Thank you and see you again in 2026!

The CICF 2025 has come to a successful conclusion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance. This year, more than 1300 participants joined the conference in Shenzhen from all around the world. Special thanks go to our program committee members for their dedication and hard work in putting together a wonderful and exciting program, and our partners for their generous support. Last but not the least, we would like to thank our discussants, presenters, authors and all participants. Thank you all for your strong support. Without your participation and input, it would be impossible for us to have such a successful conference.

We hope the conference has been a fruitful experience for all of you and hope to see you all again at our conference in 2026!


The China International Conference in Finance (CICF) provides an open platform that brings worldwide scholars together to present current research and stimulate new development in finance and capital markets. CICF presented its first conference in 2002. Over the years, CICF has grown to be one of the leading finance research conferences in the world. CICF invites papers from all areas of Finance. In addition, we would like to encourage authors to submit to the special sessions with China Focus.

2025 CICF Annual Conference:

June 29 – July 2 in Shenzhen, China

Keynote Speaker:

Thomas J. Sargent, New York University and Peking University HSBC Business School

Founding Organizer:

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Organizers:

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

School of Management and Economics/Shenzhen Institute of Data Economy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

SUSTech College of Business/Southern Key Laboratory of Technology Finance (Guangdong), Southern University of Science and Technology

Academic Partner:

Chinese Association of Finance (CAF)

Corporate Sponsor:

XY Investments

Thank you and see you again in 2026!

The CICF 2025 has come to a successful conclusion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance. This year, more than 1300 participants joined the conference in Shenzhen from all around the world. Special thanks go to our program committee members for their dedication and hard work in putting together a wonderful and exciting program, and our partners for their generous support. Last but not the least, we would like to thank our discussants, presenters, authors and all participants. Thank you all for your strong support. Without your participation and input, it would be impossible for us to have such a successful conference.

We hope the conference has been a fruitful experience for all of you and hope to see you all again at our conference in 2026!