How Anxin Securities Achieved DevOps Maturity: Insights from the 2021 GOLF+ IT Governance Forum

According to a McKinsey study, technology companies succeed through standardization and tool empowerment; this aligns with the core idea of technical operations standards, which aim to systematize common capability modules and practices.

2021 GOLF+ IT Governance Forum

The forum, hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) on December 24, focused on "Balancing governance effectiveness and building a new ecosystem for technology governance" and "XOPS innovation, leading the new development path of operations". It emphasized "new governance integrates innovation, digital stability for long‑term progress".

During the event, CAICT announced the fifth batch of DevOps technology‑operation assessment results. Anxin Securities' Financial Store System project passed the Level‑2 technology‑operation assessment of the "R&D‑Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model".

Interview Highlights

Q: Congratulations on passing the DevOps assessment (Level 2). How do you evaluate the experience? XU Yanbing (CIO, Anxin Securities): The assessment shows our DevOps technology‑operation maturity is at an advanced domestic level, and the whole DevOps team feels encouraged.

Q: What is your view on the DevOps standard? LIANG Dehan (General Manager, System Operations): DevOps integrates development, testing, and operations across the entire product lifecycle, aligning people, processes, and technology to deliver value faster and improve user experience.

Q: Please introduce the evaluated project. LIANG Dehan: The Financial Store System is Anxin Securities' main online trading platform for wealth management products, serving over 7 million users and covering pre‑investment product shelves, transaction modules, post‑investment asset views, and intelligent recommendation services.

Q: What does the assessment mean for your team and what improvements were made? LIANG Dehan: The assessment marked a milestone, expanding our unified monitoring platform, enhancing observability, and strengthening automated operation tools, which significantly improved R&D‑operations efficiency.

Q: Was the assessment process smooth? Any challenges? LIANG Dehan: While many internet companies have in‑house operation tools, securities firms often rely on a mix of commercial and open‑source products, requiring substantial integration effort to achieve end‑to‑end tool interoperability.

Q: Future plans for DevOps? LIANG Dehan: Anxin Securities will continue to explore fintech innovations, adopt cloud‑native practices, and advance DevOps‑CICDCO integration to support comprehensive digital transformation.

Industry Statistics

As of December 24 2021, the securities industry has participated in multiple DevOps capability maturity assessments, with a chart showing the number of enterprises and assessment batches.

DevOps Capability Maturity Model

The "R&D‑Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" series of standards, led by CAICT with participation from top internet companies, cloud‑computing alliances, and financial/telecom enterprises, is the most comprehensive and authoritative DevOps standard in China and has been adopted by many leading firms.

It covers agile development management, continuous delivery, technology operation, application design, security and risk management, and system/tool evaluation.

For inquiries about DevOps standard assessments, contact CAICT (Liu Kaili) at 156 5078 6171 or [email protected], or the Efficient Operations Community (Dong Hui) at 185 1511 5139 or [email protected].