This book studies and discusses the current situation and development trend of technology application in the private equity industry of China. This book provides answers to the following questions that are critical concerns of the industry. For applications of technologies in enhancing financial service quality and efficiency, how to introduce digital technologies into the business innovation and operation management process of the private equity industry? How can digital technology be used to promote the comprehensive digital transformation of the private equity industry? For regulation of the private equity industry, how to utilize digital technology to improve the regulatory means and tools of the private equity industry. How to use digital technology to prevent the risk of the private equity industry? The answers to the questions have theoretical significance and practical value for healthy development and supervision of private equity industry in China. China's private equity industry has made significant progress and attained remarkable achievements after more than 30 years of development, especially with the advancement of China's capital market reform. This book provides an overview of the private equity industry and a study of digital technology applications such as the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. It is a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners in related fields, and it also sheds light on technology applications for practitioners and financial regulators in the private equity industry in China.

Auteur

Ruihui Xu, Ph.D. in Finance, is currently Senior Research Fellow in the Research Institute of the People's Bank of China. She holds Bachelor and Master degrees of mathematics from Xiamen University and the University of Macau, respectively, and completed Ph.D. study in Department of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Macau. During the academic year 2014-2015, she visited the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on macroeconomics, financial markets, and fintech. She has published more than 10 academic papers on SCI, SSCI, and Chinese SSCI (CSSSCI) journals.

Dawei Zhao, Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, is currently Deputy Secretary General of the FinTech Research Center of the Research Institute of the People's Bank of China. He holds Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate degrees of economics all from Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2009, funded by China Scholarship Council, he went to the State University of New York as Visiting Scholar. After he has joined into the People's Bank of China Financial Research Institute in 2011, he has won the First Award of the "Youth Research Project 2019, 2020" of the People's Bank of China, the First Award of the "2017-2018 the PBC FinTech Research Project" by FinTech Committee of the People's Bank of China, and the First Award of the "2018 FinTech Youth Thesis" by FinTech Research Center of National Institution for Finance & Development.