At the 2024 Lujiazui Forum held yesterday, Wu Qing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, emphasized the key tasks of high-quality development of the capital market. Among them, vigorously promoting listed companies to enhance their investment value is the focal point of the capital market in the next stage of serving the real economy and investors. This means that listed companies should not only pay attention to internal governance, maintain stable business operations, and intensively cultivate their own abilities while embracing new productive forces, but also firmly establish a sense of returning to shareholders and highlight the results of high-quality development in returns to investors. According to sources close to the regulatory authorities, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and stock exchanges will promote the implementation of the sixteen measures to serve technology companies and the eight measures for the Science and Technology Innovation Board. A comprehensive and multi-dimensional approach will be taken to play the functions of IPO financing, mergers and acquisitions, bond issuance, and private equity investment, providing more powerful support for the development of new productive forces. At the same time, various measures will be taken to encourage listed companies to comprehensively use tools such as stocks, cash, and targeted convertible bonds to implement mergers and acquisitions, injection of high-quality assets, and highlight the investment value of the company, serving the overall development of the country. (Securities Times)