Qingdao and Jinan in East China's Shandong province hold a matchmaking event at Qingdao's Jinjialing Financial City on March 28. [Photo/Qingdao Daily]

Qingdao and Jinan in East China's Shandong province held a matchmaking event in Qingdao's Jinjialing Financial City on March 28 to boost the high-quality development of the financial industry in the two cities.

Representatives from relevant departments, enterprises, venture capital institutions, financial institutions, and industry associations, and experts from universities in cities such as Jinan, Qingdao, Dongying, Weifang, Rizhao, and Weihai attended the meeting.

The event brought together the resources and strengths of Jinan and Qingdao to promote the efficient integration of industry and capital, achieve mutual empowerment and win-win cooperation, and support the complementary urban functions, industrial layout, and characteristic development of the Jinan-Qingdao Metropolitan Area.

At the event, a total of 40 high-tech and high-potential enterprises from Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, and other places in Shandong conducted both online and physical roadshows, engaging in close exchanges with 60 key venture capital institutions, opening a new path for the integrated development of government-enterprise finance and the connectivity of large, medium, and small enterprises in the Jinan-Qingdao Metropolitan Area.

The Jinjialing Financial Agglomeration Area Science and Technology Finance Comprehensive Service Center was unveiled at the same time. The center aims to provide technology-related financial consulting, guidance, and services to enterprises by building an efficient and comprehensive financial service system, leveraging the capital aggregation advantages of the Jinjialing Financial City, and connecting the technological innovation needs of enterprises with the financial services of financial institutions, thereby effectively combining technology and financial resources.