2026 Financial Street Forum Opens in Beijing, Blockchain and AI in Focus
The 2026 Financial Street Forum opened in the afternoon at Beijing's Financial Street and will run through October 22. This year's theme is “Openness, Cooperation, Inclusiveness—Building a New Global Financial Development Ecosystem.” More than 400 guests from over 40 countries and regions are taking part. Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China; Ding Xiangqun, Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration; Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; and Zhu Hexin, Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, will deliver keynote speeches. The agenda features 21 thematic sessions and three special conferences, among them a FinTech Conference devoted to blockchain, artificial intelligence and related topics. Planned outcome announcements include the PBOC's digital RMB system and the digital RMB smart contract ecosystem framework.
