On the morning of September 26, 2025, the 2025 Executives’ Operation Capability Enhancement Program of Lingang Group (the “Program”) was launched. Co-hosted by the Cadre Division/Human Resources Department of Lingang Group and Lingang Innovation Management Institute, and organized by Dishui Lake Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE-DAFI), the 4-day Program emphasized the combination of theory and practice and enhanced the training effectiveness through lectures by experts, case study and on-site visits and exchanges.
YU Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lingang Group, attended the Opening Ceremony of the Program (the “Opening Ceremony”) and delivered a mobilization speech. YE Jianfang, Professor and Doctoral Tutor of the School of Accountancy of SUFE, also attended the Opening Ceremony and gave the first lecture of the Program. Over 30 participants, including XIE Weiqing, Finance Director of Lingang Group, JIN Haojun and GUO Gang, Deputy Chief Engineers of Lingang Group, as well as key responsible personnel from various departments of Lingang Group’s Headquarters and platform companies of Lingang Group, participated in the Program. The Opening Ceremony was presided over by HUANG Qiang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Lingang Group.
At the beginning of Opening Ceremony, Chairman of the Board of Directors YU Yong delivered a speech. After the Opening Ceremony, Professor YE Jianfang from the School of Accountancy of SUFE gave the first lecture themed “Interpretation of the Three Financial Statements and the Operational Thinking”. In the lecture, starting from the logical relationship among balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement, combining practical cases related to financial operation and strategic decision-making of the industrial parks such as Zhangjiang High-tech Park, Suzhou Hi-Tech Park and East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Professor YE systematically analyzed the differences in strategic decision-making behind different financial structures, and inspired the participants to identify key variables in business operation based on various financial indicators. Professor YE reminded that an enterprise should select its financial strategies in a reasonable manner based on its development stages, and focus on risk prevention and value creation; and she particularly pointed out that executives of an enterprise should be capable of “viewing operation based on a financial statement thinking”, and accurately comprehend the role of financial strategies during its transformation period, so as to identify both risks and opportunities.
In the afternoon, LIU Xing, Director of the Research and Consulting Department (East China Region) of Colliers International, gave a lecture themed “Insights into the Investment Promotion Market in Shanghai”, in which he explained the five aspects including the innovative driving force of Shanghai's industrial development, the overall situation of Shanghai's investment promotion, keys to improve Shanghai's attractiveness to investors, strategies for industrial investment promotion in the new economic cycle, and investment promotion practice in the industrial parks Combining the latest data and cases of the industrial parks, Director LIU helped the participants to comprehend the investment promotion trend and its market logic. In addition, Director LIU emphasized that with the rise of “new quality productive forces” and under the investment promotion trend featured “capital + ecosystem”, managers of the industrial parks should act as “platform builders” and “ecosystem operators”, other than previous traditional investment promoters.
As the organizer of the Program, SUFE-DAFI has always been committed to serving national strategies and regional development, and actively facilitating the “industry-education integration and university-enterprise collaboration”.
In the future, SUFE-DAFI will continue to leverage its disciplinary advantages and functions as a think tank, and deepen the strategic cooperation between SUFE-DAFI and Lingang Group to jointly cultivate high-quality financial and management talents with global vision and practical experience, so as to continuously support the construction of world-class industrial clusters in Lingang Special Area and even Shanghai.
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SUFE-DAFI’s Executive Education (EE) leverages the Institute’s premium resources in financial research and education, integrating global educational assets to design customized training programs for enterprises. It also offers public finance and management courses for mid-to-senior executives, nurturing high-caliber financial and economic talents and leaders across sectors to fuel economic development and industrial upgrading. The program strives to bridge advanced international theories with Chinese practice, creating a most valuable lifelong learning platform for emerging finance.
