Central Bank: Start the expansion of the green financial reform and innovation pilot zone in due course

Original title: Liu Guiping, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank: Start the expansion of the green finance reform and innovation pilot zone in due course

Our reporter Bao Xing'an

Liu Guiping, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, recently stated that the central bank will focus on strengthening the three functions of financial resources to support green and low-carbon development, resource allocation, risk management, and market pricing, and work with relevant departments to vigorously promote the construction of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones.

In this regard, Liu Xiangdong, deputy director of the Economic Research Department of the China International Economic Exchange Center, told a reporter from the Securities Daily that the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for my country to achieve carbon peaks and carbon neutrality, and it is particularly necessary to promote the development of green finance.

Liu Guiping introduced at the fourth joint meeting of the green finance reform and innovation pilot zone held recently that the green finance reform and innovation pilot zone has actively explored the formation of the five pillars of my country's green financial system.

Liu Guiping said that it is necessary to highlight the focus of financial support for green and low-carbon development.

Up to now, my country has established six provinces (regions) and nine regions of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones, and has accumulated some experience.

Kang Chongli, head of the Yuekai Securities Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from the Securities Daily that the current green financial reform and innovation pilot areas in Guangzhou Huadu District, Ganjiang New District, and Gui'an New District have all achieved green financial system construction.

"Doing a good job in the development of green finance requires top-level design, long-term planning for future development paths, and guiding banks, insurance, securities and funds and other financial institutions to establish green development concepts, actively innovate, and use diversified financial Tools support green enterprises and green projects.

Liu Xiangdong believes that promoting the construction of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones, highlighting the role of financial support for green and low-carbon development, will guide social capital to tilt more towards the green and low-carbon field, and gradually form a more effective financial support mechanism, thereby enabling financial The content of serving the development of the real economy adds the connotation of green development, which helps to give play to the intermediary leverage of finance, guide the optimization and adjustment of energy structure and industrial investment transformation and upgrading, get rid of the dependence of high consumption and high emissions, and effectively embark on a green and efficient development path .