China News Service, October 15th (Li Jiajia and Li Ke) Xue Feng, director of the Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center, disclosed at the Shanghai International Investment Promotion and Exchange Conference at the 2021 China International Import Expo that the exhibition area of the 4th CIIE exceeded 36 10,000 square meters, the number of signed exhibitors and the number of countries (regions) both exceeded last year. The world’s top 500 and leading companies in the industry participated actively, with a return rate of more than 80%, “bringing a touch of color to the global economy in a difficult recovery.” .
On the same day, the Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion and Exchange Conference for the 2021 Matchmaking Expo was held in Shanghai. Deputy consuls or business officials from 8 countries and regions including Canada, Mexico, Kuwait, South Korea and more than 10 foreign investment promotion agencies in Shanghai were responsible More than 200 guests including representatives of China International Import Expo Bureau, Shanghai Municipal Business Investment Promotion Department, as well as representatives of multinational companies in Shanghai, CIIE exhibitors and professional service organizations attended the event.
Zhu Yi, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said that in the face of the global pandemic of new crown pneumonia, Shanghai has been striving to maintain a stable and orderly operation of the economy this year. From January to August, the city’s total industrial output value above designated size was 2.8 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below) ), a year-on-year increase of 16.2%; total retail sales of consumer goods was 1.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.2%; total imports and exports of goods were 4.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%. Especially in the use of foreign capital, from January to September, 5136 foreign-funded enterprises were established in the city, a year-on-year increase of 27.1%; the actual use of foreign capital was US$17.847 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15% and an increase of 22% compared with the same period in 2019. From January to September, 47 regional headquarters of multinational companies and 20 foreign R&D centers were added. By the end of September, a total of 818 regional headquarters of multinational companies and 501 foreign R&D centers have been established. Both rank first in the country, and Shanghai deserves to be the first choice for foreign investment in China.
He said that in order to continue to amplify the spillover effect of the CIIE and bring more investment opportunities to Shanghai, this year, Shanghai will launch 55 new characteristic investment routes, and will also work with the Shanghai Institute of Surveying and Mapping to compile a new “Guide for Foreign Investment in Shanghai”. “Looking up”, to show Shanghai’s foreign-related business environment in a map language in an all-round way, and to provide a more realistic, three-dimensional and more iconic investment location experience for the majority of overseas investors. On November 6, the Shanghai Municipal Government will also hold the “2021 Shanghai Investment Promotion Conference”. At that time, the city’s main leaders will continue to introduce new changes and new developments in Shanghai’s business environment over the past year, international organizations and multinational company executives, investment promotion The person in charge of the organization shares his feelings about the development in Shanghai, which is worth looking forward to.
Ma Fengmin, Chief Financial Officer of Shanghai Import Expo Bureau, gave a detailed introduction to the overall preparations for the 4th CIIE. The 4th CIIE mainly consists of three components: National Exhibition, Enterprise Business Exhibition and Hongqiao International Economic Forum.
According to reports, in terms of national exhibitions, for the first time, three-dimensional modeling, virtual engine and other technologies were used to hold online national exhibitions, and virtual exhibition halls were built for participating countries, and the development achievements of participating countries were displayed through various forms such as pictures and video 3D models. Features of advantageous industries, cultural tourism, representative enterprises and other fields. At present, about 60 countries have participated in the national exhibition. On October 13, the online national exhibition has started trial operation.
In terms of corporate business exhibition, it is divided into six exhibition areas. The world’s top five grain merchants, top ten automobile companies, top ten industrial electrical companies, top ten medical device companies, and top ten cosmetics brands will gather for the show. Many companies’ new products, new technologies, and new services will be held at the 4th Expo The first release will be made at the meeting. At present, nearly 3,000 companies from more than 120 countries and regions have decided to participate in the 4th CIIE.
Affected by the epidemic, the company’s business show’s investment promotion has adopted a combination of online and offline methods, using big data to strengthen professional investment promotion, and for the first time to invite professional visitors to exhibitors and related units. 39 trading groups and nearly 600 sub-groups, 18 online and offline roadshows (47.580, 0.59, 1.26%), a total of more than 2,700 buyers attended; more than 200 exhibitors and more than 500 buyers through the pre-show supply-demand matchmaking meeting in advance, to promote Negotiate a deal. At present, a total of 90,000 organizations and 310,000 have signed up to participate in the trade and procurement of the CIIE.
Regarding the Hongqiao Forum, the main forum and 13 sub-forums will be held, covering healthy economy, green development, consumption upgrade, digital economy, smart technology, agricultural development, intellectual property, finance and other global frontier fields and hot topics in the industry. At the same time A high-level forum on the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization will also be held. The forum will invite guests from home and abroad to participate simultaneously online and offline, actively contributing “Hongqiao Wisdom” to the recovery of the global economy and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Xue Feng released the 2021 “Invest in Shanghai Map” and “Invest in Shanghai Guide”. On the basis of summarizing the experience of foreign investment promotion in the previous three CIIEs, Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center and Shanghai Institute of Surveying and Mapping have newly compiled the “2021 Investment Shanghai Map” and the “2021 Foreign Investment Shanghai Guide”. Among them, the “Investment Map” featured a total of 55 investment visit routes connected to the Expo, including 16 districts in the city, Hongqiao Business District, and Lingang New Area, covering financial services, new consumption, technological innovation, equipment manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. , Biomedicine, cultural creativity and Shanghai-style business travel and other 8 industry sectors. “Investment Guide” was first launched this year. It is different from the general industry map. It takes the contents of the “Shanghai Foreign Investment Regulations” as the main line and uses the map language to fully display Shanghai’s foreign investment promotion, investment protection, investment management and services. information. In addition to showing the layout of the headquarters and R&D centers of multinational companies in Shanghai for the first time, the online map will be connected to the municipal government’s official “subscription” program for the first time. During the five-year period, the investment hot spots and new investment opportunities in various districts and key areas of the city will be classified and aggregated into 599 carriers, including 194 land parks, 262 building commercial entities and 143 crowd-creation spaces, and select 237 of them. This key project exhibits industry orientation, area of use and reference price, etc., for investors to obtain investment information according to the map.
Post time: Oct-23-2021