Han Zheng attended this event with a big background
Written by丨Sunset
On March 26, Vice President Han Zhengjing attended the first landmark event of "Invest in China" and delivered a speech.
In his speech, Han Zheng said that he sincerely welcomes more foreign business friends to invest in China. Investing in China is investing in the future.
The next "China" is still China
As the world's second largest economy, China not only plays an important role in the global industrial chain, but also focuses on global investors.
Recently, the mainland has repeatedly expressed its determination to open up to the outside world.
In November 2023, President Xi Jinping delivered a written speech to the APEC Business Leaders Summit in San Francisco.
When talking about the prospects of China's economic development, President Xi Jinping extended an invitation to friends from the business community of various countries:
"As friends from the business community said, China has become synonymous with the best investment destination, the next 'China' is still China, welcome friends from the business community from all over the world to continue to invest in China and deepen China!"
On December 11-12, 2023, the Central Economic Work Conference was held. The meeting mentioned the need to "expand high-level opening up" when deploying the work in 2024.
The meeting mentioned that we will continue to build a market-oriented, law-based and international first-class business environment, and build the brand of "Invest in China".
"Invest in China" has also been written into this year's "Government Work Report" - strengthening the service guarantee for foreign investment and building the "Invest in China" brand.
In February this year, the State Council Office issued the "Action Plan for Solidly Promoting High-level Opening-up and Attracting and Utilizing Foreign Investment with Greater Efforts", which also mentioned that it is necessary to continue to build the "Invest in China" brand.
Relying on important exhibition platforms, we will carry out key investment promotion activities under the "Invest in China" campaign to showcase the mainland's high-quality business environment and investment opportunities to foreign investors in an all-round way.
Establish and improve the working mechanism, give full play to the role of embassies and consulates abroad as business institutions, support the combination of "going out" and "inviting in" in local governments, and carry out the work of attracting investment on a regular basis.
Organize international industrial investment cooperation and docking activities to promote more project negotiation and signing.
At the first landmark event of "Invest in China" on March 26, Han Zheng said:
Building the "Invest in China" brand is not only an important measure for China to expand high-level opening-up and actively integrate into the international cycle, but also a practical action to actively promote economic globalization and promote the stability and smoothness of the global industrial and supply chains.
He said, "We sincerely welcome more foreign business friends to invest in China." Investing in China is investing in the future. ”
Zheng Zhijun noted that on March 20, Zhu Bing, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Management of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the Ministry of Commerce will build the "Invest in China" brand from three aspects: creating high-quality activities, high-quality services and a good environment.
He said that in 2024, more than 20 high-quality activities will be held at home and abroad by combining "going out" investment promotion and "inviting in" investment promotion. In addition, a series of activities such as "CIIE Goes to the Locality" and local theme promotion will be held in various places to promote them in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East.
scene
"News Network" revealed the scene of the first landmark event of "Invest in China".
According to reports, more than 140 entrepreneurs and representatives of foreign business associations in China from 17 countries and regions participated in the event.
Han Zheng said that President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to foreign investment, and has repeatedly stressed the need to expand high-level opening-up, attract and utilize foreign investment more vigorously, share development opportunities with the world, and promote economic globalization in a more open, inclusive, inclusive and balanced direction.
Han Zheng said, "As the world's second largest economy, China has formed sound and solid fundamentals in long-term development, and remains the biggest engine of global development. ”
He said that we will continue to promote the steady progress of China's economy and share the fruits of development with enterprises from all over the world.
Before the start of the event, Han Zheng met with representatives of some multinational companies and foreign business associations.
He said that the enterprises present here have been deeply involved in the Chinese market for a long time, made contributions to China's reform and opening up, and also shared the dividends of China's economic development.
"China will unswervingly expand high-level opening-up and will continue to build a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based and internationalized, so as to create better conditions for enterprises from all over the world to develop in China. ”
The "risk theory" cannot stop the pace of foreign investment in China
It should be noted that the mainland is also facing certain challenges in attracting foreign investment.
In February this year, Zhu Bing, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Management of the Ministry of Commerce, told the media, "At present, the global economic growth is slowing down, geopolitical risks have risen significantly, affecting foreign direct investment, and at the same time, the competition for investment in various countries is becoming increasingly fierce, and the complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment have brought certain challenges to China's attraction of foreign investment." ”
There have also been some murmurs in the US and Western media that have sparred China.
In February this year, Xinhuanet published an article saying that every time the "climax" of the West singing and smearing China is at a time when the world economy is in crisis and China's economy is facing challenges. Western politicians and media have regarded China as the "blame bearer" and "scapegoat" for the sluggish world economic growth and its own social and economic problems.
In March this year, the People's Daily's new media economic review column "Qi Su Jin Sheng" published four articles in a row, refuting the "singing down" argument with reasonable evidence, one of which was entitled "The 'Risk Theory' Can't Stop the Pace of Foreign Investment in China".
The article mentioned that there are some murmurs in the US and Western media that sing the words of China, claiming "industrial transfer", advocating "decoupling and breaking the chain", exaggerating the "risk" of investment in China, and trying to "scare off" foreign-funded enterprises.
However, facts have proved that no amount of smear or misleading can stop foreign investment in China, and China has always been a fertile ground for foreign investment and business.
Let's take a look at one set of data.
In 2023, the actual use of foreign capital in the country will be 1,133.91 billion yuan, still at a record high, and 53,766 foreign-invested enterprises will be newly established in the country, a year-on-year increase of 39.7%.
In the past few days, a number of foreign-funded enterprises have increased their investment in the Chinese market.
On March 22, Standard Chartered Securities, the first newly established wholly foreign-owned securities company in mainland China, announced its official operation.
In an interview with the media, Standard Chartered Group Chief Executive Officer Victor Wentos said, "This will enable us to help more international investors access the very attractive Chinese capital market, which we believe is becoming increasingly dynamic."
On March 21, Apple's largest store in Asia also opened its doors in China.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., said, "We plan to collaborate in a number of areas, and we already have an application lab in China. I love it, it's so vibrant and energetic. ”
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