[The scale of CICC Wealth’s buy-side investment advisory and maintenance exceeds 180 billion yuan] On October 18, the “2026 CICC Wealth 1018 Press Conference” with the theme of “Gathering Strength for the Future” was held in Shenzhen today. As a pioneer in buy-side investment consulting, after seven years of practice, CICC Wealth Management has built a multi-level, one-stop buy-side investment consulting system covering "China 50", "Micro 50", "Public Offering 50", "Stock 50" and "ETF 50". As of September 2026, the retained scale of buy-side investment advisory services has exceeded 180 billion yuan, and the retained scale of products has exceeded 550 billion yuan, maintaining continuous growth for many years; the retention rate and additional rate of "China 50" special account customers that have existed for more than one year have remained at a high level for a long time, and the average holding period is close to 3 years. At the same time, the number of customers of CICC Wealth Management has increased by 300% in the past seven years. (Reporter Wang Chen)