From February 28 to March 1, the 4th Beijing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry Innovation and Development Conference was held at China National Convention Center Phase II. The event was themed “Integration, Efficiency and Security: Unleashing New Vitality Through AI+”. Wu Weixing, Deputy Party Secretary and President of CUEB, and Yin Zhichao, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of CUEB, were invited to attend.

On the morning of March 1, CUEB, the Mentougou District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and the National Financial Technology Risk Monitoring Center jointly hosted the “AI+Finance” sub-forum, themed “Digital Intelligence Driving the Reconfiguration of the Financial Value Chain.” The forum focused on the integrated development of AI and finance, digital and intelligent transformation in the financial sector, and financial empowerment for the AI industry. More than 200 representatives from government agencies, universities, financial institutions and technology enterprises were gathered for it.

In his remarks, Yin Zhichao noted that AI is reshaping the financial sector, upgrading the industry from digitalization toward intelligentization. Technologies such as privacy computing and federated learning are maturing, driving the financial value chain beyond mere process optimization to reshaping the entire ecosystem. Reviewing CUEB’s cooperation with the Mentougou District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, Yin emphasized the university’s commitment to deepening the integration of government, industry, academia, research, and application. This will accelerate the introduction of frontier technologies into classrooms and immerse students in industrial settings, thereby contributing a “Jingxi Solution” to Beijing’s development as an international center for science and technology innovation.

At the expert insight session, Wu delivered a presentation titled “Digitalization-Driven Structural Changes in Financial Markets”, detailing how digitalization is reshaping the operating logic of banking and capital markets. In lending, big data and algorithms have markedly improved efficiency and expanded service boundaries, yet the impact of digitalization on bank performance remains nonlinear, with dividends emerging only after crossing certain thresholds. In capital markets, quantitative trading, algorithmic trading and robo-advisory services are gradually replacing manual operations. This shift enhances market efficiency while altering information transmission and price discovery. He emphasized that digitalization is positive overall, but its true dividends—the subsequent value reconfiguration of the financial system—can only be realized when coupled with upgraded capacities in talent, organization, and management.

During the achievements release session, Chen Fengxian, Deputy Dean of the School of Finance, released the outcomes of the “Industry-Education Integration 2.0: A Talent Development System for Finance+AI Interdisciplinary Professionals” initiative on behalf of the Jingxi Institute of Sci-Tech Finance. He stated that by upgrading its industry-education integration model and jointly building industry-academia-research platforms with multiple partners, the school has established a synergy among policy, technology, application scenarios and talent development, which effectively aligns interdisciplinary talent cultivation with industrial demands.

Since 2024, CUEB and Mentougou District have continuously deepened their partnership, making significant strides in strategic agreements, joint Party branch building, practice base launches, and institute co-establishment. The forum provided a high-level platform for cross-sector dialogue between AI and finance and showcased CUEB’s innovative exploration and phased achievements in cultivating interdisciplinary financial personnel. Embracing the digital intelligence era, the university will seize the opportunities created by AI+ integration to keep education in sync with industrial transformation, injecting fresh momentum into the reconfiguration of the financial value chain.

Officials from the Party Committee Publicity Department and the School of Finance also attended the event. More than 30 student volunteers from the School of Finance provided logistical support.