China Merchants Securities (06099) plans to invest 1 billion yuan and participate in funds such as China Merchants Highway and China Merchants Advanced to focus on the artificial intelligence industry

Zhitongcaijing · 3d ago

Zhitong Finance App News, China Merchants Securities (06099) announced that on October 29, 2026, the board of directors reviewed and passed the “Proposal on Joint Investment and Related Transactions between Wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Related Parties”. According to this, China Merchants Zhiyuan Capital (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, as general partner and fund manager), China Merchants Advanced (as a limited partner), and Guangmingke Capital (as a limited partner) prepared a partnership agreement to establish the fund. The total size of the fund is RMB 5 billion, of which China Merchants Zhiyuan Capital plans to invest RMB 1 billion, China Merchants Highway plans to invest RMB 1.25 billion, China Merchants Advanced plans to invest RMB 250 million, and Guangming Technology Investment plans to invest RMB 2.5 billion.

According to reports, the fund focuses on fields such as computing power and power industry chains, embedded intelligent industrial chains, artificial intelligence (AI) end-side applications (AI+ finance, AI+ transportation and logistics, etc.), vertical industry models, and AI agents.

According to the announcement, the establishment of the fund will help implement the strategy to comprehensively promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry, and use the policies and industrial advantages of Guangming District of Shenzhen to form an “industry+capital+region” collaboration to promote industrial development in the field of artificial intelligence. The fund focuses on the artificial intelligence industry and has room for collaboration with the Group's investment banking, research, wealth management and other businesses. It is conducive to enhancing the company's comprehensive financial service capabilities and will have a positive impact on improving the company's long-term return on investment.