The Zhitong Finance App learned that on December 9, the China Securities Association issued an announcement on the results of the 2022 investment banking business quality evaluation of securities companies. The evaluation period was from January 1 to December 31, 2021. The evaluation targets 77 sponsoring agencies that completed projects during the period. The evaluation projects covered all Main Board, GEM, and Science and Technology Innovation Board launches and refinancing projects completed during the period, totaling 1,349. According to the final evaluation results, 12 companies including Guoyuan Securities (000728.SZ), CITIC Securities (600030.SH), and CICC (601995.SH) were rated Class A, 50 companies were rated Class B, and 15 companies were rated Class C.