Elephant news reporter Wang Shu

Zhengzhou financial island is “open”! As soon as the news came out, many citizens boarded the island to punch in. As a region with finance as the core, what is the “gold content” of Zhengzhou financial island under accelerated construction? Known as “Zhengzhou Lujiazui”, how far is it from the name? On February 11, the reporter conducted an interview on this.

“Vertical Financial Street” may accommodate all financial practitioners in Zhengzhou

The financial inner ring island has been opened, but “opening” does not mean “officially starting operation”.

There are many high-rise buildings on the island, but in addition to some catering and convenience stores “ready to go”, the buildings and municipal parts are still under construction, and the settled enterprises are still in the listing stage. The reporter noted that at present, financial institutions such as Zheshang Bank, Everbright Bank, Everbright Securities and Zhongyuan securities are “listed”. Autonomous bus lines have been laid, which is quite scientific and technological.

What is the overall size of the financial island? According to the content previously released by Zhengdong New Area, Longhu financial center covers an area of about 1.5 square kilometers (including 0.48 square kilometers of water surface), and the inner ring is surrounded by a building complex with a height of 60 meters, mainly for financial office; The outer ring is surrounded by buildings with a height of 100 meters, mainly financial offices, hotels and apartments; The northern part of the area is planned to have 240 meter high double tower buildings, and both sides of the central axis near the inner lake are planned to be cultural land.

60 meters, 100 meters, 240 meters… It can be seen that the financial island is dominated by ultra-high financial buildings. As for the number of buildings and the commercial construction area, the official has not released exact information. According to the previous real estate information, there are more than 40 high-rise buildings in the inner and outer rings, with a total construction area of about 4.65 million square meters. Remove half of the underground area and the aboveground area is about 2 million square meters.

What is this concept? According to the bulletin of the fourth national economic census of Zhengzhou, as of 2018, there were about 249000 employees in Zhengzhou’s financial legal person units. In other words, almost all financial practitioners in Zhengzhou can be installed in the financial Island, which is really a “vertical Financial Street”.

The “ambition” of the financial Island coincides with the time

Longhu financial center, which aims to build a “world-class financial center”, was first built nine years ago and has attracted much attention. Now it is the right time.

The report of the 19th CPC National Congress proposed to deepen the reform of the financial system, enhance the ability of financial services to the real economy, and promote the healthy development of multi-level capital market. The people’s Bank of China, the State Administration of market supervision, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission have issued the “14th five year plan” for the development of financial standardization. It is proposed that by 2025, the standard system suitable for the construction of modern financial system will be basically completed, the standards will be deeply integrated with financial supervision, financial market and financial services, and the economic, social, quality and ecological benefits of financial standardization will be fully demonstrated, Standardization plays a more prominent role in supporting the high-quality development of the financial industry.

Finance is not only the blood of economy, but also an important starting point for local economic development, and Henan is no exception. On February 10, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, stressed when presiding over the Symposium of the presidents of the Bank of Henan. Build a credit Henan, create an excellent financial ecology, and provide a strong financial guarantee for the modernization of Henan.

For Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, in 2021, “focusing on the modern financial industry focusing on the cultivation of capital market” was included in the government work report, and the service systems such as funds, bonds, enterprise listing and wealth management were constantly improved.

“Compared with the current resources and conditions of Zhengzhou financial Island, Zhengzhou, as the only national central city in the region of Henan and even the Central Plains Economic Zone with strong economic strength, has the foundation and conditions to build a high-grade financial center.” Song Xiangqing, vice president of the Government Management Research Institute of Beijing Normal University and director of the industrial economy research center, said.

Building a national central city, the financial island will be empowered in these aspects

Song Xiangqing told reporters that the formation of a financial center requires three preconditions: first, the global commodity production and commodity circulation are greatly prosperous, and a strong economic center is formed in the central city; Second, in the inherent field of production and circulation, monetary funds are full and idle, so it is necessary to seek new investment places; Third, the development of emerging industries or industries needs to supplement a large amount of monetary funds. In other words, the formation of financial centers, especially the formation of world-class financial centers, means that the city has strong economic strength, active financial markets and booming supply and demand of monetary funds.

“To build a world-class financial center, Zhengzhou needs a complete top-level infrastructure and financial environment. The jingsan road Financial Street in Zhengzhou is not enough to support the realization of the new goal. The financial island was born, just to fill the high-end gap of Zhengzhou’s financial facilities.” In Song Xiangqing’s view, Zhengzhou financial island can be regarded as a new carrier of Zhengzhou financial center, which can empower Zhengzhou National Central City in four aspects.

First, maximize the ability of Zhengzhou to integrate production factors and the radiation radius of Zhengzhou Economic Center, further enlarge the industrial thickness, market width and urban height of Zhengzhou National Central City, and enhance the massiness and centrality of Zhengzhou city.

Second, form a strong reservoir of social funds in Zhengzhou, maximize the accumulation of idle capital in Henan and even the Central Plains Economic Zone, and provide information sources and convenient channels for capital profit.

The third is to form a gate for the flow of social funds to the real economy in Zhengzhou, which can orderly provide development funds and venture capital supplement for the industrial development in Henan and even the Central Plains Economic Zone according to needs.

Fourth, maximize support for the development of innovative enterprises and low-carbon environmental protection enterprises with large investment in the early stage, especially specialized new small giant enterprises, so as to obtain solid financial support for industrial transformation and economic upgrading in Henan and even the Central Plains Economic Zone, and maximize the green and high-quality development of urban and rural areas.

Benchmarking Lujiazui? Stones from other mountains are worth learning from

In the title of Zhengzhou financial Island, the title of “Zhengzhou Lujiazui” is full of gas and expectation. Perhaps Lujiazui is to Pudong New Area just as the financial island is to Zhengdong New Area. So how far is Zhengzhou financial island from “Zhengzhou Lujiazui”?

After 30 years since its establishment in 1990, Lujiazui financial and trade zone has made the financial industry the primary industry in Pudong. It has also become the national financial center of China’s Yangtze River economic belt. It is reported that in 2020, the total regional economy of Lujiazui will exceed 500 billion yuan, of which the added value of the financial industry will reach 358.5 billion yuan, and the number of buildings with tax revenue of more than 100 million yuan will reach 110; twenty