On 15 October, a delegation from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), led by Chief Engineer He Baohong, visited Sunline's Shenzhen headquarters for talks with President Li Jinsong and the company's senior leadership. The discussions centred on the global expansion of financial technology and the next phase of strategic cooperation.
Sun Shisheng, Executive Assistant to the Group CEO of Sunline Group, outlined the Sunline’s technology capabilities and deployment track record in distributed core banking systems, underscoring the engineering foundation on which deeper collaboration can build.
Expanding Collaboration from Core Infrastructure to Enterprise AI
As banks worldwide press ahead with core banking modernization and prepare technology estates for AI-enabled services, the standards and policy frameworks surrounding financial technology are becoming as consequential as the systems themselves. For Chinese fintech providers going global, structured alignment with national-level institutions is emerging as a prerequisite for credible, compliant growth in overseas markets.
Sunline and CAICT have established a relationship since 2019 when the two organizations jointly founded a Database Application Innovation Laboratory. Cooperation has since moved from policy research into practical initiatives spanning compatibility adaptation, standards development, technical collaboration and ecosystem building across China's financial IT sector.
With AI adoption accelerating and financial IT localization entering a more demanding phase, Sunline and CAICT are strengthening coordination in financial AI while extending innovation into industrial digital finance and corporate banking-continuing to unlock new potential for industry collaboration.
Global Expansion as a Shared Agenda
As a national research institution and industry innovation platform, CAICT has focused on the compliance and global competition policy to address challenges that Chinese enterprises encounter overseas. Sunline, as the first Chinese financial technology services provider to expand internationally, brings extensive frontline delivery experience across international markets, making "going global" a central topic of this exchange to support globalization development of Chinese fintech companies.
He Yang, Deputy Director of CAICT's Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute, noted that with previous focus on the domestic market, future collaboration with Sunline would extend to overseas markets.
During the discussion, He Baohong mentioned that CAICT will leverage its role as a coordination hub for the internationalization of the ICT industry, working with Sunline to advance standards that support orderly overseas development across the fintech industry.
President Li Jinsong agreed with the strategy that Sunline will further strengthen communication and cooperation with CAICT, pooling industry capabilities through multiple channels and contributing to industry standard development and policy .
Building a global expansion ecosystem is a long-term undertaking that requires the participation of government, industry, academia, and research institutions. Therefore Sunline and CAICT will advance broader and deeper collaboration, supporting the international growth of Chinese fintech enterprises, and strengthening the global competitiveness and influence of Chinese financial technology.
About CAICT
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) is a premier national think tank and industrial innovation platform in the ICT sector. Acting as a strategic hub for technology internationalization, CAICT focuses on cross-border compliance, global competition policy, and industry standard-setting. By bridging policy research, technological breakthroughs, and ecosystem development, CAICT plays a pivotal role in guiding the global expansion of technology enterprises, ensuring regulatory alignment, and shaping the standards that govern international digital and financial technology markets.