Recently, the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model strongly promoted by the Ministry of Finance has been regarded as a new means to address the funding needs of a new round of urbanization and to transform management approaches.
　　On April 28 and 29, 2014, the "Infrastructure Project Investment and Financing (PPP) Practical Strategy Class," jointly organized by the China Association of Construction Enterprise Management, the EDP Center of the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University, and the Shanghai Branch of Zhong Lun Law Firm, was successfully held at Tongji University in Shanghai. Li Hongqing, Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Association of Construction Enterprise Management, delivered a speech at the conference. Nearly one hundred mid- and senior-level leaders from investment institutions and large construction enterprises across the country attended the conference and gave it high praise.
　　At the conference, Professor Wang Shouqing of the Institute of International Engineering Project Management at Tsinghua University, Lawyer Zhou Lanping, an expert of the Yuanjian Law and Enterprise Alliance, and Director Song Jie of Zhongguancun Development Group delivered special lectures on the conference themes, respectively titled "PPP and Project Integration in New Urbanization," "Legal Practice in PPP Project Operation," and "Primary Land Development in New Urbanization and Practical Financing for Construction Enterprises." They offered suggestions and strategies for enterprises in the construction sector to seize the opportunities of infrastructure investment and construction under the background of new urbanization, further raise awareness of risk prevention in PPP projects, and analyze and solve problems in the practice of infrastructure project investment and financing.
　　At the same time, the organizers invited experts and leaders from Shanghai Urban Construction, Shanghai Chengtou, Luban Consulting, and Guotai Junan to hold discussions on topics such as "Solutions to Local Government Debt Risks" and "Asset Securitization." Participants also actively offered their own views on these topics, jointly promoting the healthy development of the construction industry.