She made the remarks on May 29 at the 2nd Global Asset Management Forum organized by China Fund News in Shenzhen. The event brought together senior executives from top-tier global financial institutions to engage in high-level dialogues exploring China's strategic opportunities in the age of artificial intelligence.

Li's keynote speech was titled "New Paradigm, New Intelligence, New Responsibility: How to Excel in the AI Era."

Li Yimei emphasized that the wave of artificial intelligence sweeping through this year is completely unstoppable. Moving rapidly from "tokens" to "AI Agents," and from "computing power" to "AI-Native Clouds," professionals are waking up every day to a reality where their cognitive boundaries are being reshaped by AI. The spectacle closely mirrors the dawn of the internet wave in the 1990s. Decades later, the internet has thoroughly restructured daily lives, working models, and business ecosystems.

In her view, what the industry is currently experiencing is not a simple, incremental technology upgrade, but rather a "new paradigm revolution". The only viable choice for any forward-looking enterprise is to fully embrace the future.

How should an asset manager position itself amid the paradigm revolution? Li asserted that the answer lies in allowing AI to "grow naturally out of existing business lines"—thereby converting high-frequency industry "buzzwords" into roaring, real-world productivity, with a purpose of making investment research more professional, client services warmer, risk management more robust, and operations more efficient.

Investment Research: Building the 'Skeleton of a Platform' for Industrialized Infrastructure

On the investment research front, ChinaAMC has engineered its research systems to organically grow into the "skeleton of a unified platform", which means an industrialized and highly intelligent investment research infrastructure.

Capitalizing on frontier technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and machine learning, ChinaAMC has achieved a structural leap in investment decision-making: evolving from manual filtering to intelligent data-mining, and from isolated individual decisions to seamless human-machine collaboration. Concurrently, the overarching research paradigm is shifting away from being purely experience-driven toward a scientific, platform-based, and industrialized framework.

Relying on this highly sophisticated, evolving research infrastructure, ChinaAMC continuously refines a diversified suite of strategies—including quantitative investment, intelligent regular investment plans, and sector rotation models—effectively providing its investment businesses with "intelligent wings."

Furthermore, ChinaAMC closely aligns its product development with China's overarching national strategic objectives. The firm has aggressively deployed dedicated product pipelines across sectors that support national agendas, such as AI, new energy, biomedicine, and high-end manufacturing. While providing vital support to the real economy, this strategy captures long-term structural value for investors, cultivating a virtuous cycle where "AI empowers investment research, investment research drives performance value, and performance value sustains the broader ecosystem."

Highlighting a prime case study, Li introduced the "ChinaAMC Wings" (Feiyi) Fixed-Income Integrated Intelligent Platform. This proprietary platform has not only exponentially enhanced the efficiency of portfolio analysis and trade execution while optimizing asset allocation logic, but also effectively stored high-quality investment research outputs, which made them all traceable. This ensures that research processes are fully replicable and trade executions highly predictable.

Client Services: Becoming a Professional and Empathetic 'Digital Confidant'

On the client-facing front, ChinaAMC leverages AI to scale its digital service capabilities, translating long-term client companionship into practical, daily actions. The firm's vision is to serve as a professional, deeply empathetic, and trusted "Digital Confidant" for hundreds of millions of retail investors on their wealth management journeys.

As part of this initiative, ChinaAMC's wealth management subsidiary, ChinaAMC Wealth Management, launched the "Red Rocket" platform. This digital solution utilizes advanced technology to dismantle professional financial barriers and significantly lower investment thresholds for ordinary users.

Furthermore, by deeply integrating LLMs, highly personalized recommendation algorithms, and affective computing (emotional AI) technologies, ChinaAMC has meticulously crafted an interactive "Digital Partner" on the Alipay platform—known as "ChinaAMC Smart Calf AI Agent." This agent is uniquely capable of active listening, authentic empathy, and continuous client companionship.

Beyond these applications, AI has fundamentally breathed life into the firm's entire customer service ecosystem. ChinaAMC has successfully consolidated and constructed an omni-channel, marketing-and-service unified workbench alongside an integrated wealth management platform. This dashboard establishes a unified, crystalline view of each client, ensuring that every single interaction is imbued with human warmth, retains contextual memory, and delivers highly targeted insights, thereby enhancing investors' sense of financial fulfillment.

Operations: Erecting an AI-Powered Fortress for Comprehensive Risk Management

On the operational and infrastructure front, ChinaAMC utilizes AI to build fortified defensive walls and deep operational moats to mitigate enterprise risk.

Throughout its comprehensive embrace of intelligent transformation, ChinaAMC took the industry lead in establishing a proactive, dynamic threat-alert and defensive architecture. To date, ChinaAMC has finalized the comprehensive classification and grading of its firm-wide data assets, implementing a highly differentiated, multi-layered data protection framework.

Simultaneously, the company has integrated advanced AI to construct ChinaAMC's proprietary "Security Brain." Powered by deep learning algorithms, this system drives a comprehensive, multi-dimensional upgrade toward "intelligent, proactive defense" and "trustworthy governance."

Maintaining Curiosity, Deep Focus, and Independent Decision-Making

Li pointed out that while humanity marvels at the omnipotence of technology, they must recognize a fundamental truth: AI can iterate almost everything, but AI is not omnipotent.

Taking the investment research domain as an example, she explained that AI can flawlessly and efficiently execute standardized tasks—such as summarizing research reports, transcribing and organizing meeting minutes, cleaning raw data, and building foundational financial models, a human analyst's sharp professional judgment can only be tempered, refined, and solidified during long, late-night hours spent dissecting a 300-page IPO prospectus, conducting extensive field research across industrial supply chains, and repeatedly dismantling and rebuilding financial models from scratch. This hard-earned judgment, forged through rigorous real-world trials, remains the core anchor for navigating highly complex, volatile capital markets.

Thus, ChinaAMC draws a crystal-clear line separating "tasks that can be replaced by AI" from "processes that require absolute human execution." While foundational, repetitive tasks are systematically delegated to AI, macro trend forecasting, ultimate value choices, and deep engagement with investee companies must be conducted by human researchers.

Reflecting on the Fiduciary Essence of Asset Management, Li Concluded:

"The asset management industry is built upon a sacred foundation: 'Accepting clients' trust and managing wealth on their behalf.' In this noble pursuit, three core dimensions remain irreplaceable by machines: no matter how powerful AI becomes, it can never substitute for human Trust; no matter how advanced an algorithm is, it can never replace fiduciary Responsibility; and no matter how intelligent a model proves to be, it can never replicate human warmth and empathetic care. We are determined to stand as the steadfast night watch of our industry, never forgetting our initial purpose."

Concluding her address, Li offered three strategic recommendations for individuals navigating the AI era:

• Preserve Intellectual Curiosity: Do not fear AI; instead, keep the courage to actively learn from it. Curiosity is the single most valuable human trait in the age of AI.
• Maintain Deep Focus and Independent Thinking: In an era characterized by heightened information overload, breadth of knowledge has become a cheap commodity. True scarcity in the future will belong to those who can ask precise questions, think deeply, and preserve independent judgment outside the comfort of market consensus.
• Never Surrender Ultimate Decision-Making Authority: Humans are the masters of AI, not its dependents. We must be the ones to define the operational boundaries of technology, rather than allowing ourselves to be defined by technology.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM reaching RMB3 trillion (US$443.1 billion) as of the end of March, 2026. It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. ChinaAMC has embraced the technology as a core engine driving the company's next phase of development.

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The 11 REITs involved in the collective disclosure covered various asset classes—including expressways, rental housing, industrial parks, malls and clean energy.

The collective disclosure sets a new record for the number of REITs ESG reports published by a single fund manager.

The move highlights ChinaAMC's leadership in the public REITs sector and reflects its responsibility and commitment to promoting ESG standardization and sustainable development. With the release of ESG report becoming a common practice, ESG information disclosure in China's public REITs market is expected to usher in a new stage of standardization.

Specifically, the 11 REITs includes ChinaAMC Yuexiu Expressway REIT, ChinaAMC Beijing Affordable Housing REIT, ChinaAMC CR Youchao REIT, ChinaAMC Hefei High-Tech REIT, ChinaAMC Heda High-Tech REIT, ChinaAMC Jinmao Commercial REIT, ChinaAMC CR Commercial REIT, ChinaAMC Joy City Commercial REIT, ChinaAMC CapitaLand Commercial REIT, ChinaAMC TBEA New Energy REIT, and ChinaAMC CHD Clean Energy REIT. Together, they form a diversified, full-spectrum matrix.

Largest REITs fund manager. Pioneer in presenting ESG reports

ChinaAMC has currently issued and listed 19 public REITs with a total asset under management exceeding RMB 45.4 billion (US$ 6.57 billion), making it the largest public REITs fund manager by AUM and number of products. The collective release of ESG reports for these 11 REITs is not only a proactive echo of the national "Dual Carbon" strategy but also a vivid demonstration of ChinaAMC's achievements and long-term planning in deeply integrating ESG principles into the full life-cycle management of public REITs.

ChinaAMC has been a pioneer in promoting ESG disclosure for the public REITs industry. Back in 2022, in collaboration with Yuexiu Transport, ChinaAMC launched China's first-ever public REIT ESG report. By 2025, the firm facilitated the collective release of ESG reports for eight public REITs, establishing a benchmark case for the joint disclosure of ESG practices across multiple REITs.

The nature of public REITs is highly aligned with sustainable development goals: with underlying assets spanning lifecycles of several decades, ESG performance has become a core dimension for evaluating long-term asset value and enhancing risk resilience. Integrating ESG into the full lifecycle of REITs is both an inevitable choice in response to national strategy and a proactive strategy for fund managers to improve asset quality and create long-term value.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM exceeding RMB3.245 trillion (US$464.5billion). It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. In 2017, it became the first full-service asset manager to sign the UN PRI in China. Since then it has conducted over 170 deep engagements with more than 70 Chinese companies.

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of the end of 2025.

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BEIJING, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- China Asset Management Co.(ChinaAMC) in March concluded a series of high-profile events, showcasing its commitment to investor engagement, tech-driven strategy and internationalization.

Exploring AI Frontier at Nvidia GTC

From March 15-19, ChinaAMC brought its audience to an up-close look of Nvidia GTC 2026, the world's most important AI conference. With Robert Scoble, one of the most influential AI industry watchers in Silicon Valley and ChinaAMC's correspondent, tech fans worldwide spent four days in a row at the Nvidia booths and expo floor, gaining a front-row view of the exciting event via immersive livestreams.

Throughout the week in San Jose, Scoble and ChinaAMC's special observer, QQBubu, conducted deep-dive explorations into the shift from generative AI to "Agentic AI" and "Physical AI". From humanoids, space computing, weather prediction to new drug discovery, AI is no longer just about better answers—it is about systems that reason and act.

QQBubu is a plush toy that personifies CNQQ, a Nasdaq-listed ETF managed by Rayliant Investment Research. Its underlying Solactive ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech Index is co-developed by ChinaAMC that enables access to China's most transformative technologies, including AI.

The four-day coverage, totaling 84 minutes of footage, featured interviews with multiple industry professionals and exclusive conversations with key Nvidia executives—Amit Goel, Nvidia's Head of Robotics and Edge Computing Ecosystem, and Sydney Sykes, Global Head of VC Partnerships at Nvidia.

The content has been viewed across multiple online platforms, including TikTok, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and Spotify, garnering over 1.6 million views. Notably, an X post by Robert Scoble during GTC was reposted and commented on by Elon Musk, significantly amplifying the event's global reach.

Global "Deep" Dialogue

As part of its "Deep Talk" video-podcast series, ChinaAMC also curated and released a landmark episode featuring one of the most pressing questions of our time: As intelligence continues to evolve, are we moving toward coexistence — or disruption?

Ya-Qin Zhang, founding dean of Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University, Zhu Yi, Assistant General Manager, ChinaAMC, and Wu Chaoze, member of the Executive Committee, China Securities, sat down and shared their views centered around "A New Paradigm of AI".

Zhu Yi, as ChinaAMC's Head of Research, shared how AI is reinventing the company's research & investment process, including how enterprise values and assets are priced. He noted the role of human researchers is being redefined: they must ask the right questions and find non-consensus insights—where alpha resides—out of the information gathered by consensus-driven AI tools.

The episode was distributed across multiple Chinese platforms and accumulated 8.6 million views in China. The English version is set to be released soon.

Investing in the Future

ChinaAMC, as a top asset manager in China, embraced AI nearly a decade ago. Back in 2017, it has launched a strategic partnership with Microsoft Research Asia to explore artificial intelligence applications in China's financial services industry. The tie-up has yielded many results, including an AI Index-enhancing strategy that has been applied in several of ChinaAMC's public funds and segregated accounts.

Following the exponential growth of GenAI in recent years, ChinaAMC has embraced the technology as a core engine driving the company's next phase of development. The strategy has been unfolding in multiple layers, including using AI to empower the asset manager's research & investment, ETF and index products ecosystem, and an intelligent customer service system shifting from products sale to asset allocation & wealth planning.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM reaching RMB3.245 trillion (US$464.5 billion) as of the end of 2025. It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. ChinaAMC has been China's largest equity ETF provider for 21 consecutive years (2005-2025).

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BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Offshore investors can now access 98 new onshore ETFs through the Stock Connect program starting today, gaining exposures to a wide range of new targets—from the broad-based CSI A500 index to thematic ones such as satellites and non-ferrous metals.

The latest expansion on January 19 will see 54 Shanghai-listed ETFs included under northbound Shanghai Stock Connect and 44 Shenzhen-listed ETFs added via the Shenzhen route, according to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Seven products will be temporarily removed.

Following the expansion, the total number of eligible northbound products in the ETF Connect universe has reached 364. This is the largest increase since the program started in 2022, which allowed offshore investors to trade onshore ETFs via the Stock Connect program between Hong Kong and Mainland.

Among 29 China fund managers involved in the latest inclusion, China Asset Management Co.(ChinaAMC) has the largest number of newly eligible products, with 14 additions.

These products are heavily concentrated in technology themes, such as cloud computing and big data(516630) and CSI semiconductor material & equipment (562590). Other novel types include CSI non-ferrous metals(516650), CSI power grid equipment (159326), and CSI gold industry stocks(159562).

ETFs tracking the CSI A500 Index, the flagship index the regulators have keenly promoted to better represent the new structure of China economy, were included in the ETF Connect universe for the first time. With an AUM of 41.2 billion yuan, ChinaAMC CSI A500 ETF (512050) is among 25 such funds newly added.

Stronger overseas appetite for onshore ETFs

Last year, overseas investors' crescendo sentiments toward China's technology breakthrough, global capital's re-rating of China-themed stocks, and the slow bull run in H2 have fueled a surge in portfolio inflow into China's onshore equity market via the ETF Connect's northbound route.

Northbound trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed ETFs hit a historic peak of 816.6 billion yuan(USD 117.2 billion) in 2025, up 76% year-on-year, according to iFinD. The trading turnover represents a rapidly narrowing gap with southbound trading, which historically has been much stronger than the other way around.

Although total southbound trading flow last year remained higher, at HKD 921.6 billion, northbound flow beat the southbound in some months—including March, June, July, and each month from September onward—reflecting strong overseas appetites toward A-shares for those periods.

The blistering rally since the beginning of this year further boosted the sentiment, leading to a 46.4 billion yuan turnover as of Jan 16, a figure outweighed the southbound trading.

Now, as the total number of eligible northbound funds expanded to 364, ChinaAMC's qualifying ETFs have grown to 38, the highest among all Chinese asset managers. The expansion of product pool means that offshore investors can access various themes, industries and assets under one single ChinaAMC banner.

Learn more about the ETF Connect scheme: https://en.chinaamc.com/enetf/index.html

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM exceeding RMB3.2 trillion (US$449.5billion) as of Sept 30, 2025. It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. ChinaAMC has been China's largest equity ETF provider for 21 consecutive years (2005-2025).

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. ETF data is sourced from iFinD and as of Jan 16, 2026. The FX rate is sourced from PBoC of the closing price of Jan 16, 2026

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BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, China Asset Management Co. (ChinaAMC) partnered with Thai securities firm InnovestX Securities to list Depository Receipts (DRs) linked to the "ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF" and the "ChinaAMC STAR 50 ETF" on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), enabling Thai investors access to a basket of China's core assets and hard-core technologies. 

This marks the first time that ETFs listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) have entered an overseas market through a DR structure, and represents another milestone in deepening capital market cooperation between China and Thailand under the Belt and Road Initiative.

The simultaneous listing of these two flagship ETFs in Thailand also fully reflects the local market's strong interest in allocating to high-quality Chinese assets and their confidence toward growth prospects of China's technology sector.

In June, ChinaAMC collaborated with Thailand's leading asset manager BBL Asset Management to launch the Southeast Asian nation's first feeder fund channels to China's A500 ETF, marking the first overseas introduction of China's broad-based A500 index.

This July also witnessed ChinaAMC's introduction of China Global Vision Fund to Thai investors, via partnership with Thailand's First Plus Asset Management. Notably, ChinaAMC has secured the first fully discretionary mandate among onshore Chinese managers to run a Thai-domiciled fund. The fund is dedicated to investing in leading Chinese firms expanding internationally, enabling Thai investors to capitalize on the structural trend of China companies going global.

From the A500, China Global Vision Fund to the STAR 50 and CSI 300 indices, ChinaAMC has continued to expand overseas investors' "China asset allocation toolkit" through forward-looking planning and efficient execution.

Easy Access to China's "core assets "+ "hard tech"

A key highlight of this issuance is that it offers global investors a wrap-up of China's "hard tech" strength besides core assets.

Unlike traditional broad-based or general growth indices, the STAR 50 Index brings together leading companies in China's strategic emerging industries such as semiconductors, high-end equipment, and biomedicine. The listing of the ChinaAMC STAR 50 ETF DR fills a gap in the Southeast Asian market for investing in China's "hard tech" sector. This not only allows Thai investors to directly benefit from China's technological transformation but also collectively demonstrates the international capital market's high recognition of China's latest achievements in core technology breakthroughs, semiconductor supply chain independence and technological self-reliance.

At the same time, the ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF, widely regarded as a barometer of the Chinese economy, is also being listed in Thailand through the DR structure, providing international investors with a channel for one-click access to China's core high-quality assets. The simultaneous listing of these two products creates a strategy of "core assets + hard-core technology."

ChinaAMC: Leading Chinese Asset Managers' "Go Global" drive

As a pioneer in China asset management industry's "go global" drive, ChinaAMC has always been at the forefront of promoting the internationalization of Chinese assets, boasting exceptional index investment management capabilities and extensive cross-border business experience.

This project leverages efficient connectivity mechanisms to build a highly innovative cross-border ecosystem. InnovestX Securities purchases the underlying ETFs in the Hong Kong market through the "Northbound ETF Connect" scheme and then issues DRs in Thailand. ChinaAMC provides the underlying high-quality asset management services, while InnovestX is responsible for local issuance and market-making.

This model efficiently connects the markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Thai investors can trade in real-time during local market hours using Thai baht without overseas accounts, while also benefiting from policy incentives such as capital gains tax exemptions. This not only significantly enhances the convenience of cross-border investment but also facilitates a continuous inflow of overseas medium- to long-term capital into the SSE market, showcasing a new chapter in the high-level opening-up of China's capital markets.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM exceeding RMB3.2 trillion (US$449.5billion) as of Sept 30, 2025. It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. ChinaAMC has been China's largest equity ETF provider for 20 consecutive years (2005-2024).

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of Sept 30, 2025.

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A quarter of the surveyed companies plan to increase investments by 10% or more, while 38% will maintain their current spending level, according to White Paper on ESG Investing Development and Innovation in China 2025.

By industry, the raw materials sector showed the strongest commitment, with 52% of companies plan to up their ante. Notably, all coal industry enterprises plan to increase investments by over 10%. This is followed by the consumer discretionary sector, where 39% of companies exhibit a strong willingness to invest.

The white paper also found a subtle shift in the underlying logic of ESG development among Chinese companies. Practices are increasingly shifting from a "passive compliance" to a "proactive value creation", a trend particularly prominent among firms with overseas business.

Other key findings include: 

• Asked about the "main drivers for your company's increasing emission reduction investments," companies with overseas business were significantly more likely to cite "downstream customer requirements" (55%), compared to companies without overseas business (10%).
• On social issues, companies with overseas business were notably more likely to identify "brand reputation and market competitiveness" (56%) and "consumer demand and expectations" (40%) as primary drivers than those without overseas business.
• Supply chain resilience, labor management, and community relation are identified as the three major ESG challenges confronting Chinese enterprises going global.
• Paying full social security for "flexible employees" is less hard than anticipated.
• Institutional shareholders are encouraged by regulators to "actively exercising their rights", while hurdles remain.

Based on a survey of 520 A-share listed companies across different sectors, ownership structures, market capitalizations, the white paper systematically maps China's ESG landscape, with a focus on their green transition, going global drive and employee rights protection. The report is co-produced with ZD Proxy, a leading Chinese proxy advisory firm that specializes in providing institutional investors with in-depth research and voting recommendations on corporate governance and ESG.

The white paper marks the fifth straight year ChinaAMC has commissioned the project, a testament to ChinaAMC's commitment to ESG and responsible investment.

Click here for the ten takeaways of the white paper: https://en.chinaamc.com/c/2025-12-16/919027.shtml

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April 1998, China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ChinaAMC) has grown to be one of the largest asset managers in China, with total AUM exceeding RMB3.2 trillion (US$449.5billion) as of Sept 30, 2025. It positioned itself as a full-service and versatile asset management platform that operates across asset classes, industries and regions. ChinaAMC has been China's largest equity ETF provider for 20 consecutive years (2005-2024).

It became the first full-service Chinese asset manager to join the UN PRI in 2017. Since then it has conducted over 170 deep engagement with more than 70 Chinese companies.

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of Sept 30, 2025.

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The trip included conferences organized by international organizations and investor initiatives, and field research and dialogues with Chinese companies operating there. Multiple themes were covered including deforestation and biodiversity, low-carbon technology application, sustainable supply chains, and Chinese enterprises' "go global" drive. From a sustainable policy perspective, ChinaAMC's ESG team identified the following trends:

1. Continuous improvement in carbon pricing mechanisms across developing countries；
2. Growing alignment and mutual recognition of sustainable finance taxonomies；
3. Rising focus on biodiversity and zero-deforestation initiatives；
4. Enhanced policy support for green investment in emerging economies, as well as international coordination.

International Conferences: From Consensus to Implementation
Through participation in events organized by Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and FAIRR Initiative, ChinaAMC's ESG team observed that while consensus has largely been reached, the central challenge lies in implementation. Dialogue and knowledge sharing among various stakeholders, governments, companies, and investors, help strengthen alignment, but what is truly needed is connecting government policies' potential support with the intrinsic supply chain demands and targeted companies, while fostering long-term value orientation among investors.

One key focus among participating institutions was the just transition in the agri-food sector. South American asset managers have already taken steps to finance the cause—for instance, through sustainability-linked bonds and green loans that incentivize farmers to adopt environmentally sound practices with long-term benefits. Asset managers from developed markets such as Europe, on the other hand, are proposing enhanced sustainability disclosure frameworks, based on local government policies and stakeholder demand; They are also assessing consumer acceptance of sustainability premiums, and encouraging leading companies to strengthen practices such as water management in response to the updates of regulations like the EUDR.

Xinran(Shirley) Xu, Head of ESG Research at ChinaAMC, was invited as a representative of Chinese investors to speak at two forums on agri transition, sharing Chinese investors' practices and vision. As a pioneer in ESG integration in China's asset management industry, ChinaAMC has not only focused on decarbonization in high-emission sectors like power and heavy industry, but also on innovation and sustainable development in agriculture—particularly key areas such as methane reduction. ChinaAMC cares if a company's sustainable measures align with its business interests. Therefore, when assessing corporate transition practices, ChinaAMC's ESG team evaluates not only emission reduction targets and capex, but also whether the transition pathway grow out of genuine demand, and whether it aligns with companies' core business and operational models.

Chinese Companies on-the-ground: Opportunities Outweigh Challenges
ChinaAMC's ESG team also conducted field visits and engagements with local Chinese enterprises. Through in-depth research on XCMG Brazil and LongPing High Tech Brazil, the team gained deeper insight into both the opportunities and challenges of operating in Brazilian market.

For example, the proportion of local value-added has become critical to companies' long-term growth both from both trade policy and branding perspectives—especially for companies engaged in government-related business. With financing costs as high as 15–20% and annual currency volatility could exceed 20%, a high local procurement rate can help secure policy and financing incentives while mitigating exchange rate risk.

In integrating into local industrial chains, it is essential to strictly adhere to supplier payment terms, which—along with timely wage payments—represent minimum operational baselines.

Moreover, compared to practices in China, contractor management requires greater rigor. Labor disputes arising from poor contractor management often result in additional administrative and legal costs for Chinese companies, and may even lead to joint legal liability. It is also worth noting that Brazil's labor inspection authorities conduct frequent unannounced site visits. Therefore, management of contractors must be deeply embedded in daily operations, not Potemkin village.

At the same time, local culture and mindset also present opportunities. Beyond government policy drive, Brazilian society and customers inherently value environmental protection, which in turn creates green business opportunities. For example, at XCMG Brazil, the cost of certain fully electrified construction machinery products is 50% lower than that of fossil fuel alternatives. Despite higher upfront costs, customer willingness to invest continues to grow.

Chinese companies also face systemic risks that require proactive mitigation. In addition to high financing costs, Brazil's tax system is stringent, with high overall tax rates and detailed compliance requirements. Enterprises must account for tax costs, establish specialized legal teams to build day-to-day compliance mechanisms, and maintain regular communication with embassies and regulatory bodies.

For agri-tech enterprises, the ESG team learned that despite multiple challenges, Brazilian operating environment also offers advantages. Notably, Brazil's intellectual property protection framework is robust, encouraging R&D in areas such as seed breeding and differentiated competition, thus providing a long commercialization cycle for R&D outcomes. LongPing, for instance, centers its strategy on local partnerships and community integration through technical support—such as dispatching agronomists to provide free planting training for local farmers. This approach not only aligns with business needs and local market conditions, but also avoids homogeneous competition and high inventory issues common in China.

In summary, for Chinese companies expanding overseas, success hinges not only on product strength, but also on the deepening awareness of intrinsic ESG value and management capabilities—realizing business breakthrough and sustaining long-term growth in overseas markets through professional compliance, localized operations, and business model optimization.

Xinran(Shirley) Xu, added: "This Brazil trip represents ChinaAMC's global perspective and sustained commitment to sustainability and ESG investing. We will continue to leverage research and on-the-ground practice to strengthen international investors' confidence in the long-term viability of sustainability efforts—and to help tell China's sustainability story to the world."

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April, 1998, China Asset Management is one of the first mutual fund managers in China. Since its inception, ChinaAMC has led the asset management industry with more than two decades of track-record in product innovation. ChinaAMC offers multi-asset investment solutions and one-stop services to investors with various risk-return profiles.

As of Sept 30, 2025, ChinaAMC's total AUM exceeded RMB 3.2 trillion (US$449.5 bn), making it one of the largest asset managers in China.

ChinaAMC identifies its core strength as discovering, defining and managing assets, as it offers a balanced mix of asset classes, encompassing equity, fixed income, FOF, REITs, money market,etc. It has been the largest ETF manager in China for 20 consecutive years with an AUM of over RMB 900 billion(US$126.4 bn).

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of Sept 30, 2025.

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Investment involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The information contained herein is for reference only and reflects prevailing market conditions and our judgment as of the release date, which are subject to change without further notice.

BEIJING, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China Asset Management Co. (referred as ChinaAMC below) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Oman government delegation comprised of regulator, stock exchanges, sovereign wealth fund and asset manager, on two-way bilateral investment projects, laying the groundwork for further financial cooperation between China, Oman and Gulf States.

The ceremony was held in ChinaAMC's Beijing office on September 4. The Oman side is represented by senior management from Oman Investment Authority, Mars Development and Investment, Financial Services Authority, Muscat Stock Exchange, Muscat Clearing & Depository, and Jabal Asset Management. Witnessed by senior management from both sides, ChinaAMC CEO Li Yimei and Jabal Asset Management CEO Evgeny Korovin signed the MOU.

The ceremony is one leg of Oman government delegation's five-day China tour, which includes more than 15 high-level meetings across Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, with Chinese regulators, stock exchanges, sovereign fund and local government, ChinaAMC, CITIC Securities and other top foreign and Chinese financial institutions.

The trip yielded three MOUs, including the one with ChinaAMC.

In late 2024, ChinaAMC teamed with Jabal Asset Management to launch a Loong fund that enabled access to China equity market, making ChinaAMC China's first mutual fund company to partner with Oman government.

Jabal Asset Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oman government, and Oman Investment Authority is an anchor investor for the Loong Fund.

ChinaAMC representatives have solely advised Oman government delegation on the latest trip and related projects, and have accompanied all meetings.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April, 1998, China Asset Management is one of the first mutual fund managers in China. Since its inception, ChinaAMC has led the asset management industry with more than two decades of track-record in product innovation. ChinaAMC offers multi-asset investment solutions and one-stop services to investors with various risk-return profiles.

As of June 30, 2025, ChinaAMC's total AUM exceeded RMB 3.03 trillion (US$423.5 billion), making it one of the largest asset managers in China.

ChinaAMC identifies its core strength as discovering, defining and managing assets, as it offers a balanced mix of asset classes, encompassing equity, fixed income, FOF, REITs, money market,etc. It has been the largest ETF manager in China for 20 consecutive years with an AUM of over RMB 750 billion.

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of June 30, 2025.

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BEIJING, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China's onshore listed firms predominantly prefer dividends over share buybacks, and are much more receptive to "soft engagement" with institutional investors, according to the latest survey by China Asset Management Co.

The Report on China's Corporate Governance Practices is commissioned by ChinaAMC and executed by ZD Proxy. Based on a comprehensive survey of 520 A-share listed companies in China, the report systematically maps China's governance landscape, trying to understand how corporate management perceive "governance" issues, and the drivers behind their preferences. As one of the few in-depth studies focused on China's corporate governance, this report aims to provide actionable insights for enhancing the quality of listed companies and fostering a sustainable capital market aligned with international standard.

Key findings include:

• A significant majority respondents expect to strengthen their companies' governance through robust internal controls (77%) such as improving internal administrative rules and amending corporate charters, while 59% prioritize enhanced information disclosure. This reveals a "compliance-driven" ethos among A-share companies, propelled by regulatory guidance and internalization of compliance as a baseline requirement. However, deeper measures essential for substantive checks-and-balances—such as boosting board independence (6%), reducing related-party transactions with controlling shareholder (2%), and regular audit firms rotation (2%)—have yet to receive sufficient attention.
  
  
• When it comes to market value management, a key regulatory and corporate priority, approximately 67% of respondents favor high-dividend strategies, primarily in a bid to "attract dividend-focused investors" (60%). In contrast, only 4% prioritize share buybacks. with 37% citing fear of exposure to stock volatility risk, and 33% citing that dividends meet controlling shareholders' funding needs.
  
  
• Equity Incentives: Recognized as vital for governance and talent retention, 48% of firms have implemented or plan to launch such programs within two years. Top motivations include "retaining core management and aligning interests" (89%) and "signaling performance expectations to the market" (55%). However, there is a marked decline in new equity incentives, as the number of such proposals dropped 28% over the past three years.
  
  
• Engagement with institutional investors: an overwhelming majority (90%) ofcompanies prefer "soft engagement" with institutional investors such as communication through shareholder meetings, performance briefings, roadshows and on-site visits. A much less percentage (50%) solicit proxy voting. Chinese companies still show limited receptiveness to confrontational measures such as shareholder proposals (9%) or director nominations (4%).
  
  
• Discussions with institutional investors remain heavily focused on financial health (84%) and whether the company's development path dovetails with national strategy (74%), with limited attention to ESG factors like environmental and social responsibility (7%).

The report represents interim findings from a much larger project exploring a full picture of ESG practices among China onshore listed firms. The project extends ChinaAMC's four-year effort to publish its annual China ESG investing White Paper, underscoring its commitment to ESG and responsible investment.

Source: ChinaAMC and ZD Proxy: Report on China's Corporate Governance Practices. Full report is available in Chinese only.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April, 1998, China Asset Management is one of the first mutual fund managers in China. Since its inception, ChinaAMC has led the asset management industry with more than two decades of track-record in product innovation. ChinaAMC offers multi-asset investment solutions and one-stop services to investors with various risk-return profiles.

As of June 30, 2025, ChinaAMC's total AUM exceeded RMB 3.03 trillion (US$423.5 billion), making it one of the largest asset managers in China.

ChinaAMC identifies its core strength as discovering, defining and managing assets, as it offers a balanced mix of asset classes, encompassing equity, fixed income, FOF, REITs, money market,etc. It has been the largest ETF manager in China for 20 consecutive years with an AUM of over RMB 750 billion.

Source: ChinaAMC. AUM includes subsidiaries. Data as of June 30, 2025.

Disclaimer

Investment involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The information contained herein is for reference only and does not constitute an offer or invitation to anyone to invest in any funds and has not been prepared in connection with any such offer.

BEIJING, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China's asset managers are flocking to the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board, known as China's answer to Nasdaq, pouring about 32 billion yuan ($4.47 bn) into the sector in the first half of this year through 40 newly established ETFs.

Also known as STAR Market, the board has become a magnet for investors due to its high exposure to China's tech-heavy sectors like semiconductors, biopharmaceuticals, and renewable energy. It has shown resilience as the trade shocks highlighted the urgency of technological self-reliance.

Catering to investors' strong demand, China's asset managers have been competing with one another to launch broad-based ETFs, such as the STAR Market Composite Index-tracking ETFs, as well as sectoral ETFs such as ones that track STAR Market semiconductors, artificial intelligence, biopharmaceuticals and new energy indices, according to data from Wind.

Among these new launches, China Asset Management (referred as ChinaAMC below) is the most active manager, with four products launched this year alone. The latest addition is a product that tracks biopharmaceutical companies in STAR market launched in May that drew in 200 million yuan. 

Upon the latest offering, ChinaAMC has built a product line in STAR Market that features eight ETFs, covering both broad-based, thematic and sector ETFs (see details in the chart), leading in both number of products and AUM. 

ChinaAMC's product lineup in STAR Market

Source: Wind, data as of June 30 2025

ChinaAMC is among the first Chinese managers to build presence in the innovation-driven board, having launched its first STAR Market 50 ETF back in November 2020. As of June 30, the ETF behemoth has grown to be the largest of its kind, with an AUM of 83.34 billion yuan and is accessible via the ETF Connect program.

The ETF tracks STAR market Composite Index, at 1.94 billion yuan, is the second largest of its kind in China, outranking 13 competitors. The combined asset of eight ETFs under ChinaAMC flagship total 93.54 billion yuan, the largest among its peers. 

"ChinaAMC strives to offers the most comprehensive lineup of STAR market-related ETFs, allowing investors to deploy position in the market within the ChinaAMC universe," said Xu Meng, Executive Manager of Quantitative In-vesting, ChinaAMC.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April, 1998, China Asset Management is one of the first mutual fund managers in China. Since its inception, ChinaAMC has led the asset management industry with more than two decades of track-record in product innovation. ChinaAMC offers multi-asset investment solutions and one-stop services to investors with various risk-return profiles.

As of June 30, 2025, ChinaAMC's total AUM exceeded RMB 3 trillion ($418.6 billion), making it one of the largest asset managers in China.

ChinaAMC identifies its core strength as discovering, defining and managing assets, as it offers a balanced mix of asset classes, encompassing equity, fixed income, FOF, REITs, money market,etc. It has been the largest ETF manager in China for 20 consecutive years with an AUM of over RMB 750 billion.

Disclaimer

Investment involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The information contained herein is for reference only and does not constitute an offer or invitation to anyone to invest in any funds and has not been prepared in connection with any such offer.

BEIJING, July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China's index investors are offered a powerful index analytics tool free of charge, after China Asset Management(referred as ChinaAMC below) released its upgraded "Red Rocket" mini-program last week.

The mini-program, initially launched last year embedded in Wechat, enabled average investors to look up the characteristics of an index, such as valuation, sector and individual stock exposure, and cross-product comparison. "Red Rocket" has accumulated over 10 million users one year after its launch.

The enhanced version, named "LetfGo", adds new functions, such as backtesting of users' own portfolios, including potential return, drawdown, volatility and Sharp ratio.

LetfGo also adds a personal-computer version (ETF818.com) that enables big-screen view. An "industry See-through" section is added that allow users to examine detailed sector exposure (e.g, semiconductor industry is not treated as a whole but upper, mid and downstream sub-sectors) and supply-demand analysis.

Western investors have been presented with similar index analytics tools, often known as "portfolio visualizer". The difference is users have to pay for sophisticated analytics functions. For ChinaAMC's "LetfGo", it's all free.

"The tool is a showcase of ChinaAMC's commitment to user experience," said CEO Li Yimei during the Annual Index Funds Conference event. "We want to covert ChinaAMC's professional asset allocation capability into a wholesale solution that is clear, convenient and easy to access."

"Investors' sense of satisfaction is the starting and ending point of our daily work," she added. "The sense is not only about financial return, but also about gaining knowledge, confidence and dignity."

To better serve this mission, ChinaAMC has launched a dedicated Investor Return Research Center. Based on more than 70,000 customer questionaires, 30 deep interviews and 100,000 community comments, the Center developed a "Investor Satisfaction Evaluation Model" to quantify and track investor experience.

Xuan Wei, director of the Center, said the model reveals that investor satisfaction is amplified when index funds are matched by investment advisors so investors can navigate over 10,000 products. ChinaAMC sees index funds not merely as a trading tool but also embodiment of its asset allocation ideas, he said.

About ChinaAMC

Founded in April, 1998, China Asset Management is one of the first mutual fund managers in China. Since its inception, ChinaAMC has led the asset management industry with more than two decades of track-record in product innovation. ChinaAMC offers multi-asset investment solutions and one-stop services to investors with various risk-return profiles.

As of March 31, 2025, ChinaAMC's total AUM exceeded RMB2.81 trillion (US$384.4 billion), making it one of the largest asset managers in China.

ChinaAMC identifies its core strength as discovering, defining and managing assets, as it offers a balanced mix of asset classes, encompassing equity, fixed income, FOF, REITs, money market,etc. It has been the largest ETF manager in China for 20 consecutive years with an AUM of over RMB 750 billion.

Source: ChinaAMC and Wind. AUM includes subsidiaries. 

Disclaimer

This material is intended for information purposes only, and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation or an offer or solicitation to purchase or sell any securities, funds or strategies to any person in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole discretion of the reader. Investing involves risks.