After the Spring Festival, all localities will put "stabilizing foreign investment" in an important position in the work deployment of the new year.
The layout of the spring is busy, and various localities have introduced measures to stabilize foreign investment.
On the first working day after the holiday, Shanghai launched a series of activities called "'Chaoyong Pujiang' Investment in Shanghai Global Sharing Season", proposing to attract and gather first-class enterprises at home and abroad through continuous optimization of the business environment.
Zhejiang has also stepped up its deployment, held a centralized start-up activity for major projects of "thousands of trillions" in 2024, and issued the "Implementation Plan for Major Construction Projects in Zhejiang Province to Expand Effective Investment in "Thousands of Trillions" Projects in 2024, proposing to introduce 120 domestic projects with a total investment of more than 1 billion yuan and 120 foreign-funded projects with a total investment of more than 100 million US dollars.
Fujian has recently put forward 25 specific measures from eight aspects to promote the use of foreign capital to improve quality and efficiency, ensure the national treatment of foreign-invested enterprises, and improve the level of investment and operation facilitation. This year, Fujian will also organize and carry out a series of investment promotion activities of "Invest in Fujian".
Strengthen service guarantee in various aspects to attract foreign investment.
At the same time, the relevant state departments have also introduced measures to strengthen service guarantees and attract foreign investment in terms of expanding market access, optimizing the level playing field, and smoothing the flow of innovative elements.
The Ministry of Commerce said that this year, it will continue to build the "Invest in China" brand, give full play to the role of the roundtable system for foreign-funded enterprises, hold a roundtable meeting every month, regularly listen to the difficult problems and opinions and suggestions reflected by foreign-funded enterprises, and work with relevant departments and localities to promote solutions.
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Foreign Investment of the National Development and Reform Commission said that at the national level, it will further relax the access of foreign investment, pay close attention to the implementation of the comprehensive cancellation of foreign investment access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, continue to promote the expansion and opening up of the service industry, promote the introduction and implementation of comprehensive measures to attract foreign investment, and solve the current pain points and difficulties in the process of foreign investment in China through a package of targeted measures.
Sun Yu, Director of the Foreign Investment Division of the Department of Foreign Investment of the National Development and Reform Commission: Promote the implementation of equal treatment of foreign-funded enterprises in procurement, bidding, and standard formulation; Give full play to the role of the special team for major foreign-funded projects, and strengthen the guarantee of the elements of landmark major foreign-funded projects.
A new batch of major foreign-funded projects have been steadily promoted in various localities.
Just after the Spring Festival holiday, a new batch of major foreign-funded projects launched by the National Development and Reform Commission have been steadily promoted in various places. Many foreign-funded enterprises are optimistic about China's prospects and continue to cast a "vote of confidence" for the Chinese market.
In Shenyang, Liaoning Province, the main building of the sixth-generation power battery project of BMW AG has been capped, with a planned total investment of 10.2 billion yuan, and the installation and commissioning of the production line will be completed this year, and it is planned to be put into operation in early 2026.
Li Pengyu, director of the Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission: We have made every effort to promote the implementation of the project, increased policy supply and service guarantees, and completed the duty-free import of equipment for encouraged foreign-funded projects for this project.
In Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the second phase of the Changzhou Sateri cellulose fiber project invested by Singapore's Golden Eagle Group is in full swing, and at the same time, the annual output of the enterprise reaches 3The second phase of the 40,000-ton non-woven production line is also being installed and commissioned, and will be put into operation in the first half of this year.
Tu Jianzhong, General Manager of Sateri (Changzhou): We are firmly optimistic about the scale and prospects of China's market, and continue to increase investment, with a total investment of 15$700 million.
In January this year, the National Development and Reform Commission launched the seventh batch of major foreign-funded projects, and 11 foreign-funded projects were selected, covering a number of important fields, with a total planned investment of more than 15 billion US dollars.
Li Dawei, a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Economic Research, China Academy of Macroeconomics: Major foreign-funded projects have a large scale of investment, outstanding technological leadership, and a strong demonstration and leading role, which will promote more multinational companies to continue to deepen the Chinese market, increase R&D investment, and resonate with China's high-level opening up and high-quality development.
Investing in China is investing in the future" has become the consensus of foreign-funded enterprises.
From the continuous reduction of the negative list for foreign investment access, to the increase of items in the catalogue of industries to encourage foreign investment, to the improvement of the normalized communication mechanism and the introduction of policies to stabilize foreign investment, a series of measures have continued to release the attractiveness of the Chinese market, and "investing in China is investing in the future" is still the consensus of many foreign-funded enterprises.
According to a recent survey released by the American Chamber of Commerce in China, 50% of U.S. companies surveyed rank China as the world's top or top three investment destinations. According to a survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, 59% of companies surveyed see China as one of the three main investment destinations. According to the Business Confidence Survey of the German Chamber of Commerce in China, 91% of German companies surveyed said they would continue to be rooted in the Chinese market, and more than half of the German companies surveyed plan to increase their investment in China in the next two years.
Taicang, Jiangsu Province ushered in the 500th German-funded enterprise.
Due to its geographical location and complete industrial facilities, Taicang, Jiangsu Province, has become one of the most intensive areas for German companies to invest in China. After 30 years of cooperation with Germany, it continues to attract German companies to invest. Recently, Taicang welcomed its 500th German-funded company.
In the Taicang High-tech Zone, the 50-acre plot of land has just completed a geological survey and is undergoing a series of application procedures for construction permits, and by the end of March, the construction of a German company's newest factory in China will be.
Andre Herzog, Head of Business Unit at BEUMER Maschinenbau Shanghai: I'm very excited, and even though it's still an empty space, I can already imagine what the future will look like here.
Just last month, BEUMER Group officially signed a contract for its facilities and equipment project, becoming the 500th German-owned company to settle in Taicang.
At the end of 2022, Taicang organized an investment delegation to Europe, one of which was BEUMER Group's headquarters in Germany.
Lu Lijing, deputy director of the Management Committee of Taicang High-tech Zone: Because whether it is the high-end equipment they are involved in, or the industrial machine tools, there are rich gatherings on our side, and the German headquarters also came to visit us immediately.
On the day of the signing of the project, Taicang held the 500th German company awarding ceremony for the company at the BEUMER Group headquarters in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
In order to promote the construction of the project, Taicang High-tech Zone has set up a special class, and special personnel are arranged for each link to track and dock. In the project investment department, an approval plan refines the project into 21 links from signing to starting.
Lu Lijing, deputy director of the Management Committee of Taicang High-tech Zone: From the start and end date and the specific construction period, including the specific responsible units on our side, there will be people who will conduct comprehensive follow-up from the capital planning department, the administrative examination and approval department, and the planning and construction department.
Andre Herzog, Head of Business Unit at BEUMER Maschinenbau Shanghai: We see great potential in China to better serve the Chinese and surrounding markets, and we plan to increase the annual production value of the Group in China to 1 billion yuan in the next 10 years.
CCTV reporters Zhang Xin, Wang Jialin, Yang Guang, Liaoning Station, Jiangsu Station).
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