Recently, ChinaBond Pricing Center Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ChinaBond Pricing Center) announced the comprehensive evaluation results of ChinaBond indices users in 2021. With its outstanding performance in index investment innovation, China Post Securities Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as CNPSEC) was rated as one of the Pioneer Innovation-driven Institutions in the comprehensive evaluation of ChinaBond indices users in 2021.

In order to actively implement the major national strategic decisions of “carbon peaking before 2030” and “carbon neutrality before 2060”, CNPSEC has further carried out the green development philosophy, enhanced green finance investment, and promoted the development of green and low-carbon financial products and services in an orderly manner. On November 12, 2021, CNPSEC and ChinaBond Pricing Center jointly released “ChinaBond CNPSEC Select Carbon-Neutral Green Bond Index”. As the first institution-customized carbon-neutral green bond index, the index aims to open a convenient channel for domestic and overseas investors to learn about China's carbon-neutral green bond market, provide a reference for related investment decisions, and stimulate the green and low-carbon investment vitality of market entities. The constituents of the index have high credit rating and can be used as the performance benchmark and underlying index for investment in such bonds. CNPSEC will provide a diversity of application scenarios of the index, attract more social resources to invest in green and low-carbon enterprises by setting up various products linked to the index, so as to provide more financial support to green industries and green enterprises, and promote green and low-carbon economic and social development.

It is understood that ChinaBond Pricing Center, as an independent intermediary, follows the principles of fairness, prudence and simplification, and selects the institutions with outstanding performance in the aspects of research, application, innovation and development of bond index products in 2021, according to the statistics released. The honor of Pioneer Innovation-driven Institutions is mainly awarded to those that have made positive and innovative contributions to the index business in different fields, encouraging them to innovate in the method or application of index formulation, and thus driving the market development.