A "two-way journey" of mutual growth!, Foreign funded enterprises | National Economic Development Zone series | Germany | Foreign funded enterprises
The Ministry of Commerce has designated this year as the "Year of Investment in China" and held a series of investment promotion activities. Yesterday, the special promotion event of the National Economic and Technological Development Zone for the "Year of Investment in China" was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. At the event, foreign-funded enterprises showed a strong interest in investing in China.
As the head of the German investment inspection team, Stephen Zander led a team of over 20 German entrepreneurs who traveled thousands of miles to Nanjing to participate in this event.
Stephen Zander, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aiztech Berlin, Germany: In April of this year, a investment promotion team from Nanjing went to Germany. This trip took the opportunity to participate in the event, and we came to see the investment environment and opportunities in person. As an advanced manufacturing enterprise, this event allows us to quickly understand various resources, platforms, and factors for investing in China.
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Many representatives from Fortune Global 500 multinational corporations have sparked more inspiration for investment cooperation through participating in activities, engaging in dialogue and interaction, and collaborating with partners.
Carmelia Penpscho, Vice President of IKEA Procurement and Logistics in East Asia: All of our supply chains value sustainable business. Here, I have found that some national level economic development zones and even some companies participating in the conference may become our partners.
At this event, more than 130 national level economic development zones and over 200 well-known multinational enterprise executives, international organizations, and representatives of foreign business associations gathered together to discuss new trends in foreign investment in China and the optimization of the business environment in national level economic development zones.
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Ju Jinyuan, Deputy Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone: The focus is to capture the cutting-edge strategies and dynamics of the future development of the Fortune 500 companies, while recommending strategic emerging industries in Yantai Development Zone.
Feng Yan, Vice President of American Air Products Company in China: The Economic Development Zone is an important carrier for our investment. We have recently had an investment opportunity with Nanjing Jiangning Economic Development Zone, and in the past two years, we have also made a lot of efforts in the transformation of clean energy and sustainable development.
In order to enhance the sense of interaction, representatives from national level economic development zones and foreign-funded enterprises paired up and took the stage, telling their stories of mutual growth from "shaking hands" to "holding hands" in the form of a "story collection".
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Zheng Haitao, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone: Actually, what I most want to do through such a platform is to make foreign-funded enterprises feel that your business is mine. All of our permissions are used to serve the enterprise, and the permissions we do not have will also help the enterprise run together and provide better service.