for the competitiveness of global financial center cities. This index is published by GFCI, which is known as the most authoritative global financial center ranking index. The index comprehensively considers business environment, human resources, infrastructure, financial industry development level and other aspects to evaluate and rank the world's major financial centers. It is published twice a year and is widely used in rankings of global financial centers. .

In the index released this time, not only Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen are on the list, but also twelve cities including Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Qingdao.

Now, let’s briefly introduce the three domestic cities that are among the top ten.

The first one is Shanghai. In this index, Shanghai surpassed Tokyo and ranked third. It is a real financial center. It is located in the middle of my country's eastern coastal area. It can be said to be in the C position. Shanghai's securities industry, futures trading industry, financial trading industry and other financial industries are very developed. At the same time, as my country's largest economic center, Shanghai will build an international financial center as a strategic goal. And continue to improve the financial environment and financial efficiency, and gradually realize financial internationalization.

Followed by Beijing, the capital, ranks seventh in this index. Beijing is my country's political and economic center. It is also the "national financial management center" and a pilot city for "expanding opening up of the service industry." The financial industry has developed rapidly and has become the first pillar industry in Beijing. Beijing Financial Control and Management Center has become the first inclusive financial big data company in China, established a national financial data management system, accelerated the digitalization process of my country's financial industry, and strived to build an inclusive financial system in the capital. Zhongguancun's fruitful scientific and technological achievements have provided impetus for the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in our country.

Lastly, there is Shenzhen. When mentioning Shenzhen, everyone will think of "Shenzhen Speed". As the first special economic zone in China's reform and opening up, Shenzhen has developed into an international city with certain influence. His banking, securities, insurance and other industries and the proportion of industry employees rank among the top in the country. It is one of the securities trading centers in my country and can compete with Shanghai in the financial industry. At the same time, Shenzhen also has strong innovation capabilities, and many new technologies and industries are produced in Shenzhen. Ranked ninth in this index.