on april 17, 2021, under the guidance of the ministry of foreign affairs, the cica financial summit 2021 hosted by china association for the promotion of development finance and jinan municipal people's government was solemnly held in jinan, shandong province. more than 300 guests from home and abroad, including representatives of cica member states, diplomatic envoys of cica member states to china, industry experts and scholars, gathered at the summit to have in-depth exchange of views on the theme of "consultation, contribution and shared benefits: promoting the steady and profound development of cica practical financial cooperation". chen yuan, vice chairman of the 12th cppcc national committee and president of china development finance promotion association attended and delivered a keynote speech. sun licheng, member of the standing committee of the cpc shandong provincial committee and secretary of the cpc jinan municipal committee, li hui, special representative of the chinese government for eurasian affairs, kailat salebai, executive director of the secretariat of the conference on cica, ji binchang, vice governor of shandong province and other leaders delivered speeches successively.
the cica financial summit aims to deepen financial cooperation among countries and promote common prosperity and progress in the region. as an important initiator of this summit, icg has continued to make efforts in both debt and equity investment, injecting new drivers into the sound and sound development of enterprises and industrial transformation and upgrading with capital, and pushing cica's economy onto a path of strong, balanced, sustainable and inclusive growth. according to statistics from a third-party platform, the total investment of icg in 2020 will be 159.65 billion yuan, including 96.58 billion yuan of debt investment, involving 165 investment projects.
to promote sound and stable economic development of cica, it is important to properly handle the relationship between financing needs of cica enterprises and debt risks. in the field of debt investment, icg actively guides high-quality capital to focus on supporting large state-owned enterprises and listed companies through the asset management plan of debt reduction financing (drf) around the core appeal of debt reduction and rescue. to solve the problems of higher financing cost and high asset-liability ratio, china construction drf asset management can provide six financing modes for enterprises: joint factoring, joint leasing, capital and equity increase, debt-for-equity swap, spv project financing and reits real estate investment trust fund. it can not only revitalize corporate assets and enhance asset values, but also optimize debt structure, achieve the dual goals of debt reduction and financing, enhance the ability of enterprises to withstand global risks and challenges, and escort the sustainable development of cica economy.
to open a new engine of cica economic development, we need to focus on the development needs of high-growth enterprises. in the field of equity investment, icg cooperates with domestic and overseas capital, famous domestic investment institutions and large foreign institutions to invest in high-quality domestic enterprises with high growth potential through equity to meet the equity financing needs of enterprises at various stages of development. icg is deeply engaged in the major health industry in the primary market, focusing on the five directions of mentality, diet, sleep, sports and medicine (traditional chinese and western medicine), and exploring the core enterprises with high innovation ability, high growth and high technology, so as to promote the common development of the upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. in the primary and semi-market, icg adheres to the concept of value investment, inspects and researches the market competitiveness, executive quality, performance level, industry prospects and other aspects of the enterprise, selects high-quality enterprises listed in the mainland or hong kong capital markets to participate in private placement and international placement, and pays attention to the ability of sustainable growth of enterprise value. for the secondary market, icg sets up a parent fund to carry out securities investment, which is led by quantitative investment, supplemented by macro research and event-driven research. through systematic investment strategy, risk assessment and comprehensive compliance due diligence, icg introduces high-quality capital to enterprises, and improves market share and core competitiveness.