(Yicai Global) Aug. 11 -- An online new economy summit, co-hosted by Yicai Media and Huatai Securities' institutional investors-only financial services platform Xing Zhi, has officially started. The summit focuses on new economy hotspots like health and digital technology, with experts in various fields invited to discuss the hot topics in video calls.

The summit, hosted by Yicai's anchor Pei Lei, officially began on Aug. 9.

Yang Yudong, Yicai editor-in-chief, made an opening speech.

Technology is at the core of upgrading to a premium industrial chain or value chain, said Zhang Jiqiang, deputy director of Huatai Securities' research institute, in a keynote speech.

Jiang Dongxing, deputy head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission's Bureau of Technology Supervision, delivers a keynote speech on digital transformation of the securities and futures industry.