Han Ximin

INDIVIDUAL investors, who have been baffled but prudent in their investments, will be offered some valuable advice on wealth management by finance experts at a series of seminars at the Shenzhen International Finance Exposition (Finexpo) starting Friday.

During the three-day exposition, nine seminars, focusing on investment and finance innovation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), personal investment and financial cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, will be held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center.

“The expo will target hot issues relating to the impact of global economic recession and focus on financing services for SMEs, financial product services and wealth management,” said He Xuewen, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shenzhen Branch, at a conference Thursday.

Xia Bin, head of the Finance Research Institute of the State Council Development Research Center, Cao Yuanzheng, chief economist of the Bank of China International Holdings Ltd. and Daryl Guppy, founder and director of Guppytraders.com Pty Ltd. and other experts in finance, venture capital and fund management will speak on the financial crisis, government policy control, investment strategies and methods that enterprises should adopt to handle the financial crisis.

More than 300 financial institutions will bring innovative financial products and solutions, tailor-made for SMEs to survive the financial crisis.

The Bank of China Shenzhen Branch will introduce for the first time its new finance service mode for SMEs. The Industrial Bank Shenzhen Branch will introduce a favorable plan to serve energy-saving enterprises. The Shenzhen Ping An Bank will introduce a quick-loan program, in which SMEs with good performances can secure an 80 percent mortgage in three days.