The 2022 Kangbashi Financial and Economic Forum is held on Aug 24. [Photo/Kangbashi Release]

The 2022 Kangbashi Financial and Economic Forum was successfully held in Kangbashi district in the city of Ordos in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 24.

The forum was attended by government officials, academics, experts and business representatives.

They conducted in-depth and extensive exchanges themed on digital industry development and capital market opportunities, as well as focusing on the two-way empowerment of technology and finance and exploring innovation-driven talent cultivation.

Several speeches were delivered during the event.

Among them were a speech entitled "Leading new development with new ideas and improving the quality and efficiency of financial empowerment and development" by Ordos Mayor Du Huiliang and one entitled "the present and future of China's economy and finance" by Li Yang, an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.

Others included "global economic changes and opportunities and challenges facing Ordos" by Fan Gang, president of the China Development Institute (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute.

The attendees also gave their thoughts on the high-quality development of the regional financial economy.

A nameplate unveiling ceremony for the member unit of the Ordos Work Base for Financial Talents was also held, and Fan Gang was appointed an Ordos financial and economic consultant.

Moving forward, Ordos will benchmark domestically advanced regions and cities, explore the application of blockchain, cloud computing, big data, and internet of things technologies in the financial field, and help the regional financial industry rapidly promote online and digital transformation.

The city will also strengthen the R&D and innovation of digital financial technology, expand the  application of digital financial scenarios, build and improve the supervision system of digital finance, and optimize the industrial layout of digital finance.