海洋和水系对人类生存至关重要，蓝色经济是全球经济的基石之一。金融机构在发展可持续蓝色经济的过程中发挥着重要作用。蓝色金融蕴含着巨大潜力，助力包括中国在内的众多国家和地区实现碳中和等重要可持续发展目标。
近日，2024年海洋合作发展论坛在青岛举行，各国政府、企业、专家和学者汇聚一堂，共同关注海洋经济的未来趋势和发展，探讨蓝色金融相关的商业和合作机会。借此机会，世界银行集团国际金融公司（IFC）和中国普惠金融研究院（CAFI）成功组织了蓝色金融调研团参与会议并访问青岛。
调研团成员包括来自盘谷银行 (泰国)，开泰银行 (泰国)，金融银行 (菲律宾)，菲律宾群岛银行 (菲律宾)，青岛银行 (中国)，海尔产业金融（中国），瑞士再保险集团 (瑞士)等机构的30余位行业专家和代表。
在论坛活动期间，IFC金融机构局亚太区咨询和上游业务总经理Christina Ongoma (克里斯蒂娜·奥戈玛)女士在“建设海洋生态文明多边交流对话会”中发言，分享了IFC对蓝色金融和生物多样性金融的支持和市场展望；IFC金融机构局高级项目官员朱韵女士在 “向海图强，打造世界级海洋港口和航运物流产业” 分论坛中发言，分享了蓝色金融在全球新兴市场的应用案例。
代表团成员参与了论坛的多场活动，聆听国内外专家和代表就绿色金融与蓝色金融、蓝色产业、生物多样性金融、气候适应等话题的宝贵分享，会后更进行深入探讨。
此外调研团还实地走访了具有青岛特色的蓝色企业，包括海尔集团、青岛明月海藻集团有限公司和青岛港国际股份有限公司， 从而对海洋经济有了更直观的感受和体验。
IFC 还举办了可持续发展金融案例分享主题活动，向调研团介绍IFC在中国可持续金融领域的创新项目案例。
为让“蓝色金融”真正主流化，未来，CAFI与IFC将携手更多合作伙伴，共同推动蓝色金融、绿色与可持续金融的进一步发展。
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ASEAN Bankers' Blue Finance Study Tour Successfully Concludes in Qingdao
The ocean and water systems are vital to human survival, and the blue economy is a cornerstone of the global economy. Financial institutions play an important role in the development of a sustainable blue economy. Blue finance holds tremendous potential, aiding many countries and regions, including China, in achieving important sustainable development goals such as carbon neutrality.
Recently, the 2024 Ocean Cooperation Development Forum was held in Qingdao, where governments, enterprises, experts, and scholars from various countries gathered to focus on the future trends and development of the marine economy and to discuss business and cooperation opportunities related to blue finance. On this occasion, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group and the China Academy of Inclusive Finance (CAFI) successfully organized a blue finance study group to participate in the conference and visit Qingdao.
The study group included more than 30 industry experts and representatives from institutions such as Bangkok Bank (Thailand), Kasikornbank (Thailand), BDO Unibank (Philippines), Bank of the Philippine Islands (Philippines), Qingdao Bank (China), Haier Industrial Finance (China), and Swiss Reinsurance Company (Switzerland).
During the forum, Ms. Christina Ongoma, IFC's Asia-Pacific Regional Manager for Financial Institutions Group Advisory and Upstream Services, spoke at the "Multilateral Dialogue on Building Marine Ecological Civilization," sharing IFC's support and market outlook for blue finance and biodiversity finance. Ms. Zhu Yun, Lead, Green and Sustainable Finance Advisory Services for IFC's Financial Institutions Group Asia-Pacific, spoke at the sub-forum "Strengthening the Sea, Building World-Class Marine Ports and Shipping Logistics Industries," sharing case studies of blue finance applications in emerging markets around the world.
The delegation participated in multiple sessions of the forum, listening to valuable insights from domestic and international experts and representatives on topics such as green finance and blue finance, blue industries, biodiversity finance, and climate adaptation, followed by in-depth discussions.
Additionally, the study group visited Qingdao's distinctive blue enterprises on-site, including Haier Group, Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Group Co., Ltd., and Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd., gaining a more intuitive understanding and experience of the marine economy.
IFC also hosted a thematic event on sustainable development finance case sharing, introducing the study group to IFC's innovative project cases in the field of sustainable finance in China.
To truly mainstream "blue finance," CAFI and IFC will join hands with more partners in the future to jointly promote the further development of blue finance, green, and sustainable finance.