poster observation丨how shandong has risen to the top together with multinational companies for five consecutive years
2024-09-01
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on august 29, the 5th qingdao summit of multinational corporation leaders came to a close at the qingdao international conference center. this summit invited 451 multinational corporation leaders from 37 countries and regions; at the same time, a total of 163 investment and trade projects were signed during the summit, including 121 investment projects with an investment amount of us$12.9 billion and 42 trade projects with a contract amount of us$40.4 billion.
since 2019, the qingdao summit of multinational corporation leaders has been held for five consecutive sessions. how can shandong rise to the top together with multinational corporations?
let multinational companies take the "c" position and demonstrate an open attitude and confidence in development
at 7:30 am on august 28, there were still 90 minutes to go before the opening of the 5th qingdao summit of multinational corporation leaders. in the reception hall of qingdao international conference center, three multinational corporation leaders, wang jun, president of swiss oerlikon group china, geng ming, president of alstom china, and zhang qi, president of shengyu group china, slowly walked onto the red carpet and came to the microphone. in front of them were more than 50 chinese and foreign media reporters. this was the first guest interview channel set up at this summit. in 90 minutes, 9 guests, 18 questions, and one question and one answer, the guests shared their feelings and gains with chinese and foreign media, showing their confidence and determination in investing in shandong and china.
during the interview, an interesting scene occurred. during the interview, the winner of the chinese government friendship award and the former senior advisor to the minister of foreign trade of the kingdom of belgium, mr. van kerkhove, suddenly took out a piece of paper from his back. "this is not my first time in shandong. i often visit your province. there are so many places that i have to write down the names of them. i have been to jinan, yantai, zibo, weifang, binzhou..." mr. van kerkhove said that during his most recent visit to shandong, he went to jinan and zibo and visited the factories there. he was impressed by the advanced manufacturing industry in shandong.
"we plan to double our investment by 2026," said wang jun, president of swiss oerlikon group china, in response to a reporter's question. wang jun told reporters that in 2011, oerlikon group established a branch in jinan, shandong, and was very satisfied with the business expansion and development in shandong in recent years. he also saw the potential of shandong and was more optimistic about the future.
"shandong's high level of openness is inspiring, and we look forward to more investment and cooperation in shandong." "open management, open thinking and open operation are the experience of oerlikon's century-long innovation and development in the industry." as many guests said in the interview. "openness" is also one of the core themes presented to many multinational companies at this summit.
in addition, a series of activities, from the opening ceremony and the multinational corporation development forum to the investment exchange and cooperation conference, all have speech and dialogue sessions. at the summit, the voices of multinational companies were fully listened to and spread, and topics such as new quality productivity, "dual carbon" goals, and green development became high-frequency words. let the leaders of multinational companies and participating guests stand in the "c" position and be the "protagonist", which not only shows an open attitude, but also shows confidence and confidence in future development.
build a high-level platform, a mutually beneficial and win-win "two-way rush"
"we have decided to increase investment in the qingdao aerosol factory for the second time." at this summit, astrazeneca, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, announced that it had signed an agreement with qingdao high-tech industrial development zone to increase investment in the astrazeneca qingdao inhalation aerosol production and supply base project to further expand production capacity and continue to build a world-class smart green pharmaceutical factory. this is the second capital increase since astrazeneca officially announced its investment in the construction of a new qingdao production and supply base in march 2023, and the cumulative investment amount of the project has increased to us$750 million.
for astrazeneca, the qingdao summit of multinational corporation leaders is undoubtedly an important window for them to understand china and shandong, and an important platform for choosing china and shandong. "as an old friend who has participated in the qingdao summit of multinational corporation leaders for four consecutive years, astrazeneca continues to increase its investment in made in china and deepen its regional layout in china through this important international exchange and cooperation platform." wang lei, global executive vice president, chairman of international business and president of china of astrazeneca, said that in the future, astrazeneca will work with partners from all walks of life to help shandong continue to achieve breakthroughs in accelerating innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry and cultivating new quality productivity, and with the help of astrazeneca's global network, promote regional innovation results that combine chinese and western cultures to the world.
empowered by high-level platforms, multinational companies and various parts of shandong have achieved a mutually beneficial and win-win "two-way rush". taking qingdao, the venue of the summit, as an example, during this summit, qingdao held the qingdao international city partner dialogue on high-quality development, and put forward the initiative to deepen cooperation between qingdao and multinational companies. the dialogue attracted more than 400 guests, including 26 overseas global vice presidents and above. during the summit, qingdao signed strategic cooperation agreements with china export and credit insurance corporation, mizuho bank of japan, and jd group; signed 10 foreign-invested manufacturing projects such as astrazeneca and south korea's gs green energy, with a total investment of us$1.44 billion; signed 5 trade projects such as shandong port itochu qingdao iron ore international transshipment project and chevron qingdao propane import, with a total amount of us$5.1 billion.
behind the fruitful results, the business environment is the best "trump card"
"in recent years, the governments of shandong province and qingdao have actively promoted the 'efficient and complete one thing' reform, optimized government services, simplified the process of handling affairs, and further improved administrative efficiency in project approval and enterprise registration. alstom has truly felt the substantial help brought by these policies." geng ming, president of alstom china, said in an exclusive interview with poster news that although this is the first time for alstom and himself to attend the summit, alstom has established three physical companies in qingdao since 1998. after personally experiencing the changes in the business environment of shandong and qingdao, he is full of expectations for attending the summit and is full of confidence in continuing to invest in shandong.
astrazeneca has signed contracts at the summit for three consecutive years and invested more than us$700 million in two years. it has also taken a fancy to the changes in shandong's business environment. the contract was signed, the land was acquired, and the construction permit was obtained in the same year. as of july 2024, the plant of astrazeneca's qingdao production and supply base has entered the main construction stage, and some plant buildings have been capped. it is expected that all plant buildings will be capped by the end of this year.
in an interview with the media, wang lei praised that shandong's business environment is a first-class business environment in china. since astrazeneca settled in qingdao, it has set many records for the fastest speed within the company. "qingdao speed" has become a catchphrase for efficient work in the company.
as the main responsible person of the shandong provincial party committee said in his opening speech at this summit, shandong will continue to create a first-class market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment, and provide all-round services for multinational companies to invest and start businesses in shandong, so that everyone can truly feel at home and feel that shandong is a place of friendship and gold.
shandong is working with multinational companies to share "new opportunities" for china-style modernization and seek "new resources" for high-quality development.
poster news reporters xin zhendong, zhao pengcheng and du hongxiao reported from qingdao
