Distinguished president Ma Weihua,Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to extend my warm congratulations for the opening of this Summit and best wishes to all attendants for a successful event. The first Global Social Finance Forum and the 2017 Social Impact Investment Summit mark a new stage of globalization that places a high priority on balancing economic growth, environmental sustainability, and the well-being of people.
Sustainable development holds the key to addressing environmental degradation and poverty in a holistic way, while advancing social development and economic stability. The emphasis of social impact investment on both financial returns and social as well as environmental impact is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. It is also in line with the global framework for financing sustainable development, the Addis Ababa action agenda, which underscores the importance of aligning private investment with sustainable development. Social impact investment is an important means to direct investment to further sustainable development. It can also provide new channels for investing in social programs.
In the past decade, social impact investment has witnessed a boom in developed countries, such as the U.S. and the U.K. Today, I am excited to see in Shenzhen, the summit has gathered truly global reach.
At this point, China has developed to a new stage; and is thus facing issues of unbalanced development. As social finance and impact investment take root in China, they can help to address these issues while unleashing huge growth potential for China’s capital market in the new era.
To achieve the SDGs through social impact investment, we need to join hands with governments, enterprises, social organizations and all other visionary institutions and individuals. I am confident that this Summit will improve the global social impact investment network and help build a cross-sector cooperation platform for global social finance with concrete outcomes.
I wish you a very successful Forum and Summit.
Thank you.
I would like to extend my warm congratulations for the opening of this Summit and best wishes to all attendants for a successful event. The first Global Social Finance Forum and the 2017 Social Impact Investment Summit mark a new stage of globalization that places a high priority on balancing economic growth, environmental sustainability, and the well-being of people.
Sustainable development holds the key to addressing environmental degradation and poverty in a holistic way, while advancing social development and economic stability. The emphasis of social impact investment on both financial returns and social as well as environmental impact is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. It is also in line with the global framework for financing sustainable development, the Addis Ababa action agenda, which underscores the importance of aligning private investment with sustainable development. Social impact investment is an important means to direct investment to further sustainable development. It can also provide new channels for investing in social programs.
In the past decade, social impact investment has witnessed a boom in developed countries, such as the U.S. and the U.K. Today, I am excited to see in Shenzhen, the summit has gathered truly global reach.
At this point, China has developed to a new stage; and is thus facing issues of unbalanced development. As social finance and impact investment take root in China, they can help to address these issues while unleashing huge growth potential for China’s capital market in the new era.
To achieve the SDGs through social impact investment, we need to join hands with governments, enterprises, social organizations and all other visionary institutions and individuals. I am confident that this Summit will improve the global social impact investment network and help build a cross-sector cooperation platform for global social finance with concrete outcomes.
I wish you a very successful Forum and Summit.
Thank you.
File date:
Sunday, Décembre 3, 2017