On May 25, the 2023 Annual Public REITs Forum of China Merchants Bank was successfully held in Ningbo. This forum was jointly sponsored by the Head Office Strategic Customer Department and the Head Office Asset Custody Department. The forum invited a total of 16 head office strategic customers from infrastructure, energy, transportation, and medical industries, as well as a number of leading intermediaries, to jointly explore new ideas for high-quality development of publicly offered REITs in the current market context.

In his opening speech, Sun Le, General Manager of Asset Custody Department of China Merchants Bank Head Office, reviewed the development process of the public offering REITs market in the past three years and made prospects for the future. Up to now, China Merchants Bank has entrusted 11 of the 27 public REITs listed in the whole market, covering all kinds of industries, accounting for 41%, ranking first in the market. In the future, the Asset Custody Department of China Merchants Bank will continue to improve the public REITs custody business services and contribute to the innovative development of the public REITs market.

During the forum speech, the Head Office Asset Custody Department made a keynote speech and shared the public offering REITs Latest insights into markets and managed business services. In addition, China Merchants Bank Research Institute, CICC Fund, PricewaterhouseCoopers and King&Wood Law Firm shared the public offering from the perspective of macro-economy, fund manager, tax and legal affairs REITs Industry insights.

Finally, Dong Jiayin, General Manager of Strategic Customer Department of the Head Office of China Merchants Bank, made a summary of the meeting, fully affirmed the significance of this forum, and looked forward to deepening cooperation between strategic customers of the Head Office and China Merchants Bank in the field of public offering REITs ， Achieve win-win results. China Merchants Bank will provide more detailed full life cycle service solutions for public REITs in all regions and industries.

This public offering REITs forum is the first public offering REITs forum jointly held by the Head Office Strategic Customer Department and the Head Office Asset Custody Department. In the future, China Merchants Bank will continue to adhere to the concept of "value bank" to provide customers with comprehensive and personalized services 。