Greening the Chinese banking system: A policy and regulatory landscape analysis

This webinar presents a new UNEP FI policy brief titled “Greening the Chinese Banking System: A Policy and Regulatory Landscape Analysis”. A conducive policy and regulatory enabling environment is widely recognized as essential for mobilizing large-scale green investment. China offers a particularly illustrative case. With policy support, regulatory requirements, and financial incentives, China’s banking sector has emerged as a powerhouse for the country’s green transition, channeling capital into environmental protection, energy transition, sustainable transport, and other sectors. China has mobilized some of the world’s largest volumes of green investment and has developed highly advanced green tech supply chains. Join us for a discussion of: - Factors have enabled these outcomes - How China’s green finance architecture can be understood in light of its broader policy, industrial, and financial ecosystem - Elements of China’s experience that may offer constructive insights for other countries, particularly those seeking to scale green investment while responding to national priorities and development contexts A presentation of findings and conclusions will be followed by a discussion of developments and trends in China and the EU and potential areas of collaboration, featuring leading experts who have been active in greening China’s financial system and have served as technical expert reviewers for the development of the brief. Speakers: - Keynote speaker Ma Jun, Founder and President of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) and Chairman of CASI - Lead report author Shouqing Zhu - Junice Yeo, Managing Partner, Eco-Business - Shanning Dong, Director of Green Finance, Bank of Jiangsu - Peiyuan Guo, Chairman of China Sustainable Investment Forum and SynTao Green Finance - Xiaobei He, Research Fellow, National School of Development, Peking University