China News Agency, Changchun, October 24 (Reporter Guo Jia) In the alternate season of autumn and winter, in the state-level new area-Changchun New Area, a biopharmaceutical company, a joint venture between Iceland and Changchun Hi-tech, is stepping up the construction of its plant, with a view to settling in before the end of the year.
In the past two years, this company has completed a number of tasks including registration, approval, project design, and completion of the main project.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently, Cao Jian, deputy general manager of Changchun Anwo High-tech Biopharmaceutical Company, said that the investors are very satisfied with the progress of the project and the factory is expected to be officially put into operation in June 2022.
The reason why Iceland's investment "crossed the oceans" and settled in Changchun has something to do with the continuously updated "investment map" of Jilin Province.
The reporter combed and found that as the Chinese government promoted a new round of northeast revitalization, the industrial structure of Jilin Province was continuously adjusted and optimized.
The field of foreign investment has also shifted from traditional manufacturing to emerging industries such as medicine and health, new energy, and new materials.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Jilin proposed to build another five hundred billion-level industrial clusters such as medicine and health in addition to the three trillion-yuan (RMB, the same below) industrial clusters of automobiles, agricultural products processing and food, and tourism.
At present, from Changchun to Yanbian, Jilin is accelerating the construction of a "medical industry corridor" from west to east to promote the development of Changbai Mountain's medical resources.
"We are the first international company introduced by Jilin Province to focus on the production of monoclonal antibodies and fusion protein products." Cao Jian said that investors not only felt the strong industrial atmosphere in Changchun, but also felt the efficient working style of the business department. In the context of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the first batch of foreign talents recruited by the company completed the relevant procedures in less than a week.
Coincidentally, more than half a month ago, two French companies also deepened project cooperation in Jilin.
At that time, nearly 30 multinational companies came to Jilin to seek business opportunities.
The French Veolia Group and the French Electric Power Group coincidentally set their sights on the western plain of Jilin, where the vast plain is an ideal place for the development of photovoltaic and wind power.
The timing of investment by multinational companies is directly related to an ambitious project proposed by Jilin-the "Three Gorges Project", which means that by 2025, the installed capacity of new energy in western Jilin will reach 30 million kilowatts.
In 2020, the annual new energy power generation of Jilin Power Grid hit a record high, and this year's new energy power generation growth momentum is even stronger.
At present, the third phase of the low-cost wind power project invested by the Hong Kong CLP Group in Qian'an in western Jilin is under construction.
Xiao Xiang, general manager of the northeast region of the group, said that vigorously developing new energy is an effective way for China to achieve the "dual carbon" goal, especially under the background of the current tight power supply, it highlights the important role of new energy power generation.
He said that the Group will continue to look for investment opportunities in the direction of new energy in Jilin in the future.
Statistics show that in the first three quarters of this year, Jilin Province actually utilized foreign capital of US$656 million, an increase of 28.32% year-on-year, which was 3.14 percentage points higher than the national average. The growth rate led Northeast China, setting a record for the province's actual utilization of foreign capital during the same period.
The relevant person in charge of the Foreign Investment Service Department of the Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce, Huo Junguang, said that for many years, Jilin has paid great attention to creating a good investment environment for foreign businessmen. The Measures of Jilin Province on Complaints by Foreign-invested Enterprises, etc., effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign businessmen.
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