In 1964, ORIX Group was established in Tokyo, Japan. It has now become one of the world's largest comprehensive enterprise groups, covering dozens of industries in the financial and industrial fields, with assets under management exceeding $500 billion, and more than 33000 employees worldwide. In May 2022, Eurex ranked 344th in Forbes' "Global Enterprise 2000".
In 1971, Eurex established its first overseas subsidiary in Hong Kong; In 1981, Eurex and China CITIC Group jointly established China Eastern Leasing Co., Ltd., marking the beginning of China's history of financial leasing. After years of deep cultivation in China, Eurex has formed a business network covering over 30 cities, solidifying its positioning as a "Sino Japanese industrial cooperation link".
As the chairman unit of the Smart Supply Chain Special Committee of the CIIE, how will Eurex continue to work together with the CIIE to link industries, resources, and the world? We interviewed Liu Guoping, Chairman of ORIX Group in Greater China.
Liberation Daily: Eurex is the chairman unit of the Smart Supply Chain Special Committee. What has been done since the establishment of the Special Committee?
Liu Guoping: On August 28, 2020, at the 68 day countdown to the opening of the third China Import and Export Expo, under the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and the China Import and Export Expo Bureau, the first "Smart Supply Chain Professional Committee" was established. The committee consists of more than 20 leading enterprises in the field, including KPMG, Deloitte, HSBC, Deloitte, CBRE, Savills, and others. Eurex has been appointed as the chairman unit of the first "Smart Supply Chain Professional Committee". During the exhibition, Eurex led the organization of the first Smart Supply Chain Professional Committee Meeting and Enterprise Achievement Signing Conference.
In 2021, Eurex successfully held the "Dalian Tour" event of the 4th Smart Supply Chain Professional Committee of the CIIE Alliance, and on behalf of the committee, released the "Smart Supply Chain Professional Committee to Assist in the" Double Carbon "Initiative. As one of the important achievements of the Jinbo platform, in September 2021, Eurex and Qingdao State owned Assets Platform jointly established Eurex (China) Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd., becoming a new engine of industrial cooperation between China and Japan.
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, as well as the 5th anniversary of the CIIE. Eurex continues to empower innovation, smart links, and practical implementation, fully embodying the theme of "exhibits becoming commodities, exhibitors becoming investors" at the CIIE, further highlighting the spillover effect of CIIE and the charm of the Chinese market. During the exhibition, the special committee also held a series of activities such as cloud seminars.
Liberation Daily: How do you view the role played by the special committee in enhancing the level of specialization and sustainable development capabilities of the special zone?
Liu Guoping: The Smart Supply Chain Special Committee has gathered leading enterprises in the global service trade field. We trade goods and services, and exchange culture and ideas. Next, Eurex is willing to fully leverage its global business network advantages and operational capabilities, work together with participating members to sincerely cooperate and showcase innovative products, technologies, and services in various fields on the grand platform of the China International Import and Export Fair, and share the latest development trends. At the same time, integrating, leading, and driving more foreign enterprises to innovate and develop in China, stimulating the vitality of development in China, sharing the Chinese market, and jointly creating new opportunities in China.
Jiefang Daily: As the chairman unit, how will Eurex leverage the platform role of the CIIE to further expand cooperation?
Liu Guoping: Oulishi has over one million small and medium-sized enterprise customers. We are willing to fully utilize customer resources, global business network, and resource allocation capabilities to add new economic and social benefits to urban development, and continue to promote cooperation and exchanges between China and Japan in related fields. On the platform of the CIIE, fully leverage the leading role of exhibition alliance members, partners, and platform companies, leverage the power of enterprises and the market to generate more scenarios and unleash more cooperation opportunities.
Liberation Daily: What are the main businesses of Eurex today and how is it laid out in China?
Liu Guoping: Starting from its leasing business, Eurex has continuously diversified and specialized in its development over the past 60 years through the "finance+industry+investment" model. Its main businesses include dozens of fields such as banking, insurance, asset management, financing leasing, environmental protection and new energy, real estate, leisure and tourism, medical and health care, and infrastructure management, covering nearly 30 countries and regions worldwide. Since its establishment in 1964, except for the year of entrepreneurship, it has achieved continuous profitability and achieved a good story in the industry.
As one of the earliest global enterprises to enter the Chinese market after China's reform and opening up, Eurex has made significant progress in its business in China in recent years, establishing good cooperative relationships with governments, institutions, large state-owned enterprises, and high-quality private enterprises at all levels. Famous Chinese brand enterprises that invest in empowerment include listed companies such as Haichang Ocean Park, Dongfang Zhongke, China Water, Jingneng International, and Shoucheng Holdings.
Jiefang Daily: As an "old friend" of CIIE, what representative projects have Eurex participated in before?
Liu Guoping: In recent years, Eurex has always been steadfast in its confidence in the Chinese market. It has not only increased its capital to strengthen existing platforms, but also explored and innovated a new industrial operation platform - Eurex (China) Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. There are new layouts in Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Fuzhou, and the Greater Bay Area. New additions have been made in areas such as infrastructure urban renewal, green new energy, digital economy, consumer finance, cultural and tourism integration, including Eurex Financial Leasing, which provides financial services for China's "specialized, refined, and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises; Runlou Digital Technology, committed to "driving digital asset allocation service providers with financial technology"; Rongke Energy Storage, which has received much attention from the State Council; China Water and Beijing Energy International, which have continuously made achievements in the field of new energy and environmental protection; Realized the cultural and tourism national product of "cultural and tourism going to sea" and Haichang Ocean Park; Bring more Chinese film and television IPs to the sea, such as Ouhua Culture and Entertainment.
Among them, Eurex Financial Leasing has taken multiple measures to fully support the common growth of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises. Since 2018, a total of 22.7 billion yuan has been invested, supporting 10680 enterprises; Among them, small and medium-sized enterprises account for about 75%. More than 40 companies have successfully gone public as a result.
Liberation Daily: What exhibits and projects have Eurex brought this year, and what are the highlights?
Liu Guoping: At this year's CIIE, we will continue to practice presenting "invisible exhibits" and "intangible services" in a "visible way", focusing on showcasing the classic cases of continuous linkage and empowerment of Eurex Greater China in the past three years in fields such as financial leasing, new infrastructure, new culture and tourism, digital finance, film and television IP, and practical operation and investment platforms.