Modern Express News (Correspondent Xie Jiani Reporter Zhang Min) At 2:11 pm on December 12, as the G138 train slowly entered the station, the Changzhou National High-tech Zone (New Taipei District) Commerce Bureau’s investment promotion team to Japan set off and officially started this economic and trade activity. This is three years later, the Changzhou National High-tech Zone Commerce Bureau went to Japan to carry out investment promotion activities again. At the same time, this is also the first group to go to Japan to invest in , Changzhou City, this year.
"This time, our team will go to Tokyo, Osaka , Nagoya and other cities in Japan to visit a group of enterprises and well-known institutions. On the one hand, we will understand the local economic and trade trends and grasp the latest investment trends of Japanese enterprises in China. On the other hand, we will promptly communicate with enterprises about the trend of domestic economic development, and introduce to enterprises the business environment, innovative measures, etc. of Changzhou City and the High-tech Zone." Ma Yongmei, deputy director of the Commerce Bureau of Changzhou National High-tech Zone (New Taipei District), introduced.
In the team's suitcase, there are many promotional brochures such as recommendation materials, investment guides, etc. prepared by the Japanese and Korean Investment Promotion Department. "There is another manual that we specially prepared for this investment promotion. It focuses on the development of Japanese companies in the whole district, industrial data and other contents." Zhang Beihong, assistant director of the District Investment Promotion Bureau, introduced.
In the past three years, Changzhou National High-tech Zone has actively overcome the impact of the epidemic and actively carried out the "Cloud Connection of Five Continents" series of investment and signing activities through "cloud meetings" and "cloud inspections", connecting with foreign investors for more than a thousand times and negotiated hundreds of projects. Last year, the investment project of Japan SMC, a leading enterprise in the field of automation pneumatic components , was successfully implemented, with a phase 1 investment of US$100 million to build an East China base integrating high-end pneumatic components production, research and development and sales. With the unveiling of the Sino-Japanese (Changzhou) Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Changzhou High-tech Zone this year, it will inject new impetus into the city's "532" development strategy and the development of the leading industries of the region's "two specials, three new and one intelligence". At present, the industrial park has registered and established 260 Japanese-funded enterprises, with a total investment of nearly US$3 billion. A number of Fortune 500 companies have settled in Bridgestone , Komatsu , Sumitomo Electrician, THK.
"This time we go to Japan to attract projects, we will focus on the relevant industries of the industrial park, seize the opportunity to have face-to-face exchanges with more companies, explore project information, and accelerate the promotion of projects under discussion." Ma Yongmei introduced that they communicated with Japanese companies in the early stage, and the other party expressed great welcome, and also expressed their desire to take a look at Changzhou High-tech Zone. "This trip is also a 'front station' for entrepreneurs in the district. I hope more entrepreneurs will go out, seize new opportunities for international cooperation, and achieve new breakthroughs in 2023."
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