Known as the "Olympic Games" of the financial world, the SWIFT International Banker's Operation Seminar 2024 (SIBOS 2024) kicked off in Beijing on Monday. It is the first time the conference is being held on the Chinese mainland.

SIBOS, or the SWIFT International Banker's Operation Seminar, is a leading global conference of the financial industry organized by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication).

More than 10,000 guests from more than 150 countries and regions gathered in Beijing during the annual meeting. The theme of this year's conference is"connecting the future of finance".

Yin Yong, mayor of Beijing Municipal Government and Lu Lei, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China attended and delivered speeches. Javier Perez-Tasso, global CEO of SWIFT, and Bill Winters, group chief executive of Standard Chartered, made speeches and opening remarks.

At present, more than 250 conferences have been confirmed and more than 500 important guests have been invited, covering topics across banking, payments, digital assets, trade finance, artificial intelligence and sustainable finance.

The exhibition is divided into the main exhibition and financial technology exhibition. The main exhibition area has representatives from 133 financial and third-party institutions, 114 foreign companies, including many European and American institutions, such as J.P.Morgan Chase, Citibank, and HSBC.