On January 14, 2018, the Launching Ceremony of Huangpu Bund Campus of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University, which was initiated by China Oceanwide Holdings Group, was held. Lu Zhiqiang, Chairman of Oceanwide Holdings; Gao Yun, Secretary of Huangpu District Committee and District Governor; Jiao Yang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University; and Professor Wei Shangjin, Chairman of the Academic Committee of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches. Professor Qian Jun, Executive Director of Fanhai International School of Finance, hosted the launching ceremony.

The participants also included Tang Zhiping, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission, and Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group; Chen Zhuofu, Member of the Huangpu District Standing Committee and Deputy District Governor; Jiang Xizhou, Member of the Leading Party Members' Group and Deputy Inspector of the Huangpu District Government; Tao Changsheng, Director of the Research Department of Shanghai Municipal Office of Finance Service; Zhu Lixin, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group and Director of the Huangpu District Office of Finance Service; Chen Zhimin, Assistant to the President of Fudan University; and Chen Shiyi, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University.

"As a new and international finance school, Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University will stay true to its founding mission and leverage its own unique advantages, so as to provide more professional and valuable guarantee for China's economic transformation and upgrading, under the guidance of the country's macroeconomic policies, under the support of Huangpu District and Fudan University, and under the efforts of all teachers and students," said Lu Zhiqiang, Chairman of Oceanwide Holdings, in his speech, "As a private enterprise that adapts to China's reform and opening up, Oceanwide Holdings has the opportunity to participate in the establishment of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University. This is an honor of us and me, as an alumnus of Fudan University. This will continue to spur us to grow our company well and constantly create value for the society and the country."

Gao Yun, Secretary of Huangpu District Committee and District Governor, said, "Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University is located on the Bund. It is a specific endeavor of Huangpu District, Fudan University and Oceanwide Holdings to jointly implement the gist of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, and realize the connotative development of higher education. It is also an important move to explore the cooperation among the government, the university and the enterprise in running a school and serve the building of Shanghai into an international financial center. Huangpu District will give full play to its own advantages in the financial ecology and government services that it has fostered in the Bund, comprehensively deepen cooperation with Fudan University and Oceanwide Holdings, and provide stronger talent guarantee and support for the building of Shanghai into an international financial center."

"Today we have officially launched the Huangpu Bund campus here, marking that the building of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University has entered a new stage. With the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipality, we will further strengthen the in-depth cooperation with the Huangpu District Party Committee and Government and Oceanwide Holdings, aim at achieving the three goals of "first-class undergraduate school, first-class programs, and first-rate talents," and strive to build Fanhai International School of Finance as a first-class school of socialism with Chinese characteristics as soon as possible," said Jiao Yang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, in his speech.

Professor Wei Shangjin, Chairman of the Academic Committee of Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University, also stated in his speech that the official opening of the Huangpu Bund campus has provided the school with a chance to develop by leaps and bounds. He also mentioned, "On the Huangpu Bund campus, the school will be the first to launch top management education programs after the Spring Festival. In early September, the campus will see the arrival of the first masters in finance, and financial MBA, financial EMBA, financial DBA, PhD, master-doctor, undergraduate and dual-degree programs will also be launched in the near future." He believed that through the recruitment and training of first-class faculties, and with the tripartite support of the university, the company and Huangpu District government, the school will make good use of the hardware advantages of the Huangpu Bund campus, and the school's teachers and students will make more contributions to the development of international finance.

As the first international financial school established by the government, the university and the company in China, Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University has entered the Bund financial agglomeration zone. It is a result of the tripartite strong support from Fudan University, Oceanwide Holdings, and Huangpu District for the building of the school. It is also a geographical guarantee for the school to occupy an advantageous financial position and build itself in an international financial perspective, so as to fully serve the building of Shanghai into an international financial center and a global science and innovation center. In the future, Fudan University will shape a bi-directional linkage effect between the academic and scientific research functional zone centered on the Handan campus and the think-tank building and talent training functional zone centered on the Huangpu Bund campus, in order to better meet the needs for higher education to serve the real economy.

Earlier, Lu Zhiqiang, an alumnus of Fudan University and Chairman of China Oceanwide Holdings Group, donated RMB 300 million to Fudan University through the Oceanwide Foundation, with a view to supporting the building and development of Fudan's financial disciplines, and promoting the cultivation and accumulation of first-rate financial talents with international vision and national mission through Fudan's financial disciplines. Over the past two years or more, Chairman Lu Zhiqiang has donated more than RMB 1 billion to Fudan University, which has provided strong support for Fudan University's building of a world-class university and first-class disciplines.