Opening up to the outside world is China's basic national policy, and attracting and utilizing foreign capital is an important part of opening up to the outside world. The ** Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2023 emphasized that "we will continue to build a market-oriented, law-based, and international first-class business environment, and build the 'Invest in China' brand." "In 2024, how to better build the "Invest in China" brand and do a good job in foreign investment requires us to take out the energy of the dragon and the tiger and the fish to leap into the dragon gate, and work hard to make the "Invest in China" brand more valuable.
Strengthen the strength of faith in objective understanding. On the one hand, we have to see the challenge of pressure. At present, the global economic growth is slowing down, geopolitical risks have risen significantly, affecting foreign direct investment, and the increasingly fierce competition for investment from various countries, and the increasing complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment have brought certain challenges to China's attraction of foreign investment. On the one hand, we must also see our own development advantages. China has a super-large market with a population of more than 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million. Judging from the situation of foreign-funded enterprises last year, the number of newly established foreign-funded enterprises in China will increase by 39 in 20237%。From one side, it fully shows that foreign-funded enterprises are optimistic about the development opportunities of the Chinese market and continue to increase their "investment in China", and China has a solid foundation and broad space for attracting foreign investment. In this regard, we must strengthen our confidence, continue to do a good job in the work of foreign enterprises and foreign investment, implement the existing policies to encourage foreign enterprises and foreign investment, and also combine the actual situation of China's economic development this year, increase policy integration, have the courage to pioneer and innovate, mobilize and stimulate the enthusiasm and creativity of all parties, and constantly create a new situation in attracting foreign investment, so that the "Invest in China" brand is more resounding.
Generate momentum and vitality in pragmatic initiatives. The key to better building the "Invest in China" brand and doing a good job in foreign investment is to work hard. From the publicity activities at the national level to the investment promotion activities at the local level, from the continuous optimization of the business environment to the role of the special team for the work of key foreign-funded projects, it is necessary to provide more detailed and thoughtful services for foreign enterprises, and to effectively solve various urgent and difficult problems in the production and operation of foreign enterprises. At the national level, it is necessary to adhere to the combination of "inviting in" and "going out", do a good job in key investment promotion activities, widely publicize investment opportunities in China, and polish the golden sign of "investing in China". At the local level, it is necessary to combine their respective geographical advantages, resource endowments, and industrial characteristics to hold investment promotion activities to form a "game of chess" for national investment. It is necessary to make good use of the roundtable meeting of foreign-funded enterprises and the collection and management system of foreign-funded enterprises' problems, build a platform for frank communication and pragmatic exchanges with foreign-funded enterprises, take the initiative to carry out policy interpretation by industry, region or country, listen to opinions and suggestions extensively, coordinate and promote the solution of difficult problems of enterprises in a timely manner, optimize the guarantee of elements of foreign-funded landmark projects, and make every effort to promote the construction of projects to make the "Invest in China" brand more attractive.
Improve the effectiveness of policy implementation. To better build the brand of "Invest in China", we must also do a good job in the implementation of policies. From the original policy, to the existing policy, and then to the new policy, it is necessary to achieve overall planning and coordination, and maximize the integration and pull effect of the policy. In 2023, the "Opinions on Further Optimizing the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing the Attraction of Foreign Investment" will be issued, and 38 of the 59 policy measures have been implemented or made phased progress. It is necessary to speed up the introduction and implementation of supporting measures such as cross-border data flow and facilitation of foreign personnel to come to China, and promote the equal treatment of domestic and foreign-funded enterprises in terms of procurement, bidding and standard formulation, so as to fully protect the national treatment of foreign-funded enterprises, so that foreign-funded enterprises are willing to come, stay and develop well. In short, all regions and departments should pay attention to the leveraged and leading role of policies, do a good job in the implementation of policies, and inject a steady stream of policy vitality into better building the "Invest in China" brand.