On June 5th of 2009, the 11th (2009) China Venture Capital & Private Equity Forum, jointly sponsored by Central Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA), MOST, People’s Government of Guangdong Province and People’s Government of Shenzhen Municipality, was held in Shenzhen. CHEN Changzhi, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, GU Shengzu, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the CNDCA, and SONG Hai, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province attended the event. Vice-Minister LIU Yanhua delivered a keynote speech entitled “Vigorously Developing S&T Finance, Promoting Innovative Development of Enterprises”.

The Forum, themed by “Enhancing VC/PE Core Competitiveness and Forging the New Growth Engine for Chinese Economy”, discussed the challenges and opportunities of enterprise board, VC/PE institutions, and the start-ups. More than 600 Venture Capitalists and over 700 start-up entrepreneurs from home and abroad attended the Forum.