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Articles authored by Forestville members and videos covering Forestville activities, originally published by reputed media.

2026-08-19

tripAI sets sail on its Nasdaq voyage

On August 19, 2026, a grand ceremony was held at the Shenzhen headquarters of Shenzhen tripAI Technology Co., Ltd. ("tripAI", formerly "somytrip") to engage Forestville Group as its financial advisor. The ceremony was hosted by Mr. Guo Jianhui, CEO of tripAI, and attended by all employees and representatives of some shareholders. Mr. Kevin Liu, Managing Partner of Forestville, highly praised the convenience tripAI has provided to travelers worldwide during the post-pandemic rebound in tourism, and gave an in-depth analysis of international capital markets development trends and opportunities under the new circumstances, demonstrating his insight.

2023-02-08

Lecture at China Commercial Law Firm Shenzhen headquarters

Mr. Kevin Liu was invited to speak at the Shenzhen headquarters of China Commercial Law Firm on "Listing on International Capital Markets — The Booming SPAC Route to Overseas Listings via Reverse Merger".

2021-11-08

Shenzhen Daily published Mr. Kevin Liu's commentary "Technology is awesome, but not always"

Whenever we speak of technology, often such words appear in our mind: high-end, magnificent, classy... No doubt technology is more or less constructive. Rarely do people think it’s more or less destructive, too. Just as a coin has two sides, technology has its good and bad.

2018-10-24

Video: Nasdaq opening ceremony of Mr. Kevin Liu's SPAC

The opening ceremony of the stocks trading on Nasdaq of the SPAC that Mr. Kevin Liu launched.

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2015-08-06

Hexun.com published Mr. Kevin Liu's book review "Breaking the Curse of the Matthew Effect"

“When God closes one window, he opens another.” For disadvantaged groups who struggle to build wealth, this “other window” is the internet finance initiative that Dr. Frank Di Fan is now vigorously promoting.

2013-02-05

National Business Daily published Mr. Kevin Liu's commentary "Time to axe the 75% loan/deposit ratio rule"

The 75% loan-to-deposit ratio restricts commercial banks' ability to make more loans to support economic activity, leaving capital-starved enterprises longing for credit.

2013-01-16

CCTV republished Mr. Kevin Liu's policy proposal to urgently found a national deposit insurance corporation

China Central Television republished Mr. Kevin Liu's policy proposal, "A National Deposit Insurance Corporation Is Urgently Needed". In 2015 the State Council promulgated the Deposit Insurance Regulations of China, placing bank deposits under insurance protection.

2012-12-27

National Business Daily published Mr. Kevin Liu's commentary "Universal banking: the only way out for China's commercial banks"

National Business Daily published Mr. Kevin Liu's commentary, "Universal banking: the only way out for China's commercial banks' transformation", advocating that the Commercial Bank Law of the People's Republic of China be amended to empower China's commercial banks to conduct equity investing, securities underwriting, insurance, trust and leasing, etc., in addition to their three traditional basic businesses — deposit taking, loan lending and payments execution.

2012-12-14

China Daily published Mr. Kevin Liu's commentary "Banks' good days may not last long"

At the start of the current century, Bill Gates predicted that traditional commercial banks could be the last dinosaurs standing. Current developments in China are making it seem more likely that he will be proved right.

2011-07-06

Former Missouri Governor Bob Holden met with Mr. Kevin Liu

Former Missouri Governor Bob Holden met with Mr. Kevin Liu in St. Louis, Missouri.

1999-09-26

China Merchants Bank President Ma Weihua visited Citigroup headquarters

China Merchants Bank President Ma Weihua, accompanied by Mr. Kevin Liu, met with Jeffrey Shafer, Citigroup's Vice Chairman and former Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, in New York.

1997-01-01

Case study featured in "Das Finanzsystem Chinas im Wandel" published in Germany

The paper, "Chinese Commercial Banks and Their Elements of Success — The Example of China Merchants Bank", authored by Messrs. Xie Lianyu (Executive Board member of the Bank) and Kevin Liu, was featured in the book "Das Finanzsystem Chinas im Wandel" (China's Financial System in Transition), published in Germany. Centering on the four core elements of the modern enterprise system — clear ownership rights; well-defined rights and responsibilities; government-enterprise separation; and scientific management — the study uncovers the underlying drivers that propelled a company-owned, rather than government-owned, China Merchants Bank to emerge often as financial consumers' preferred choice.

1990-07-01

"Contemporary Finance and Economics" published Mr. Kevin Liu's study on the Jiangxi, inter-provincial and international orange markets

The monthly journal "Contemporary Finance and Economics" published the Chinese translation of Mr. Kevin Liu's English-language report, "A Brief Analysis on the Jiangxi, Inter-provincial and International Orange Markets", which concluded that structural opportunities existed given that navel oranges excel all other common varieties of orange. Submitted to the World Bank, the report reversed the Bank's position that "China's creation of Three Gorges Province and a Yangtze orange belt would soon leave the Chinese orange market oversupplied". The Bank agreed to provide long-term, low-interest concessionary loans covering 50% of total project cost, funding a full value-chain project in 18 counties in Ganzhou, Jiangxi — wasteland planting, processing, cold storage and distribution of navel oranges. Six years later the project became Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed company South Jiangxi Fruits. Today the "Gannan Navel Orange" brand is valued at approximately Rmb70 billion (over US$10 billion) and is a signature emblem of the region.

1989-12-01

Vice Governor of Jiangxi Province Huang Huang met with the World Bank mission

Vice Governor of Jiangxi Province Huang Huang, accompanied by Mr. Kevin Liu, met with the World Bank mission in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.