Shandong jurisdiction hosts the 2026 Listed Company Directors and Senior Executives Training Conference

On March 31, the Shandong-regional office convened a 2026 training session for directors and senior executives of listed companies under its jurisdiction. Officials from the CSRC’s Listing Division and relevant responsible parties from the Shandong Regional Bureau attended the meeting and delivered remarks. A total of more than 800 directors, senior executives, and other personnel from listed companies within the jurisdiction participated in the training through online and offline formats.

The meeting closely followed the work main line of “preventing risks, strengthening regulation, and promoting high-quality development,” systematically deploying key regulatory work for listed companies under its jurisdiction in 2026, and reported issues found in daily supervision. The meeting pointed out that since 2025, listed companies within the jurisdiction have effectively responded to complex internal and external environments and multiple pressures; overall operating performance has remained steady and trending in a positive direction, and development quality has continued to improve, providing stable support and strong momentum for high-quality regional economic development. The meeting emphasized that 2026 is the first year of the “15th Five-Year Plan period (Phase Five),” and each company must accurately grasp the situation, focus on its main business, and improve governance. In line with development needs, companies should make full use of diversified tools such as refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, equity incentives, and share repurchases and buybacks, to move toward being better and stronger, enhance the ability to deliver returns to investors, and actively contribute to getting a strong start for the “15th Five-Year Plan period (Phase Five).”

The meeting required that each listed company must profoundly recognize the current stringent regulatory environment, firmly put an end to illegal acts such as financial fraud and misleading statements, and continuously improve the quality of information disclosure. They should earnestly implement the requirements of the “Corporate Governance Guidelines for Listed Companies,” develop and improve compensation management systems, and give full play to the role of the audit committee and independent directors, thereby comprehensively enhancing corporate governance. Shareholders and directors and senior executives of listed companies must regulate stock trading and avoid violations such as unlawful share reductions and short-term trading.

The meeting invited multiple authoritative experts from the Shandong Provincial Cyberspace Administration Office, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, the CNI Index (China Securities Index) and others to provide a comprehensive interpretation of topics including public sentiment response, annual report disclosure, ESG ratings, and the “15th Five-Year Plan period (Phase Five)” plan. Combined with typical cases, they conducted an in-depth analysis of practical difficulties, comprehensively enhancing the participating personnel’s practical ability to accurately grasp policy directions and promote policy implementation.

In the next step, the Shandong CSRC Regional Bureau will continue to strengthen supervision of listed companies, severely crack down on all kinds of illegal and noncompliant conduct, and constantly improve the standardization level of corporate governance among listed companies within the jurisdiction, to provide solid guarantees for the healthy and stable development of the regional capital market. (Qi He Ning)