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一 |       香港8月19日电（记者郑静霞）香港交易及结算所有限公司（港交所）19日公布的2026年中期业绩报告显示，上半年港交所实现收入及其他收益167.02亿港元，同比增长19%；股东应占溢利为105.68亿港元，同比上升24%。两项指标均创下历年同期新高。    

    Zhuo Qiang (L) talks with Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)As dawn breaks over Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Kenya's Maasai Mara ecosystem, rangers are already combing the grasslands for signs of unauthorized entry and poaching while keeping a close watch on wildlife.
Among them is Chinese conservationist Zhuo Qiang, nicknamed "Simba," the Swahili word for lion. For him, this early-morning routine is driven by a broader mission to achieve human-wildlife coexistence.
In 2010, Zhuo left his job in China at the age of 37 and embarked on a less-traveled path: pursuing wildlife conservation in Kenya.
Without professional training in wildlife conservation, he found himself in a territory then dominated by Western organizations and local practitioners.
But Zhuo decided to stay. "I wanted to prove that Chinese people could also do wildlife conservation," he said.
Initially, Zhuo saw conservation largely through the lens of wildlife science: working in the field, studying animals and collecting data.
Living and working with Maasai communities changed that perspective. "The fate of wildlife was closely tied to the people sharing the same land," he said.
In the Maasai Mara ecosystem, livestock grazing is deeply connected to the livelihoods of pastoral communities. "If local people are asked to stop grazing but are given no alternative source of income, conservation cannot be sustainable," Zhuo said.
That principle laid the foundation for his work with the local community in establishing the Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
The area had suffered from prolonged overgrazing, with plants and the land itself deteriorating. Under the conservation model, local grazing land was leased and gradually restored, allowing vegetation to recover and creating a more suitable habitat for wildlife, said Zhuo.
Meanwhile, households participating in the scheme receive land-rental income and have access to jobs such as wildlife rangers and tourism workers. Their average annual income has increased from around 500 U.S. dollars to about 3,700 dollars, according to Zhuo.
Some residents from surrounding communities also learned from the experience and brought the approach back to their own grazing areas.
Nowadays, 26 private conservancies have been established around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, covering about 1,600 square km, according to Zhuo.
He believes the network of community conservancies provides additional safe space for wildlife to move and survive, extending conservation efforts beyond the boundaries of a single national reserve and into surrounding communities.
Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, said Zhuo's work encouraged more residents to take an active role in conservation.
In the past, many residents saw few direct benefits from wildlife conservation and had limited awareness of its importance. Today, community members are increasingly willing to work as rangers and protect wildlife, creating an effective layer of protection around the conservancies, Msago said.
"Human-wildlife conflict cannot be solved simply through restrictions and prohibitions. The key is to create alternative sources of income so that residents can gain tangible benefits from conservation," Zhuo said.
"That is what makes community-based conservation sustainable -- allowing local people to become part of wildlife conservation rather than bystanders with no stake in it."
While continuing his work in the Maasai Mara, Zhuo has also sought to strengthen exchanges between China and Africa in wildlife conservation.
In recent years, he has visited more than 30 nature reserves and national parks in China, sharing his experiences of community-based conservation in Africa with Chinese counterparts.
"Conservation practices in China and Africa each have their own characteristics, and there is much that the two sides can learn from each other," he added.
    Zhuo Qiang (C) checks the chickens raised by local residents in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)
。  “尽管宏观经济存在不确定性、地缘政治环境不断变化，港交所上半年业绩再创佳绩，录得历来最佳上半年表现。”港交所主席唐家成在报告中表示，延续去年以来的强劲发展势头，今年港交所表现保持强韧。  港交所行政总裁陈翊庭在业绩发布会上表示，受市场气氛回暖、科技和人工智能相关企业融资需求旺盛，以及海内外投资者积极参与带动，港交所的现货市场、衍生产品市场和沪深港通的成交量均创下半年度新高，充分彰显香港市场的韧性和重要性。  新股市场方面，报告显示，人工智能及更广泛的科技、媒体及电讯行业公司的上市数目显著增加。上半年港交所共迎来87只新股上市，总集资额达2124亿港元，同比上升94%。  强劲的新股市场表现吸引更多发行人递交上市申请，彰显香港作为全球领先集资中心的持续吸引力。谈及下半年的IPO市场前景，陈翊庭介绍，除内地企业之外，有不少外国公司希望赴港上市，当前已有约10家海外企业排队申请上市。  展望未来，陈翊庭表示，港交所将着力打造多元资产生态系统，不再局限于传统的股票和衍生产品，进一步拓展固定收益、货币、大宗商品和指数等领域的产品。

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