[The Shanghai Stock Exchange held a symposium on mergers, acquisitions and restructuring Since the "Six Mergers and Acquisitions", 1,859 newly disclosed asset restructuring orders have been announced in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Reporters learned on November 5 that the Shanghai Stock Exchange has recently held two symposiums on mergers and acquisitions and restructurings for listed companies and market institutions, inviting representatives from 7 listed companies and 7 securities, appraisal, venture capital, and insurance institutions to conduct discussions on solving competition among central state-owned enterprises, transformation and upgrading of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, innovation of tools such as installment payments, valuation of technology companies, and credit enhancement transactions in mergers and acquisitions. The latest data shows that since the release of the "Six Mergers and Acquisitions", the Shanghai Stock Exchange has newly disclosed 1,859 asset restructurings of various types, including 178 major asset restructurings. Participating institutions stated that since the release of the "Six Mergers and Acquisitions", the institutional supply has become more precise and powerful, and innovative mechanisms such as installment payment of share consideration, simplified review procedures, and "reverse linking" of private equity fund lock-up periods have been implemented one after another, providing strong support for transaction structure innovation and industrial resource integration. Currently, the number of market merger and acquisition projects is increasing and trading tools are becoming more abundant. Listed companies’ willingness and ability to achieve industrial integration and cultivate new growth points through mergers and acquisitions continue to increase. (Reporter Wang Yanlin)