Core Viewpoint - The article emphasizes the rapid development and increasing acceptance of index investment in China, particularly focusing on the growth of technology innovation bonds (科创债) and the introduction of related indices to facilitate investment opportunities [7][12]. Group 1: Background and Market Overview - As of now, there are 356 issuers of technology innovation bonds in the market, with a total of 1,360 bonds issued, amounting to a scale of 1.95 trillion yuan. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have issued 935 bonds, totaling 1.23 trillion yuan, representing a growth of approximately 14.7 times and 13 times compared to the end of 2022, respectively [9][10]. - Since 2025, policies supporting the issuance of technology innovation bonds have been frequently introduced, enhancing the long-term capital investment environment for hard technology [12]. Group 2: Index Development - In August 2023, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Company launched the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Company Bond Index, which selects bonds that meet specific criteria to reflect the overall performance of technology innovation company bonds on the exchange [14]. - The current outstanding technology innovation bonds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange total 795, with a combined scale of 1.1 trillion yuan. The AAA technology innovation bond index includes 785 bonds, with a total scale of 1.0943 trillion yuan, accounting for 88% of the total market scale of technology innovation bonds [15]. Group 3: Investment Characteristics - The bonds included in the index are all rated AAA, ensuring high credit quality, with implied ratings of AA+ and above [16]. - The index covers a wide range of issuers, including central and local enterprises as well as technology innovation private enterprises, addressing the challenges investors face in identifying and investing in individual technology innovation bonds [17]. - In the current low-interest-rate environment, technology innovation bonds offer higher annualized returns compared to government bonds and money market funds, providing a stable investment option [18]. Group 4: Performance Metrics - Since the base date of June 30, 2022, the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Bond Index has outperformed the Shanghai market benchmark corporate bonds and the 5-year government bond index, with a cumulative increase of 14.4% and an annualized return of 4.3% as of July 31, 2025 [19][21]. Group 5: ETF Products - As of July 31, 2025, there are three domestic ETFs tracking the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Bond Index, which have quickly reached their fundraising limits of 3 billion yuan since their public offering on July 7. The total scale of these products has now reached 28.6 billion yuan, indicating growing market recognition of the investment value of technology innovation bonds [24].

Core Viewpoint - The rapid development of the index system in China has led to an increasing acceptance of index-based investment, with a significant rise in the issuance of technology innovation bonds (科创债) and the establishment of related indices to facilitate investment opportunities in this sector [5][8][11]. Group 1: Technology Innovation Bonds - As of now, a total of 356 entities have issued 1,360 technology innovation bonds, with a total scale of CNY 1.95 trillion. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have issued 935 bonds, amounting to CNY 1.23 trillion, representing an increase of approximately 14.7 times and 13 times compared to the end of 2022, respectively [8]. - The supportive policies for technology innovation bond issuance have been frequent since 2025, enhancing long-term capital investment in hard technology sectors [10][11]. - The Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Co. launched the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Company Bond Index in August 2023, which reflects the overall performance of technology innovation company bonds listed on the exchange [13]. Group 2: Investment Capacity and Quality - Currently, there are 795 technology innovation bonds with a total scale of CNY 1.1 trillion on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The AAA technology innovation bond index includes 785 bonds, with a total scale of CNY 1.0943 trillion, accounting for 88% of the total market scale of technology innovation bonds [14]. - The issuers of the bonds in the index are all rated AAA, ensuring high credit quality, with implied ratings of AA+ and above [16]. - The index covers a wide range of issuers, including central and local enterprises as well as technology innovation private enterprises, addressing the challenges investors face in identifying risks and meeting investment thresholds [17]. Group 3: Investment Performance - In the current low-interest-rate environment, technology innovation bonds offer higher annualized returns compared to government bonds and money market funds, providing investors with a new asset allocation option that combines stable returns and policy benefits [18]. - Since the base date of June 30, 2022, the Shanghai AAA technology innovation bond index has outperformed the Shanghai market benchmark corporate bonds and the 5-year government bond index, with a cumulative increase of 14.4% and an annualized return of 4.3% as of July 31, 2025 [19][21]. Group 4: Market Recognition - There are currently three domestic ETFs tracking the Shanghai AAA technology innovation bond index, which have quickly reached their fundraising limits of CNY 3 billion since their public offering on July 7. The total scale of these products has now reached CNY 28.6 billion, indicating growing market recognition of the investment value of technology innovation bonds [24].

Core Viewpoint - The article emphasizes the rapid development and increasing acceptance of index investment in China, particularly focusing on the growth of technology innovation bonds (科创债) and the introduction of related indices to facilitate investment opportunities [7][11]. Group 1: Index Investment Trends - The index system has been rapidly improved, leading to a growing recognition in the market and accelerating the trend of index-based investment [7]. - The Shanghai Stock Exchange, together with China Fund News and China Securities Index Company, launched an educational series titled "Understanding Index Investment at a Glance" to provide comprehensive insights into index investment [7]. Group 2: Technology Innovation Bonds (科创债) - As of now, there are 356 issuers of technology innovation bonds in the market, with a total issuance of 1,360 bonds amounting to 1.95 trillion yuan. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have issued 935 bonds, totaling 1.23 trillion yuan, representing a growth of approximately 14.7 times and 13 times compared to the end of 2022, respectively [8][10]. - Since 2025, policies supporting the issuance of technology innovation bonds have been frequently introduced, enhancing long-term capital investment in hard technology [11]. Group 3: Index Development and Performance - In August 2023, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Company launched the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Company Bond Index, which reflects the overall performance of technology innovation company bonds on the exchange [13]. - The current outstanding technology innovation bonds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange total 795, with a combined scale of 1,100.4 billion yuan, and the AAA technology innovation bond index includes 785 bonds, accounting for 88% of the total market scale [14][15]. Group 4: Investment Opportunities - The bonds included in the index are all rated AAA, ensuring high credit quality, and the index covers a wide range of issuers, including central and local enterprises as well as technology innovation private enterprises [17][18]. - In the current low-interest-rate environment, technology innovation bonds offer higher annualized returns compared to government bonds and money market funds, providing investors with a new asset allocation option that combines stable returns and policy benefits [19][20]. - Since the base date of June 30, 2022, the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Bond Index has outperformed the benchmark corporate bond index and the 5-year government bond index, with a cumulative increase of 14.4% and an annualized return of 4.3% as of July 31, 2025 [20]. Group 5: ETF Products - As of July 31, 2025, there are three domestic ETFs tracking the Shanghai AAA Technology Innovation Bond Index, which have quickly reached their fundraising limits since their public offering on July 7, with a total scale of 28.6 billion yuan [23].

Macro - The likelihood of achieving a 5% economic growth target for the year is high, with a decreasing necessity and intensity for incremental policies in the second half of the year [1] - Continuous price pressure has negatively impacted the normal circulation of the national economy, leading to a focus on addressing price issues through unconventional macroeconomic policies [1][2] - The phenomenon of "involution" in both supply and demand sides has intensified downward price pressures, with low capacity utilization and excessive capital expenditure on the supply side, and long working hours suppressing consumer demand on the demand side [2][3] Strategy - The IPO process in Hong Kong involves both public offerings and international placements, with the former primarily targeting retail investors, leading to a liquidity "drain" effect due to the need for investors to freeze funds for subscriptions [6][8] - The introduction of the FINI system in 2023 has significantly reduced the liquidity pressure associated with IPOs by allowing for a pre-set funding compression mechanism, which can save approximately 71% of the funds that would have been frozen historically [8] - The launch of the first batch of Sci-Tech Bond ETFs on July 7, 2025, raised 29 billion yuan, marking a significant expansion in the Sci-Tech bond market, which has seen rapid growth due to supportive policies [9][10] - The current Sci-Tech bonds are predominantly issued by state-owned enterprises, with a significant portion allocated to the banking sector, indicating a strong focus on financing technology innovation [10][11] Non-Bank Financials - The securities industry is expected to benefit from a stable equity market and a recovering bond market, with significant growth in financing activities driven by state-owned banks [22][23] - The competitive landscape is shifting towards a focus on functionality and profitability, with a notable increase in the concentration of leading firms in the industry [24][25] - The capital market is stabilizing, with various funding sources supporting a potential upward breakout in equity markets, positioning brokerages as key players in this trend [26][27] Real Estate - The valuation of major real estate companies is believed to have entered an investment range, with a focus on the "demand bottom" and the dynamics of supply and demand relationships [28] - A potential decline in new housing prices is anticipated, with second-hand housing listings expected to decrease in the coming years, indicating a stabilization in the market [28] Fund Evaluation - The report highlights the regulatory framework surrounding performance benchmarks for mutual funds in the U.S., emphasizing the importance of appropriate benchmark selection for fund performance evaluation [29][30] - U.S. actively managed funds predominantly use single benchmarks, with a high correlation between fund performance and benchmark indices, contrasting with the more complex benchmark structures often seen in China [30][31]

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Views of the Report - In 2025, the continuous policy support has driven the expansion of the science - innovation bond market, and the science - innovation bond ETF has been quickly launched. The first batch of 10 science - innovation bond ETFs are scheduled to be issued on July 7, 2025 [1][2][11][13]. - The first - batch science - innovation bond ETFs track three major indices: the AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index, the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index, and the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index. These indices have different characteristics in terms of return - risk, remaining maturity, weighted duration, bond rating, issuer industry, remaining face value, and collateral ratio [3]. - The expansion of science - innovation bond ETFs brings investment opportunities. Institutions have started to increase their allocation of science - innovation bond index constituent bonds. Three types of potentially beneficial targets can be pre - arranged: targets that are both science - innovation bond index constituent bonds and exchange benchmark market - making varieties, science - innovation bond targets with remaining excess spread protection, and targets with a remaining maturity of 3 - 4 years [5]. 3. Summary According to the Directory 3.1 Science - Innovation Bond ETF Launch Background - In 2025, policies on science - innovation bonds were continuously strengthened. In March, the central bank governor proposed to build a "science and technology board" in the bond market. In May, relevant policies were introduced to support the issuance of science - innovation bonds, including expanding the issuer scope, encouraging the creation of science - innovation bond ETFs, and improving the risk - sharing mechanism [12][13]. - Since the new policy was issued, the issuance scale of science - innovation bonds has exceeded 620 billion yuan, and the outstanding scale has reached 2.5 trillion yuan, providing sufficient underlying assets for science - innovation bond ETFs [2]. - The issuers of new science - innovation bonds are mainly central and local state - owned enterprises, with a relatively high proportion of financial enterprises. In terms of industry, they are mainly concentrated in the banking and building decoration industries [17]. 3.2 Science - Innovation Bond ETF Issuance Overview and Index Comparison 3.2.1 First - Batch Science - Innovation Bond ETFs and Index Products - As of July 6, 2025, 10 fund companies plan to issue science - innovation bond ETFs on July 7, 2025. Six companies' ETFs track the AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index, three track the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index, and only Invesco Great Wall's ETF tracks the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index [22]. - Thirteen fund companies have reported science - innovation bond index funds (non - ETFs), all of which are benchmarked against the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index [24]. 3.2.2 Science - Innovation Bond Index System - Currently, the China Securities Index Company and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange have issued science - innovation bond indices. The China Securities Index Company has issued two series: the CSI Science - Innovation Bond Index series and the Shanghai Science - Innovation Bond Index series. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has issued the Shenzhen Science - Innovation Bond Index [26]. 3.2.3 Main Index Comparison - In terms of index compilation methods, there are differences in the base period, sample space, sampling method, and weighting method among the three indices [30]. - In terms of cumulative returns from December 30, 2022, to July 3, 2025, the AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index and the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index had relatively high and similar returns, while the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index had relatively lower returns [31]. - In different stages, the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index had better return performance, and the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index had the lowest annualized volatility, the lowest maximum drawdown, and the highest return - risk ratio in the whole period [34]. - The remaining maturity distributions of the three indices are concentrated in 1 - 5 years, with a small amount of weight in 0 - 1 year and 7 - 10 years. The Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index has a relatively shorter remaining maturity [35]. - The Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index has the highest weighted duration, and the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index has the lowest, which may be part of the reason for the return differences among the indices [36]. - The AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index and the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index have a higher proportion of high - rated constituent bonds than the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index [39]. - The constituents of the AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index and the Shanghai AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index are mainly distributed in the construction industry, while those of the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index are mainly in the comprehensive and manufacturing industries [43]. - The issuers of the three indices' constituent bonds are mainly central and local state - owned enterprises. The Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index allocates nearly 5% of public enterprise bonds [46]. - The remaining face values of the three indices' constituent bonds are concentrated between 500 million yuan and 2 billion yuan, and the distribution of the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index is more dispersed [48]. - The collateral ratios of the three indices' constituent bonds are generally distributed between 80% and 100%, and the Shenzhen AAA Science - Innovation Bond Index has a more concentrated weight in the 70% - 90% range [48]. 3.3 Investment Opportunities in Bonds Brought by Science - Innovation Bond ETFs - Since mid - June, the excess spread of science - innovation bond index constituent bonds has significantly compressed, and there has been a valuation deviation between constituent bonds and non - constituent bonds of the same issuer. The turnover rate of science - innovation bond index constituent bonds has significantly increased, indicating that institutions have started to increase their allocation [5][51][56][57]. - Considering the future expansion of science - innovation bond ETFs, three types of potentially beneficial targets can be pre - arranged: targets that are both science - innovation bond index constituent bonds and exchange benchmark market - making varieties, science - innovation bond targets with remaining positive excess spread, and targets with a remaining maturity of 3 - 4 years [5][61][62].