Title:Strengthening the Role of Science and Technology to Promote the High-quality Development of Foreign Exchange Administration

China Forex: What has the Science and Technology Department done in 2023 to facilitate the reform and development of foreign exchange administration and promote the supporting and leading role of scientific innovation?

ZHANG Tiecheng: In 2023, the Science and Technology Department earnestly carried out education on learning and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Allowing Party building to take the leading role, the Department continued to deepen the rectification and improvement of central inspections, concentrating on completing the transformation of 22 information systems involved in the reform of local branches and undertaking the science and technology business of county-level offices. It also meticulously implemented the construction, relocation and commissioning of the computer room of the new same-city back-up center, and further expanded its cross-border financial service platform. In addition, significant progress was made in actively supporting the reform and opening-up of foreign exchange administration, and improving the quality and efficiency of foreign exchange supervision.