Introduction: On Apr. 20, 2019, China Finance 40 Forum (CF40) 11th anniversary celebration —— 2019•CF40 Annual Meeting and Symposium “Change and Solution: The Next Phase of China’s Economic and Financial Reform” was held in Beijing. More than 300 guests attended the meeting, including CF40 advisors, members, and member units’ representatives, etc. LIU Guangchao, President of Green Legal Global Alliance (GLGA), and Director of Beijing DOCVIT Law Firm attended the forum on invitation, and received the letter of appointment as the new director. 

At the opening ceremony, CHEN Yuan, President of CF40 Standing Council and Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, delivered a speech, and issued an appointment letter to the new director of CF40. As the new director of CF40, LIU Guangchao accepted the appointment letter. 

At the symposium “Change and Solution: The Next Phase of China’s Economic and Financial Reform”, XIAO Gang, CF40 senior researcher, YAN Qingmin, CF40 academic adviser and Vice-Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Hu Xiaolian, CF40 academic adviser and Chairman of Export-Import Bank of China, MIAO Jianmin, executive member of CF40 and Chairman of PICC, YIN Yong, member of CF40, member of Beijing Municipal Standing Committee and Deputy Mayor of Beijing, Zhang Xiaohui, senior researcher at CF40, LI Bo, specially-invited member of CF40 and Vice-Chairman of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and other important guests delivered a keynote speech respectively.

The symposium was presided over by CF40 Secretary-General Wang Haiming, and the guests discussed China’s economic and financial reform. In addition, CF40 also held three parallel forums: "Macro policy mix in structural transformation period", "Financial risk prevention & control and seeking economic improvement in stability" and “Fin Tech helps small and micro businesses to develop”, where many guests had in-depth discussions on related topics. 

Founded on Apr.12, 2008, China Finance 40 Forum (CF40) is China's most influential non-governmental, non-profit financial think tank platform, which has been focusing on policy research and exchange in the economic and financial field. After more than 10 years of development, CF40 has gathered a large number of economists, financial economists, financiers and entrepreneurs, and has developed into an integrated platform that involves two series: CF40 and New Finance, several research institutes, research centers and foundations; by means of closed-door seminars, forums, major subject research, and publication of monographs, it has been working on key projects, producing high-quality results, enriching the platform's strength, carrying out international cooperation and continuously contributing to the development of China's economic and financial industry, and is thus highly valued by the economic and financial circles. 

In March 2019, based on the resolution from CF40 Standing Council, LIU Guangchao was officially appointed as the new director of CF40. As a cross-industry alliance with law as its core element, Green Legal Global Alliance (GLGA) brings together professionals in legal services, academic research, financial institutions, business entities, business incubation, Internet innovation and the media, and is dedicated to building a green, three-dimensional legal ecosphere by solving the pain points of the industry, exploring industry opportunities, building think tanks, and cultivating backbone forces. 

Green Legal Global Alliance (GLGA) has been actively participating in CF40’s seminars, project research and other activities, contributing a lot to the forum’s high-quality development, which is fully affirmed by CF40. In the future, GLGA will continue to play its role in cross-industry, platform, think tank, and resources, deeply participate in and support CF40’s academic exchange and research, and jointly promote the stable, prosperous development of China’s economy and finance.