Alliance News | The First Meeting of CASVI’s Board of Chairpersons was held in Beijing

On July 16, 2019, the First Meeting of CASVI’s Board of Chairpersons was held in Beijing Finance Street.

The meeting was presided over by Weihua Ma（Executive Chairman）, attended by Ping Wang （Founding Chair）, Ming Wang (Chairman on Duty), Jiren Liu (Chairman), Zimu Wang(Chairman), Shuo Qin (Chairman), and Jun Ma (Chairman). Secretary General Angela Bai, CTO Jin Yu, Director of Social Value Assessment Standard Working Committee Guoping Wang, CIO Yibing Wang, Legal Counsel Fanjuan Meng and Secretary General of YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation Hui Ling were present.

At the meeting, Secretary General Angela introduced the general situation of CASVI, including CASVI’s Investment Triangle Initiatives - Social Value Assessment Standard, Social Unicorn Accelerator and Sustainable Development Investor Lab. Chairpersons at the Board had an in-depth discussion on the future development strategy of CASVI and the working mechanism of the Board.

The Board noted that CASVI should consolidate the fruits of "Social Value 99" (social value assessment on A-share listed companies in China), and actively participate in the sustainable development initiatives of UNDP, assist the SDGs Impact Steering Group of UNDP in developing impact investment assessment standards, and invite more domestic investment institutions to join the stream of sustainable development finance.

Board of Chairpersons is the leading body of CASVI, playing important roles in awareness raising, resource mobilizing and strategy advising. Chairpersons at the Board all indicated that sustainable development finance is of great significance around the world and we should unswervingly promote the stream in China.

During this meeting, Chairman Ma also presented the donation certificate to Mr. Jiren Liu in appreciation of his financial support to CASVI.

CASVI's Board of Chairpersons

MA Weihua

Executive Chairman of CASVI Board of Chairpersons

Executive Director of First Council of CASVI.

Member of UNDP SDG Impact Steering Group Mr. Ma Weihua, PhD in Economics, is the Member of UNDP SDG Impact Steering Group, and the Chairman of UNDP China SDGs Impact Financing Advisory Committee. He was former Executive Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of China Merchants Bank (CMB). After leaving CMB in 2013, Mr. Ma devoted himself to philanthropy and actively promoting sustainable development finance in China.

WANG Ping

Chairperson and Founding Chair of CASVI

Executive Director of First Council of CASVI

Founder of YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Ms. Wang is the pioneer figure of China’s new philanthropy. She has worked in education, international politics, policy research, investment banking and consulting fields. She is a knowledgable and experienced cross-sectoral person. She holds a bachelor’s degree in laws at the Renmin University of China and master’s degree in political science at the University of Maryland and has been a visiting scholar at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and the Agriculture Department of the European Union.

WANG Ming

Chairperson and 2019 Chairman on Duty of CASVI

Executive Director of First Council of CASVI

Professor and Doctoral Tutor at the School of Public Policy & Management at Tsinghua University, Director of Social Organization and Social Governance Research Center, and Dean of Institute for Philanthropy at Tsinghua University. He is also a member of the CPPCC National Committee and an expert granted with special allowance by the State Council. Among 125 proposals put forward during his three terms as a CPPCC National Committee member, the proposals of “two-child policy” and “accelerating legislation on philanthropy” have contributed to accelerating China’s policy reform and legal system construction.

LIU Jiren (Frank)

Chairperson of CASVI

Executive Director of First Council of CASVI

Co-founding Partner of Chifu Fund and Founder of Franklin Templeton Investments (Taiwan). He has active in both finance and philanthropy sectors for years. He has almost 30-year work experience in global market, out of which 20 years sitting at the senior positions in securities, investment and fund companies. As a pioneer and practitioner of social value investment, Mr. Liu has taken the lead in investing a number of social enterprises.   

WANG Zimu

Chairperson of CASVI

Senior Economist, Chairman and CEO of HuaTai Insurance Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of HuaTai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., and Vice President of the Insurance Society of China. Since 1984, he has worked in the research office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and served as Director and Associate Director. In 2011, HuaTai insurance group was established, and Mr. Wang was appointed as Chairman and CEO.

QIN Shuo

Chairperson of CASVI

Senior Media Expert, Humanities and Finance Scholar, Founder of Founder of chin@moments and China Business Civilization Research Center. He helped start China Business News and has served as Chief Editor since then. He was also the Vice President of Shanghai Media Group and Deputy Chief Editor of Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. He is one of the pioneers who firstly raised the issue of stopping GDP worship and seeking for total value of national welfare in China. His most influential works include Brainstorm:Looking Into Culture and Industry, Touched by China, Civilization Reflections, Great Changes, Farewell to GDP Worship, etc.

MA Jun

Chairperson of CASVI

Economist, Director of the finance and development research center of Tsinghua university, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, Director of the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, Co-chairman of the G20 Green Finance Research Group, and Senior Advisor of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). His suggestions on China's economic forecast, monetary policy, exchange rate reform, the Belt and Road, green finance, interest rate liberalization, capital account opening, cross-border use of RMB and development of offshore RMB market have been widely acknowledged.