CNR, Beijing, May 14 (Reporter Wang Jing) The 13th Central China Investment and Trade Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Central China Expo) will be held in Changsha, Hunan Province from May 31 to June 2 this year.
The Central China Expo is an important platform for attracting foreign investment in the central region, and on May 14, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, said at the press conference that the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments and localities to actively support the six central provinces to give full play to their geographical and resource advantages, vigorously consolidate the basic market of foreign investment and foreign trade, improve the domestic trade circulation system, accelerate the construction of open platforms such as the China-Africa Economic and Trade In-depth Cooperation Pilot Zone and the Pilot Free Trade Zone, support the central region to better serve and integrate into the new development pattern, and promote high-quality development.
On the production line, workers are mixing special steel products
Compared with previous editions, what are the new highlights of this Central China Expo?
The Central China Expo is committed to building a platform to promote the opening up of the central region, and has become an effective carrier for the implementation of the strategy of the rise of the central region and an important platform for the six central provinces to expand foreign economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, and has been successfully held for 12 sessions since 2006.
According to reports, the success of this Central China Expo will help consolidate the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment, serve the construction of a new development pattern, play a positive role in cultivating new quality productivity, and inject new momentum into the high-quality development of the central region.
This year's Central China Expo will hold more than 20 series of activities such as exhibitions, project docking, and investment promotion, including special investment promotion in advanced manufacturing fields such as modern petrochemicals, new materials, electronic information, and new energy vehicles, as well as trade and investment docking for enterprises to "go global" and explore overseas markets, as well as industrial digital financial cooperation and docking to promote the virtuous cycle of "scientific and technological innovation + industrial development + financial services".
At the same time, the quality of merchants is the key factor that determines the effectiveness of the event. At present, a number of senior executives have signed up to participate in the expo, and it is expected that nearly 20 multinational companies will attend the expo at the level of global vice presidents and above, and more than 50 enterprises above the vice president level in China.
In Yuncheng, Shanxi, skilled workers work accurately in the assembly workshop of Dayun new energy vehicles.
"The very high number of registrations shows that the foreign investment promotion agencies are optimistic about the development of the central region"
The reporter was informed that this Central China Expo has carefully planned a series of "small but fine" investment promotion activities, which will wholeheartedly serve the needs of Chinese and foreign enterprises and promote the implementation of more investment cooperation projects.
The six central provinces will each lead an investment promotion meeting for key industrial chains, which is the first innovation of this year's Central China Expo.
In addition to the host Hunan will lead the modern petrochemical industry investment promotion meeting in the central region, Henan will lead the hub economic construction matchmaking meeting in the central region, which will focus on strengthening the function of the comprehensive transportation hub in the central region, focusing on the development of the general aviation industry, the construction of a new channel to the sea in the Central Plains and the optimization and strengthening of modern logistics, and actively invite the top 500 domestic and foreign enterprises, multinational companies, industry leading enterprises, and specialized and special new enterprises to dock on the spot;
Hubei Provincial Capital will lead the new material industry chain and supply chain innovation cooperation project matchmaking meeting in the central region, which will focus on the supply chain needs of new material industry chains such as optoelectronic information materials and new energy materials, and carry out one-to-one project docking;
Anhui Province will lead the investment promotion conference of the new energy automobile industry chain in the central region, and will be committed to promoting the integrated development of vehicles, parts and components, and the aftermarket, and accelerating the construction of automobile industry clusters in the central region to a new level;
Jiangxi Province will take the lead in the investment promotion meeting of the electronic information industry chain in the central region, and will take the form of "government promotion + enterprise roadshow", combined with the characteristics of industrial development in the central region, strengthen docking and exchanges, and realize project cooperation;
The Shanxi provincial capital will lead the promotion and matchmaking meeting of the new energy industry chain in the central region, and will focus on high-end manufacturing, wind power equipment, hydrogen energy, photovoltaics, new energy storage and other fields to carry out cooperation and docking.
Liu Minqiang, director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the roundtable on investing in China's foreign investment promotion agencies has been actively signed up by investment promotion agencies from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Mexico and many other countries and regions. From an international perspective, it provides useful reference for the opening up of the central region.
"The registration is very enthusiastic, which shows that the foreign investment promotion agency is optimistic about the development of the central region and is willing to actively participate in the construction of the central region." Liu Minqiang said.
In Zigui County, Yichang, Hubei Province, workers at a food company work on a citrus canning production line.
Accurately invite senior executives of multinational companies to participate in the exhibition
"The project is the cornerstone of strong investment and stable economy, and planning the docking and implementation of high-quality investment projects is a core element of our preparation for the Central China Expo." Cao Zhiqiang, vice governor of Hunan Province, said that Hunan, as the host of this year's Central Expo, is to establish a mechanism and strengthen cooperation. Under the guidance and support of the Ministry of Commerce, the whole province and the whole country were mobilized to take action, organize capable forces, quickly set up the organizing committee of the conference, and steadily promoted the preparatory work by convening the secretariat working meeting and the preparatory work scheduling meeting. In accordance with the overall arrangement of the Central China Expo, the six central provinces have also fully launched the work of inviting merchants, exhibiting and project docking, and have carried out weekly scheduling and weekly supervision mechanisms since March to ensure that the work is carried out in an efficient and orderly manner.
The second is to plan accurately and highlight key points. Actively dispatch the advantageous industries and docking needs of the six central provinces, innovate and promote the six central provinces to jointly hold special promotion activities in the central region around the advantageous industrial chains of each province, and arrange a number of special activities and field visits to promote precise docking and negotiation. In addition, this year's Central China Expo pays special attention to the invitation of merchants, especially the precise invitation of high-level executives of multinational companies to participate in the exhibition, planning exhibitions around the modern industrial system, and highlighting the role of the Central China Expo as a comprehensive economic and trade activity platform in investment, trade, financial cooperation, cultural exchanges and other fields.
The third is to optimize services and seek practical results. After the end of the Central China Expo, Hunan Province will continue to track the key contracted projects, gather the forces of all parties under the mechanism of large investment promotion, coordinate and solve key and difficult problems in a timely manner, and promote the implementation of the project as soon as possible. And organize interested enterprises to conduct in-depth negotiations with cities, states and parks to ensure that investment promotion activities play a role in promotion, exhibitions and displays, sign procurement contracts, and field inspections to achieve docking results.
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