The second China financial education development forum was held in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone (Optics Valley of China), central China’s Hubei province, on June 16.

More than 200 experts, scholars, and representatives from financial institutions participated in the forum, to share their ideas about the development of the financial industry.

Themed around “financial technology and regulatory reform”, the forum included four special reports and four roundtable forums focusing on topics such as the training of financial professionals, financial technology, financial risk prevention, and reform of financial supervision in the country.

The forum was hosted by the country's financial professional degree graduate education steering committee, and prepared by the School of Finance of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and a newly-unveiled institute –– Optics Valley risk management institute and financial technology institute of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, with registered capital of 30 million yuan ($4.64 million).

The institute will make efforts to develop itself into a world-class achievement transformation base in the field of risk management and financial science and technology, as well as play an important role in training and local financial supervision.

It has five research centers, including an insurance technology research center, a financial science and technology research center, and an urban risk management research center, responsible for the R&D of technologies, achievement transformation, and industrial incubation.