On September 3, at the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) with the theme of "Opening-up for Better Development, Cooperation for Win-Win Future", the first "Investor Education Center APP (Public Beta)" based on the National Investor Education Center was officially launched.

The APP gathers well-known economic and financial experts and scholars, professional institutions, industry media and other professional forces at home and abroad to build an open, public welfare and professional investor education service platform in line with the characteristics of investor education in the digital age. Prof. Li Xiaohui, Director of Beijing Fund Town Institute and professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Accountancy of Central University of Finance and Economics, launched the "Investor Education Center APP (Public Beta)" online together with representatives of the first batch of professional think tanks such as universities, law firms, and accounting firms registered in the APP.

In her speech, Prof. Li Xiaohui said that with the central government's proposal of "to activate the capital market and boost investor confidence", further protection and education for investors would be of more important practical significance to improve quality and efficiency of market operation and enhance investor confidence. In such a context, Beijing Fund Town launched the Investor Education Center APP to pool professional think tanks and gather all-level efforts to explore more possibilities and creativity of investor education, build a national investor education center beneficial for the majority of investors, and promote the high-quality development of China's capital market.

Investors are the foundation of the development of the capital market. As the world's second largest economy, China has the world's largest banking system and the second largest stock market, bond market, insurance market and wealth market. China's market size of public funds ranks first in Asia and fourth in the world, while China's scale of private equity venture capital funds ranks second in the world. Correspondingly, China boasts the world's largest and most actively traded investor base, with more than 220 million stock investors and more than 720 million fund investors, How to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors is a major issue related to the harmony and happiness of hundreds of millions of families, the harmony and stability of the capital market, and the long-term peace and stability of the country and society.

According to the relevant responsible person of the Investor Education Center APP, in view of the characteristics of China's investor base, the APP has opened up resource sharing channels through digital empowerment, built a three-dimensional investor education service system of "short video + live broadcast + audio + graphics + interaction", and established a customized investor education think tank platform to help investors improve financial literacy and enhance self-protection capabilities, promoting the long-term sound development of the capital market with a focus on preventing financial risks.

In terms of service functions, the Investor Education Center APP, with investor demand as its core, is not only an exclusive home for investors to conveniently obtain professional, systematic, accurate and diversified investor education knowledge and information, and to realize resource docking and information sharing, but also a personalized service platform for law firms, accounting firms, banks, securities firms, funds and related service institutions to communicate and interact with and accurately connect to investors; It is a customized think-tank platform for financial experts and scholars and research institutions to provide investors with professional knowledge and research sharing; It is also a diversified information platform for the financial media and industry institutions to popularize the knowledge of finance. The public beta of the Investor Education Center APP has been launched, and we hope to collect feedback from all parties extensively, constantly improve the function and optimize the experience.

Empower the breadth of investor education with science and technology, and expand the depth of investor education with research. At this launch event, Beijing Fund Town also released the latest publication of its research institute—Quantitative Investment in China—, which was systematically prepared by many industry experts with continuous trace information of the theory, strategy, risk and trend of quantitative investment in China and published by China Renmin University Press. The book has been strongly recommended by scholars and experts at home and abroad, such as Feng Qiaobin, Deputy Director of the Macroeconomic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, Zhou Daoxu, Director of the Center for Financial Security of the Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance, Zhang Ran, Professor of the Business School of Renmin University of China, Zhou Guofu, Frederick Bierman and James E.Spears Chair Professor of Finance at Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis, and Ma Zhiyu, Chief Investment Officer of Lingjun Investment. They consider the book as a systematic reading material and practical tool in the field of quantitative investment. This publication is expected to benefit more investors and allow them to take a comprehensive, systematic and rational view of quantitative investment and better engage in and promote the development of quantitative investment.