What Is a Strategic Investment Fund?

China Ocean Strategic Industry Investment Fund was established in Hong Kong on October 22, 2016 under the guidance of China Ocean Strategy Forum. At the inauguration ceremony, Li Yu, the chairman of the forum, said that the fund has responded to the "One Belt One Road", especially the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road's urgent need for finance and funds. The establishment of the fund will play its own unique role in Chinese companies' "going global", internationalization of the renminbi, and infrastructure construction of countries along the route. ^[1]

China Marine Strategic Industry Investment Fund

The business development of China Ocean Strategic Investment Fund is divided into two parts: the first part finds suitable projects for equity investment according to the general private equity investment fund model, and then exits for profit; the second part serves the "Belt and Road" and will establish the "foundation" The Facility Industry Investment Fund and the RMB Offshore Investment Fund invest in accordance with the needs of infrastructure construction in coastal countries and regions. Jin Zheng said that such a positioning can "at the same time correctly understand and serve the" One Belt One Road "grand development strategy, it will also receive reasonable business benefits and business expansion, and bring good operating returns for investors."

As a "newcomer" who has just joined the "Belt and Road" financial financing field, China Ocean Strategic Investment Fund seeks to find a different path and walk out of the "harmonious but different" path from other giant funds. Li Yu introduced that the fund was established and operated in Hong Kong, an international financial center, with a more international perspective and more efficient in supporting projects; in conjunction with capital companies in the Middle East, it boldly tried to introduce "Islamic Islamic" with deep capital accumulation and lower international costs. "Finance" to realize the interconnection of the two major financial centers in Hong Kong and Dubai, and provide a richer and more diverse source of funds for the "Belt and Road". Rick Puna, who has been the CEO of National Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the largest bank in the Middle East for six years, and now chairman of Elizum Capital, said that Hong Kong and Dubai are highly collaborative in participating in the Belt and Road issue. To highly open, pool huge funds and effectively invest in large projects in Africa, the Middle East and other places. ^[2]