Chengdu releases city opportunity list in Hong Kong, intends to attract investment of over 180 billion yuan
2024-08-09
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On August 8, the day after the one-year countdown to the 12th World Games in 2025, the Hong Kong Promotion Event was held, and the 2024 Investment Chengdu (Hong Kong) Promotion Conference was held in Hong Kong, China.
At the event, the Chengdu Investment Promotion Bureau introduced Chengdu's investment environment and released a series of policies and city opportunity lists for investing in Chengdu, presenting a "policy gift" to Hong Kong companies. The city opportunity list focuses on cultural and creative tourism, sports events, exhibition services, financial technology, urban industry and other industrial fields, and plans to attract investments of more than 180 billion yuan. At the same time, three major industrialization projects were signed on the spot, with a total investment of 5 billion yuan, promoting the in-depth and practical cooperation between Chengdu and Hong Kong.
Release of Chengdu City Opportunity List
Plans to attract investment exceeding 180 billion yuan
At the event, Chengdu Investment Promotion Bureau introduced Chengdu's investment environment and released a series of policies and city opportunity lists for investing in Chengdu, sharing the myriad opportunities for Chengdu's urban development with Hong Kong friends. With full sincerity, it invited Hong Kong companies to invest and start businesses in Chengdu and helped all types of companies develop with peace of mind in Chengdu.
It is reported that the policy package released this time includes an industrial fund system with a total scale of more than 300 billion yuan, providing more than 10 million square meters of smart manufacturing space, gathering 100 key pilot platforms, and providing a maximum of 10 million yuan in financial support for a single innovation team.
The opportunity list focuses on industrial fields such as cultural and creative tourism, sports events, exhibition services, financial technology, and urban industries. It includes 110 key projects such as Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Ecological Island, Tianfu Changdao Cultural and Creative Center, Western Financial Innovation Center, International Sports Park City, Digital Economy and Industrial Internet Headquarters, and plans to attract investment of more than 180 billion yuan.
On the same day, Chengdu Culture and Tourism Group released investment opportunities in the cultural and tourism industry at the event, promoting 10 key projects including the second phase of Kuanzhai Alley, Donghuamen Ruins Park, and the core area of the Panda Home, releasing investment opportunities of nearly 16 billion yuan, and warmly invited Hong Kong's high-quality cultural and tourism companies to share new opportunities and create a new future together.
The reporter learned that during this trip to Hong Kong, Chengdu also organized a delegation of Chengdu companies including Chengdu China Youth Travel Service and Chengdu Qianjia Technology Co., Ltd. to visit Hong Kong for business negotiations and cooperation, in order to encourage companies to "borrow a boat to go to sea" through Hong Kong and expand into the global market.
In addition, during their stay in Hong Kong, the Chengdu investment promotion team also visited key target companies such as Asia Pacific Satellite Holdings Co., Ltd., promoting in-depth cooperation between Chengdu and Hong Kong companies in the fields of commercial aerospace, modern logistics, new energy, etc., and promoting more Hong Kong-funded projects to be implemented in Chengdu.
Hong Kong enterprise representatives are optimistic about investment opportunities in Chengdu
“Using Chengdu as a base to expand the huge market in the southwest region”
Today’s promotion conference also allowed many Hong Kong companies to further understand Chengdu and the investment opportunities in Chengdu.
"Chengdu and Hong Kong can cooperate in many aspects. Hong Kong is an international platform, and Chengdu companies can use this platform to go global. On the other hand, Chengdu is a very large market with many cultural, artistic, and tourism resources, which has great development potential for Hong Kong companies." Li Shujing, Director of Mainland and Greater Bay Area Business of Invest Hong Kong, said, "Today's promotion meeting is a very good opportunity for Hong Kong companies to learn more about Chengdu's business opportunities and promote more cooperation between the two sides. Hong Kong companies can use Chengdu as a base to explore the huge market in the southwest region."
"Chengdu's business environment is very good. Whether it is policy support or development potential, it is very attractive to entrepreneurs who come to invest." said Lin Zhicheng, executive secretary-general of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Sichuan Province.
There are many Hong Kong entrepreneurs who have come to Sichuan to invest in the Sichuan Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce. Lin Zhicheng said that Hong Kong enterprises' investment in Sichuan is mainly in commercial real estate and real estate. "There have been great changes in recent years, and the investment areas have become more diversified. For example, in the fields of financial services, new energy, minerals, e-sports, etc., Chengdu has great room for development."
As a Hong Konger who has lived in Sichuan for many years, Lin Zhicheng has a very deep affection for Chengdu. In Lin Zhicheng's view, Chengdu and Hong Kong have many similarities. "For example, both have rich university resources, which can attract more young people to receive education here and stay in the local area for development; in terms of opening up to the outside world, Hong Kong has a natural harbor, and Chengdu has the China-Europe Express, which can connect to overseas." Lin Zhicheng said that Chengdu is a very tolerant and enthusiastic place, very suitable for companies to invest, "These elements are very attractive to foreign companies."
Since 2000, Shenzhou Holdings has been developing its business in Chengdu, and now has industrial parks, logistics parks, etc. "We have noticed that Chengdu is vigorously developing artificial intelligence, digital economy, big health, digital villages and other fields, which are quite in line with us. I think there will be further opportunities for cooperation between us and Chengdu." Fu Yi, rotating president of Shenzhou Holdings, said, "Chengdu's business environment, including government efficiency and citizen quality, is very good, which has established good confidence for our investment and development in Chengdu."
Signing ceremony of major industrialization projects
Hong Kong-funded enterprises further increase investment
At this promotion meeting, three major industrialization projects, including the China Youth Tourism Passenger Transportation Cooperation Project, were signed on the spot, with a total investment of 5 billion yuan. The signing and implementation of these major projects will further fill the gaps in the upstream and downstream of Chengdu's key industrial chains, promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and help create a good industrial ecology. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 17 Chengdu-Hong Kong cooperation projects have been signed, with a total investment of over 17 billion yuan.
"The signing of the Chengdu CYTS Travel and Hong Kong Aida Travel is a signatory of the hope that through our further cooperation, Hong Kong citizens can better understand Chengdu culture, and Chengdu tourists can better understand Hong Kong's cultural and tourism resources." Gao Lei, general manager of Chengdu Tianfu Tourism Industry Investment Group, said that Hong Kong has always been an important source of tourists for Chengdu, and this cooperation can further promote cultural and tourism exchanges between the two sides. "Through cultural and tourism projects, Chengdu's ancient Shu civilization and giant panda culture will be promoted to Hong Kong tourists. At the same time, with culture and tourism as the medium, the economic exchanges between Chengdu and Hong Kong will be further promoted."
Photo report by Red Star News reporter Peng Jing
Edited by Chen Yixi
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