On November 1, 2022, the RCEP Regional Financial Banking Cooperation Conference was held. The conference reached a four-point consensus on the importance and urgency of strengthening financial and banking cooperation, cooperation measures and mechanism building among RCEP member states. The conference stressed that strengthening financial cooperation is especially necessary for regional financial stability. The conference was hosted by the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee in online-onsite hybrid model. Xu Ningning, Chairman of RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee and Executive President of China-ASEAN Business Council, and Zhang Yanling, former Vice President of Bank of China and Chairman of the China Transaction Bank 50 Forum, delivered speeches successively. Lye Kejian, executive member of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee and former director general of the Department of Asia Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce of China, presided over the conference, and Liu Xin, secretary general of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee, briefed the RCEP Industrial Cooperation Committee’s recent work. The conference attracted leaders of relevant departments of more than 30 provincial and municipal governments, more than 40 RCEP national business associations and more than 200 entrepreneurs.

Lye Kejian, former Director General of the Department of Asia Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce of China executive member of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee 

Liu Xin, Executive Secretary General of the China-ASEAN Business Council and Secretary-General of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee, introduced the main work of the RCEP Industrial Cooperation Committee.

Session 1 Remarks 

Xu Ningning, Executive President of China-ASEAN Business Council and Chairman of RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee

Zhang Yanling, former Vice President of Bank of China, President of China Transaction Banking 50 Forum, and Vice Chairman of Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce

Session 2: Keynote speech 

Yang Zaiping, Founding Secretary General of Asian Financial Cooperation Association and former Standing Vice President of China Banking Association

Mr. Zhao Jianping, former Assistant President of China Development Bank and Director General of International Finance Bureau, CDB

HAN JONGSOO, Chief Representative of Export-Import Bank of Korea Beijing Representative Office

Takashi Kakiuchi, Vice President of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (China) Limited and President of Shanghai Japanese Commerce and Industry Club

Tutuk Setya Hadi Cahyono, Chief Representative of Bank Indonesia Beijing Representative Office

Pung Kheav Se, Chairman of Canadia Bank Cambodia and former Chairman of the Association of Banks in Cambodia

 Sam Cheong, Managing Director and Head of Group Foreign Direct Investment Advisory & Network Partnerships of United Overseas Bank

Kin Chong Choi, Senior Vice President of Kasikorn bank of Thailand

Joseph R. B. Lledo, Senior Vice President and Head of International Desks of BDO Unibank Inc.

Toyoki Oka, Chairman of Japan-China Investment Promotion Organization and Member of the Board of Mizuho Bank

Morgan Spearritt, Senior Representative of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s China Office in Beijing