"The level of the Qingdao Summit of Multinational Corporation Leaders continues to improve, and its international influence continues to expand. It has become an annual event where multinational companies gather together to participate in grand events and discuss development." On June 21, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee and Executive Chairman Vice Governor Zeng Zanrong said at the relevant press conference.
From June 20th to 21st, the third Qingdao Summit of Multinational Company Leaders, co-organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Shandong Provincial People's Government, was successfully held in Qingdao, Shandong. On the afternoon of the 21st, the summit organizers held a second press conference to introduce the results of the summit.
The press conference of the 3rd Qingdao Summit of Transnational Corporation Leaders (Photo provided by the organizer of the 3rd Qingdao Summit of Transnational Corporation Leaders)
Zeng Zanrong said that this summit created "three firsts". For the first time, we set up a series of summit dialogue activities, held 4 summit dialogues, and invited more than 40 leaders of multinational companies, heads of well-known business associations, experts and scholars to engage in dialogue and exchanges to enhance the interactivity and attractiveness of the summit. The Shandong Provincial Government economic advisory meeting was held for the first time, and 29 economic advisors, mainly global presidents of well-known multinational companies, were hired to provide advice and suggestions for Shandong's economic development. For the first time, a guest-of-honor province event was established. In-depth implementation of the national strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, Henan Province was invited as the guest province to hold a special promotion event to enhance the function of the summit in serving the whole country.
It is reported that this summit has further deepened economic and trade cooperation. During the summit, a centralized signing event for key projects was held. A total of 99 foreign-invested projects were signed, with a total investment of US$15.6 billion and contracted foreign investment of US$5.31 billion, involving new generation information technology, new energy and new materials, high-end equipment, high-end chemical industry and other industrial fields. Investment It is large in size, high in technology, strong in driving ability, and has good development prospects. It has promoted the cooperation between Shandong and multinational companies to a new level and injected new impetus into Shandong's conversion of old and new kinetic energy.
Scene of the centralized signing ceremony for key cooperation projects (Photo provided by the organizer of the Third Qingdao Summit of Transnational Corporation Leaders)
Yu Zirong, Vice President of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the convening of the Third Qingdao Summit of Transnational Corporation Leaders , demonstrates China’s determination to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and boosts the confidence of multinational companies in investing and developing in China.
"After the cultivation of the previous two sessions, the international influence of the summit has continued to show, and it has played an active role in the overall situation of national diplomacy, economy and trade, and has won unanimous praise and recognition from multinational companies." Yu Zirong said.
The third Qingdao Summit of Multinational Corporation Leaders, with the theme of "Multinational Corporations and China", carried out 14 major categories around six topics including the reconstruction of global industrial and supply chains in the post-epidemic era, the implementation of RCEP and the promotion of institutional opening-up. The 44 events attracted guests from 476 Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders at home and abroad to attend the conference. (China Daily Qingdao Reporter Station)
