With the vision of becoming a world-class finance school leading the development of emerging finance, SUFE-DAFI provides graduate programs as well as premium training. In the process of talent training, the Institute will be dedicated to the combination of new finance + new industry + new technology, with a focus on ESG finance, cross-border finance, technology finance, supply chain finance and other new financial formats, said Chen Xuanjuan, Executive Dean of SUFE-DAFI. Moreover,

​SUFE-DAFI, jointly established by the Lin-gang Special Area Administration, SUFE, and Lingang Group, aims to train future talents in finance and serves as crucial infrastructure for the high-quality development of emerging finance, new international trade, and other sectors

​According to Liu Yuanchun, President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE, and Dean of SUFE-DAFI, one of the key features of SUFE-DAFI is “open-door education”. “It is necessary to create a new platform for talent training that integrates government, industry, academia, research, finance, services and usage,

Liu Yuanchun: One of the distinctive features of SUFE-DAFI is that it trains future talents in finance who are oriented for digital life, in order to meet the demand for talents in the forefront of financial development as well as China’s demand for financial professionals in the game of great powers. Additionally, we must develop talents to support two national strategies – Lin-gang Special Area and building Shanghai into an international financial center,

Yuan Guohua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of Lin-gang Special Area, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chairman of Lingang Group, said that since its establishment in 2019, Lin-gang Special Area has maintained the same openness, reforms, and momentum, which has led to high speed, broad influence and great vitality. In the field of emerging finance, Lin-gang is also striving to establish itself as the “third pole” for Shanghai to grow into an international financial center.

SUFE-DAFI, established by the Lin-gang Special Area Administration in collaboration with SUFE and Lingang Group, is anticipated to serve as crucial infrastructure for the high-quality development of emerging finance, new international trade, and other sectors, as well as a “wall-less” university close to financial institutions and trading and industrial enterprises.

“Many people thought it was impossible in the first place, but SUFE-DAFI managed to sign contracts, complete construction and begin classes in the same year.” Liu Yuanchun, President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE, and Dean of SUFE-DAFI, said, “To realize your dream, you must first have a dream.”

During the opening ceremony, SUFE-DAFI held an appointment ceremony for exceptional teachers from SUFE and adjunct professors. In the future, SUFE teachers will provide students with meticulous instructions and state-of-the-art researches, working with other sides to establish a new interdisciplinary academic hub and support Lin-gang’s development as a hub for emerging finance.

The booming digital, intelligent, and green trends are innovating financial models, reshaping financial rules, and transforming the financial system at a faster pace. To become a hub for the development of emerging finance, Lin-gang Special Area requires a team of top-notch financial professionals with global vision, a thorough understanding of international rules, and insights into frontier trends.

​Liu Yuanchun, President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE, and Dean of SUFE-DAFI, said in his speech that following new development concepts, the Institute is committed to cultivating exceptional, globally leading, and innovative financial professionals. By doing so, it aspires to comprehensively promote Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to grow into a special economic function zone with stronger international influence and competitiveness,

With Dishui Lake Advanced Finance Institute founded, enrolling students, and opening in the same year of 2023, China’s financial industry has seen the birth of a Lin-gang model and Lin-gang speed for talent training.