Report's Investment Rating for the Industry No investment rating for the industry is provided in the report. Core Views of the Report - The Chinese innovative drug industry is entering a new stage of "global leadership" with policy support, showing trends of innovation upgrade, accelerated internationalization, and reaching a profit inflection point [1][20]. - The Sci - Tech Innovative Drug Index (931852.CSI) can accurately capture the industry's prosperity and core growth targets, with strong performance, elastic growth, and solid fundamental support [1]. - The Huatai - PineBridge Shanghai Sci - Tech Innovation Board Innovative Drug ETF (589120) is a convenient tool for investors to access the core assets of innovative drugs on the Sci - Tech Innovation Board, closely tracking the index [1]. - The fund manager, Huatai - PineBridge Fund, is a leading comprehensive asset management company with a good reputation and a large number of non - monetary ETF products [1]. Summary According to the Directory 1. Sci - Tech Innovative Drug Index: Grasping Industry Prosperity and Capturing Growth Targets - **Strong Industry Representation and Growth - Capturing Ability**: The index, also known as the Shanghai Sci - Tech Innovation Board Innovative Drug Index, selects 30 large - market - cap stocks related to innovative drugs from the Sci - Tech Innovation Board, reflecting the overall performance of the sector [1][3][5]. - **Dispersed Component Weights**: The index's weight distribution is relatively dispersed, with a high proportion of companies with a market cap between 30 billion and 50 billion RMB. The top ten weighted stocks account for 63.85% of the total weight as of August 21, 2025, and most component stocks have shown an upward trend after being included in the index [7][10]. - **High Elasticity and Prominent Recent Performance**: Since the second quarter of 2025, the index has had a cumulative increase of 82.66% and a risk - adjusted return - to - risk ratio of 2.31, significantly outperforming similar innovative drug indices [1][12][14]. - **Dual Investment Guarantees**: The index's constituent stocks are expected to have high - speed revenue growth and improved profitability. The total revenue is predicted to keep growing, and the net profit attributable to shareholders is expected to turn positive in 2025 and reach 7.537 billion RMB in 2026 [1][15]. 2. The Chinese Innovative Drug Industry Reaches a Historical Inflection Point and Moves Towards "Global Leadership" - **Innovation Upgrade**: China has achieved a shift from "imitation - following" to "original innovation", with an increasing number of First - in - Class (FIC) drugs developed by Chinese pharmaceutical companies. In 2024, the number of self - developed FIC drugs reached 120, accounting for 31% of the global pipeline. Chinese companies also show global competitiveness in popular target areas [24][28]. - **Accelerated Internationalization**: The internationalization of Chinese innovative drugs is on the rise, with both independent overseas expansion and license - out models booming. As of now, 9 domestic innovative drugs from 8 companies have been approved for listing in the US, and license - out transactions have increased significantly [31][33][34]. - **Profit Inflection Point**: With the commercialization of innovative drugs and the normalization of external licensing, Chinese innovative pharmaceutical companies are reaching a profit inflection point. For example, the sales of some drugs like Ailisi's Vemurafenib and BeiGene's Zanubrutinib have increased significantly, and some companies are starting to receive milestone payments [38]. 3. Huatai - PineBridge Shanghai Sci - Tech Innovation Board Innovative Drug ETF (589120) - The fund is a passive index - type ETF product under Huatai - PineBridge Fund, with Luo Hao as the拟任 fund manager. It uses the full - replication method to track the Shanghai Sci - Tech Innovation Board Innovative Drug Index, aiming for a daily average tracking deviation of no more than 0.2% and an annualized tracking error of no more than 2%. The management fee is 0.50% and the custody fee is 0.10% [1][40][41]. 4. Fund Manager Information - Huatai - PineBridge Fund was established in 2005 and is a leading comprehensive asset management company in China. It has a complete range of business licenses and a well - diversified product portfolio. As of August 21, 2025, it has 61 non - monetary ETF products with a total scale of over 93.6 billion RMB [1][44].