A non-governmental think tank aimed at enhancing the financial sector’s capacity to serve the real economy was launched in Shanghai on Tuesday. Shanghai Financial Service and Real Economy Research Institute, located in Jing’an District, was established by some of the country’s leading financial institutes, including Hony Capital, Sinopharm Capital and Bank of Communications. Zhou Wei, head of the institute, said it will cooperate with financial supervisors, financial institutes at home and abroad, as well as companies in the real economy sector.