The academic team

On the morning of April 17, the 83rd academic lecture of the Jiao Hu Financial Forum series was successfully held in the East Lecture Hall on the 2nd Floor of the School of Finance. Wu Haifeng, Director of the Tech-Finance Research Center at the Institute of Data Economy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), and Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Finance of CUHK-Shenzhen, was invited to deliver an academic lecture titled Green Finance: Theory and Practice to teachers and students of the School of Finance. The lecture was hosted by Peng Yuliu, Vice Dean of the School of Finance, and attended by some teachers and students of the school.

 In this thematic lecture, Wu Haifeng first introduced the historical context of green finance, noting that sustainable finance—with green finance as its representative—will serve as a core driver for the high-quality growth of China’s macroeconomy in the future. He pointed out that the transition to sustainable finance in the financial industry is a crucial path to achieving sustainable and high-quality development, with the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s strategic development needs. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made remarkable progress in building a green finance system. A multi-level and diversified green finance market, dominated by green loans and green bonds, has now taken shape, providing strong impetus for serving the green and low-carbon development of the real economy. However, green finance also faces multiple challenges: the formulation of the dual carbon goals (carbon peaking and carbon neutrality) imposes stricter requirements on enterprises’ sustainable development, and high-carbon-emission enterprises are confronted with transition risks and physical risks.

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Finally, Wu Haifeng stated that as the country continues to elevate the strategic position of green and low-carbon development, with the gradual introduction of relevant policies and rules and continuous innovation in green financial products, the green finance system will be further improved in the future, ultimately realizing the sustainable development of the environment, society, and enterprises.