"Feel the vitality of China's vigorous development" (Understanding China)
In recent years, China has insisted on expanding high-level opening up and sharing development opportunities with the world.
From encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship in China and jointly building a cooperation platform, to implementing more effective talent policies and creating an open and inclusive international business environment, China is opening its doors to the world wider and wider, providing opportunities for foreign companies and talents to invest and start businesses in China. Provide opportunity and convenience.
A few days ago, several foreigners active in China's economic and trade field were interviewed by our reporter and shared their stories of witnessing China's economic development and promoting Sino-foreign economic and trade cooperation.
"Always communicate with the world with an open mind"
"For the long-term residence registered in the past, I wrote Germany. Now, my long-term residence is Changsha, China. Here are my friends, my career, and the center of my life and work." International Science and Technology in Changsha High-tech Zone, Hunan In the office of the business platform, Hans Ackermann, a 74-year-old German, showed reporters his "special residence permit".
On October 22, 2020, Hans became the first German expert in Hunan Province to be awarded a "Chinese Green Card" after the implementation of the new national regulations.
Hans told reporters that since he first set foot on Chinese soil in 1985, he has witnessed the continuous deepening of China's opening to the outside world and completed an important transformation of his personal career in the following 30 years.
In 2005, Hans retired from an executive position at a multinational company to return to his native Germany.
"Returning to China is certainly an option, but you have worked in China for 20 or 20 years. Why don't you stay and do something for Sino-German economic and trade exchanges?" Hans was moved by the sincere invitation of Chinese friends.
Hans decided to stay in Changsha and was hired as a foreign business consultant by Changsha High-tech Zone and Changsha Municipal Government.
Witnessing the continuous upgrading of China's manufacturing industry, the more optimized business environment, and the continuous emergence of investment opportunities, Hans came up with the idea of establishing an international business platform, hoping to provide a channel for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign enterprises and talents.
In 2015, Changsha High-tech Zone International Science and Technology Business Platform was officially established.
"In the fields of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing, there are many common languages and opportunities for cooperation between German and Chinese companies." Hans was deeply touched by China's leapfrog development in the fields of construction machinery and rail transit, and actively contributed to the advanced manufacturing of the two countries. Industry cooperation matchmaking.
Last year, Germany's BASF Group acquired the equity of Hunan Shanshan Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and established a joint venture BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., Ltd., with the deep participation of Hans and Changsha High-tech Zone International Technology Business Platform.
Under the cooperation of Hans, Rheinkester, a German company focusing on the cultivation of intelligent manufacturing professionals, settled in the China Power Valley Independent Innovation Park in Zhuzhou, Hunan, to help China cultivate Industry 4.0 talents.
The business platform has been in operation for 7 years and has completed more than 800 receptions or connections with domestic and foreign enterprises, organized or participated in more than 30 overseas (boundary) groups, and also introduced foreign business associations from Sweden, Spain, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions.
"More than a decade ago, there were few foreign direct investment companies in Changsha. Today, the environment for foreigners to live, work, and even set up companies has changed." Hans said that today, Changsha has opened more than 40 international routes. , becoming an active city participating in China-Africa economic and trade; Changsha has introduced a number of policies to encourage foreign investment, actively improve the business environment, and build a foreign trade service platform.
"China has always communicated with the world with an open attitude." Hans said with deep feeling.
"Highly attached importance to scientific and technological innovation and talent work"
While introducing the customs of Russia and promoting products from her hometown, Russian entrepreneur Svetlana talked in the live broadcast room and sold Russian products to all parts of China within a few hours.
20 years ago, Svetlana came to China to engage in trade activities.
Recalling the past, she was full of emotion: "At that time, there were not many kinds of foreign goods in Chinese stores. Now, supermarket shelves are full of dazzling goods, and products from all over the world are very rich. China has changed too much! Now there are live broadcasts It's selling, it's selling well, I'm going to bring this model to Russia!"
Three years ago, invited by the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone"), Svetlana came to work in the core area of the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone located in Jiaozhou, Qingdao, Shandong Province, and founded a company. Trading company.
The company cooperated with the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone and participated in the construction of the Russian National Pavilion in the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone.
Svetlana has participated in the exhibition on behalf of the museum many times, helping the SCO Demonstration Zone to expand the "circle of friends".
She also registered the official website of the Russian National Pavilion in the SCO Demonstration Zone in Russia, attracting many Russian companies to settle in.
Svetlana said: "The SCO Demonstration Zone has built a bridge for Russia-China exchanges and cooperation, and I am very honored to participate in it."
In the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone, Svetlana fully felt the convenience of innovation and entrepreneurship.
"China attaches great importance to scientific and technological innovation and talent work. The SCO Demonstration Zone vigorously encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, and resources such as talents, technologies, and projects are gathered here." She said that the Chinese government fully supports innovation and entrepreneurship in the SCO Demonstration Zone, and actively provides services including office space. , tax, legal and other services, and respond to corporate demands in a timely manner.
In the past three years, the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone has been completely renewed: the Qingdao Bay Bridge Jiaozhou Link, Metro Line 8, Jiaodong International Airport and other transportation infrastructure have been opened one after another; major industrial projects have followed one after another, and more than 10 foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce platforms have been launched one after another. On-line; 25 international and domestic train lines will be operated on a regular basis in the core area of the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone, reaching 20 countries and 49 cities along the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the "Belt and Road"... "I have the honor to witness all this, and I feel that China is booming. The vitality of development.” As the representative of Moscow State University’s School of International Politics in China, Svetlana also participated in the establishment of the “SCO Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center in Russia” and facilitated the cooperation between Moscow State University and Qingdao University.
Next, she plans to open a multinational education company: "China continues to expand its high-level opening to the outside world, and I am a beneficiary and a supporter. In the future, I will continue to work hard to promote educational cooperation between the two countries, promote two-way exchanges of talents, and contribute to Russia-China economic and trade cooperation. Contribute strength.”
"The thriving momentum is exciting"
"When I first came to Tianjin, the taxi driver would ask me which country I was from. Ten years ago, a driver said, 'Are you from the South?' Now the driver will directly ask me in Tianjin dialect, 'Where do you live'." When asked by the reporter, a Japanese friend Naoki Inoue summed up his changes in China in a succinct manner, "I don't regard myself as an 'outsider' in the city of Tianjin, and hope to work in Tianjin until I retire."
In 2004, a friend invited Naoki Inoue to work in China. After thinking about it, Naoki Inoue readily agreed, "I read some reports about China at that time and felt the momentum of China's economic take-off."
After arriving in China, Naoki Inoue first entered Nankai University to study, and then worked as an editor. He lived well in China.
"I am very adaptable to the pace of work and life in Tianjin. The kindness and enthusiasm I have felt in China over the years, as well as the rapid development of China's economy, have strengthened my determination to stay."
Last year, Naoki Inoue made an important decision-starting a business.
"I have always dreamed of starting my own advertising company. The entrepreneurial environment in Tianjin is good. I think the time is ripe and I need to act immediately." The relevant procedures have been completed.
In February last year, Naoki Inoue's company opened for business.
He said: "The Tianjin Municipal Government supports the development of foreigners in Tianjin and welcomes foreigners to set up small and micro enterprises as individuals. In recent years, Tianjin has introduced a series of foreign talent introduction plans and related measures, in innovation and entrepreneurship, project declaration, work It has facilitated us in terms of residency, etc.”
In addition to the advertising business, Naoki Inoue's company also provides consulting services for Japanese friends who are interested in developing in Tianjin.
"Those who do business can go to Binhai New Area, and those who do business are best near Heping District. I can help with everything from company site selection to small meals and shopping. In Chinese, it means 'full-process service'." Naoto Inoue Shu said that China's rapid and forceful response during the epidemic prevention and control period, especially its adherence to the "dynamic clearing" policy, has made him truly appreciate the great importance the Chinese government attaches to people's lives and health.
"Living in China is reassuring and safe. I have always told my Japanese friends that it is not wrong to start a business in China. I am very optimistic about China's development potential."
Inoue Naoki told reporters that Japanese people who came to China to start a business or work more than ten years ago could only develop derivative businesses around a few large Japanese-funded enterprises.
Today, China's business environment continues to be optimized, its economic strength continues to increase, and the cooperation between Japanese companies and local Chinese companies is more frequent and in-depth, and small and micro enterprises can also find development opportunities in the Chinese market.
"My company has a lot of business dealings with local enterprises in Tianjin, and it is developing well at present. This thriving momentum is exciting." Inoue Naoki is full of confidence in the future.
Reporter Wang Pei Sun Chao Jin Bo Gong Ming
Reporter Wang Pei Sun Chao Jin Bo Gong Ming