Chinlink-backed Financial Forum to Power Xi’an’s Growth

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Xi’an, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road trading route, has long lagged behind China's coastal metropolises due to its inland location.

But as the capital city of China’s northwest province of Shaanxi is trying to build itself into an emerging economic powerhouse by tapping into opportunities presented by the massive Belt and Road Initiative, it faces another challenge: the lack of massive funding needed for the city’s drive to positioning itself as China's largest inland port and logistics center and developing itself into a hard and core tech hub.

This is where Chinlink International Holdings Ltd, a Xi’an-based and Hong Kong-listed financial service firm, steps in, hoping the Shaanxi-HK Financial Cooperation Forum it helps organize can contribute to Xi’an’s ambitious endeavor by bringing financial resources and expertise to the city and help it tap the international capital market through Hong Kong, one of the world’s leading financial hubs.

Inaugurated in 2017, the Shaanxi-Hong Kong Financial Cooperation Forum is a platform organized by the Department of Commerce of the Shaanxi Provincial Government and undertaken by Chinlink where government officials, representatives from Hong Kong and overseas financial institutions, local entrepreneurs are brought together to explore business are opportunities.The platform “will help introduce advanced and mature international capital market knowledge to China, thus connecting Shaanxi new technologies with global capital,” Xue Jiangxing, Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Government of Shaanxi Province, said in his opening remarks at the 2nd Shaanxi-Hong Kong Financial Cooperation Forum, which was held on June 12 in Xi’an under the theme of Boosting Technology and Capital in Shaanxi”. “The Forum would continue to provide a diversified exchange platform in bridging local enterprises with international capital in the future.”