Shen Zhiqun: Achieving Carbon Neutrality Is A Once-In-A-Lifetime Investment Opportunity For Equity Investment Institutions

Shen Zhiqun, vice president of China Investment Association and chairman of Venture Capital Investment Commission, delivered a wonderful speech.

Shen Zhiqun pointed out that to achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, we should give full play to the role of scientific and technological innovation as the first driving force. Equity investment, including venture capital, is an important capital force to support scientific and technological innovation. Therefore, to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality is not only the unshirkable investment responsibility of China's equity investment industry, but also a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity.

"At present, carbon neutrality is becoming a hot topic in all walks of life and the whole society. It is particularly gratifying that in China's equity investment industry, this is not only a topic, but also the conscious action of many investment institutions and fund companies, which has become their focus on the investment track and investment hot spot. " Shen Zhiqun said.

For example, the national green industry development fund, China US Green Development Fund and other large specialized industry investment funds have done a lot of work in low-carbon economy and green investment. At the same time, head investment institutions such as Sequoia China and hillhood capital, as well as master fund management institutions such as Shengshi investment, are also actively involved.

"Encourage, promote, promote and support equity investment institutions to make greater efforts to practice carbon neutrality, increase investment in low-carbon green projects and related technology enterprises, and the government should play a better role." Shen Zhiqun said, and put forward seven policy suggestions in this regard.

First, the government's venture capital and industrial investment guidance funds should support more investment funds focusing on carbon neutral projects;

Second, all kinds of master funds and s funds supported by government funds should give priority to equity share transfer of carbon neutral funds;

Third, the government's preferential tax policies for venture capital should support carbon neutral projects in addition to supporting projects with small investment, early investment, technology investment and innovation;

Fourth, state-owned venture capital enterprises should take the lead in practicing carbon neutral investment;

Fifth, encourage institutional investors, especially social security funds, insurance, banks and other financial institutions, listed companies, university funds, family offices and other long-term funds, to pay more attention to and invest in carbon neutral funds;

Sixth, promote the capital market in the fund exit channel, and provide a more convenient green channel for the listing and withdrawal of carbon neutral projects;

Seventh, government funds should be used to guide social capital to set up some special carbon neutral industry investment funds.