ZHONGSHAN, China, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Holding
conferences and signing contracts via video conferences are the new
measures adapted by Chinese cities, like Zhongshan, to tackle with
the impact of COVID-19 epidemic. With the help of big data, cloud
platform and other new technologies, Zhongshan is attracting
high-quality investment projects by taking digital means to resume
work and production and promote upgrading of industries, according
to the People's Government of Zhongshan Municipality.
On March 28, 2020, Zhongshan Trade
and Investment Fair was held in Zhongshan, attracting a total of 52
high-quality projects and nearly 55 billion
yuan of total investment, including 19 projects with
investment exceeding one billion
yuan. The projects are mainly related to financial services,
headquarters economy, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing,
testing and supply chain upgrades. The enterprises joined the
conference and signed the contracts online.
The epidemic does not stop enterprises from investing in
Zhongshan. A total of 41 projects were signed at the opening
ceremony, with 38 of them signed via video conference, and three
projects from TCL, Midea, and Mingyang respectively were signed on
site. Key manufacturing projects accounted for more than 60%.
"We are attracted by the industrial advantages and investment
environment of Zhongshan. We will put the headquarters of the west
bank of the Pearl River of TCL Technology Group Corporation in
Zhongshan," said Wang Cheng, CEO of
TCL Group Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. He mentioned that TCL will
further strengthen the layout of its home appliances and equipment
manufacturing industry at its Zhongshan base. The output value is
expected to exceed 13 billion yuan
this year and reach more than 20 billion
yuan by 2023.
Zhongshan is located at the geographical and geometric center of
the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area, nearby three pilot free trade zones, namely
Guangzhou Nansha, Shenzhen Qianhai and Zhuhai Hengqin. The
Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor is under construction. It will only
take 20 minutes to drive from Zhongshan to Qianhai by the corridor.
Guangzhou metro line 18 will lead
directly to Zhongshan. In the future, it will only take 30 minutes
from Zhongshan to CBD of Guangzhou," said Lai Zehua, Secretary of the
CPC Zhongshan Municipal Committee. At present, Zhongshan focuses on
replacing old growth drivers with new ones, by building development
platform of Cuiheng New District, Huoju Development Zone, and
Qijiang New City. By 2024, it will create a household industrial
cluster, an electronic information industrial cluster, an equipment
manufacturing industrial cluster and a health and pharmaceutical
industrial cluster, worth of 500 billion, 300 billion, 200 billion
and 100 billion yuan
respectively.
When promoting the business environment of the city, Wei Weihan,
mayor of Zhongshan, said within five years from this year,
Zhongshan will invest 150 billion
yuan to improve its transportation system covering
high-speed rail, intercity railway, expressway, water transport,
and city terminals. Meanwhile, Zhongshan plans to speed up the
construction of two major scientific facilities and two high-level
universities.
Top Talent Networking Zhongshan also kicked off on the same day
and will hold 13 activities with an aim to attract talents and
serve enterprises. On the event, the city awarded five outstanding
high-level talents from enterprises with 200,000 yuan each and two outstanding
entrepreneurial teams with 2 million
yuan each.
Lai Zehua said the Zhongshan Municipal Government will fully
support high-level talents in Zhongshan to display their talents
and realize their dreams, and sincerely welcome entrepreneurs and
talents to invest in the city.
At the beginning of February this year, Chinese governments at
all levels, including Guangdong
province, have stated clearly to support the resumption of
operation and production. By releasing 20 measures to support
enterprises and holding the 2020 Zhongshan Trade and Investment
Fair and the Top Talent Networking Zhongshan event, the city has
shown a good trend of supporting enterprises' development and
attracting talents.
According to the organizer, the series of activities of the Fair
start on March 28 and will continue
to mid May.
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