In a recent address, Zhao Ling, Chairman of EB SECURITIES, reaffirmed the company's commitment to aligning its growth trajectory with the broader national economic and financial objectives. The message was delivered as part of a New Year's greeting.
Reflecting on the past year, 2025 marked the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and represented a pivotal year for China's financial sector as it transitioned from scale to strength. Despite a complex and challenging external environment, the Chinese economy demonstrated resilience, while reforms in the capital market advanced steadily. Notable developments included the implementation of the "New National Nine Articles" and the stable progress of the comprehensive registration-based IPO system. Throughout this period, EB SECURITIES consistently adhered to the guidance of the Party's innovative theories, deeply studied the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and its subsequent plenary sessions, and resolutely implemented the directives of the Central Financial Work Conference and the Central Economic Work Conference. Under the overall arrangement of the Everbright Group Party Committee, the firm firmly grasped the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, prioritized its functional role, and steadfastly shouldered its mission as a central state-owned enterprise to serve the real economy, national strategies, and social welfare.
The company has anchored its strategy on the goal of "building a first-class service-oriented investment bank in China," positioning itself to serve the national agenda, reinforcing bottom lines against financial risks, and demonstrating responsibility in promoting high-quality development. Throughout the year, EB SECURITIES focused on the "Five Major Financial Tasks," continuously expanding the scale of stock and bond underwriting while enhancing the competitiveness of intermediary services such as investment banking, brokerage, and asset management. It deepened its "Investment Banking+" integrated financial service ecosystem to help real-economy enterprises optimize their financing structures and improve economic efficiency. The firm also strengthened the stable operation of capital-based businesses, laying a solid foundation for sustainable development, resulting in steady improvement in its operating performance.
In serving the real economy, EB SECURITIES actively functioned as a bridge between the capital market and实体经济, increasing support for key areas such as technological innovation, advanced manufacturing, and green energy. It refined its full-lifecycle service system for technology innovation enterprises, promoting a virtuous cycle of "technology-industry-finance" and actively fostering new quality productive forces. Regarding social welfare and民生, the company continued to optimize its inclusive wealth management product offerings, enhancing professional product selection and portfolio allocation to meet the diversified asset allocation needs of residents. It actively participated in the construction of the third pillar of the pension system, facilitating positive interaction between pension funds and the capital market. Additionally, EB SECURITIES developed a comprehensive financial service model with its own characteristics tailored for small, medium, and micro-enterprises, driving service upgrades through digital transformation.
In fulfilling its social responsibilities, the company actively responded to the "One Company, One County" paired assistance initiative, focusing on key areas for rural revitalization. It innovated with safeguard and development projects like "insurance + futures," covering more market entities and farmers. EB SECURITIES also strengthened consumption assistance and project tracking for effectiveness, providing targeted support for comprehensive rural revitalization. Simultaneously, the firm始终坚持 investor protection as a priority, standardizing marketing and promotional activities, strengthening information disclosure, and effectively safeguarding investors' rights and interests.
Looking ahead to 2026, which marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and is a crucial foundational year on the path to basically achieving socialist modernization by 2035, the capital market's role in serving high-quality development carries greater responsibility and offers broader opportunities. EB SECURITIES will continue to be guided by the principle of serving the nation's major priorities, resolutely integrating its own development into the national economic and financial landscape. It will prioritize functionality by delving into科技金融, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance, aiming to create distinctive highlights in the "Five Major Financial Tasks." Grounded in professionalism, the company will comprehensively enhance its core capabilities in underwriting, investment research, and wealth management to build a differentiated competitive advantage in serving the national agenda. Based on security, it will健全 a comprehensive risk management system and strictly guard against the bottom line of preventing systemic risks.
The road ahead is long, requiring perseverance and dedication; with the mission on its shoulders, those who strive hard will lead. EB SECURITIES will leverage stronger strategic resolve, higher professional standards, and a deeper commitment to serving the people to deeply integrate "what Everbright can do" into "what the nation needs." With the brush of finance dipped in the ink of practical action, the company will strive to write a new chapter of high-quality development.
On the occasion of the Chinese New Year of the Bingwu Horse, sincere wishes were extended for the prosperity and stability of the great motherland, and for readers to enjoy a joyful and prosperous New Year.