The 2022 China Listed Company Governance Index was released

On December 4, the 2022 China Listed Company Governance Index Release and Academic Seminar was held
in Tianjin.
Li Wei'an, Chair Professor of Nankai University and President of China Corporate Governance Research Institute, released the 2022 China Listed Company Governance Index (CCGINK) and China Listed Company Green Governance (ESG) Index (CGGI).

On the whole, the governance level of listed companies in China has been continuously improved, but there is still much room
for improvement in green governance capabilities.

Li Wei'an introduced that the sample size of the evaluation of China's listed company governance index in 2022 is 4,679, including 3,008 listed companies on the main board, 1,085 companies listed on the ChiNext Board, 377 companies listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, 82 listed companies on the Beijing Stock Exchange, and 127
listed companies in the financial industry 。 The evaluation results show that the average improvement of the governance index of listed companies in 2022 is 0.
35; the governance index of privately controlled listed companies exceeds that of state-controlled listed companies; The performance of companies on the science and technology innovation board was impressive, and the governance index jumped to the first place in the sector; In addition to the slight decrease in the governance dimension of the board of supervisors, the dimension of shareholder governance, board governance dimension, manager governance dimension, information disclosure dimension and stakeholder governance dimension all increased
.

The China Listed Company Governance Index has been released for 20 consecutive years
.
"Over the past 20 years, the governance level of listed companies in China has generally been continuously improved, and the governance index reached a new high of 64.
40 in 2022, an increase of 14.
78
from 49.
62 in 2003.
" Li Weian said
.

The Green Governance Index of Chinese Listed Companies has also been released for five consecutive years
.
In 2022, the evaluation sample of the Green Governance Index of Chinese Listed Companies was 1,366, including 1,025 non-financial listed companies on the Main Board, 146 non-financial listed companies on the ChiNext Board, 84 listed companies on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, and 111 financial institutions
.
The evaluation results show that the average green governance index of listed companies in China in 2022 will be 56.
58, an increase of 0.
45 from 56.
13 in 2021, and there is still relatively much room
for improvement in the green governance of listed companies.

Li Wei'an believes that from the perspective of the four dimensions of green governance, China's listed companies have performed well in external green activities such as green public welfare, and have a strong sense of social responsibility and inclusiveness; It also performs relatively well in energy conservation, emission reduction and recycling, but it is relatively weak in the top-level design of green governance structure and mechanism, and there is still a lot of room
for improvement.