Located in the heartland of Shenzhen and blessed with abundant financial resources, Futian is the city's financial center. Its financial industry recorded an added value of around 190 billion yuan in 2020, accounting for over 40 percent of the city's total.

In 2020, Futian launched China’s first fintech talents policy and constructed the country’s first experience center of digital yuan, and started working on a batch of national fintech infrastructure projects, such as the national fintech certification center and a fintech company founded by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. A total of 24 licensed financial institutions were set up in the district in 2020, and a one-stop service platform to serve enterprise IPO was established.