China News Agency, Hefei, September 1 (Reporter Wu Lan) "In the past ten years, more than 1,000 foreign-funded enterprises have been established, with a total investment of more than 15 billion US dollars." Chen Yuxiong, deputy director of the Bureau of Commerce of Hefei City, Anhui Province, said on September 1, In the past ten years, as of the end of July this year, a total of 49 overseas Fortune 500 companies have invested and established 70 companies in Hefei.
On the same day, Chen Yuxiong introduced the achievements of Hefei's open economy such as foreign trade, foreign capital utilization, and foreign economic cooperation, Hefei's open carrier, and China (Hefei) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone at the "Hefei Ten Years" press conference. The construction of the "Guozihao" open platform.
According to reports, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hefei has increased from US$700 million in 2012 to US$1.15 billion in 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 5.7%.
A total of 7.78 billion US dollars of foreign direct investment has been attracted in the past ten years.
American Corning, Continental Continental, Germany ZF, Japan's Hitachi Construction Machinery, Japan's Sumitomo Chemical, French Air Liquide, Dutch Shell and other overseas Fortune 500 companies have invested in Hefei.
"In 2017, the pure electric vehicle project of JAC and Volkswagen, a Fortune 500 company, was approved by the Ministry of Commerce of China, and the current registered capital has reached 1.12 billion US dollars; One company - Corning Automotive Glass Project, currently the company has 10 projects settled in Hefei; in 2019, well-known enterprises such as Yihai Kerry and IKEA settled in Hefei; in 2021, Volkswagen (Anhui) new energy vehicle project cooperation signing Settling in Hefei..." Chen Yuxiong said that the continuous entry of foreign-funded enterprises has effectively promoted the economic development and industrial optimization and upgrading of Hefei.
According to reports, foreign investment in Hefei has expanded from labor-intensive industries such as textiles and light industry to capital and technology-intensive industries such as electronic communications, new energy vehicles, and new displays.
Investors from 80 countries and regions including Japan, Singapore, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Taiwan have come to invest in Hefei.
In terms of foreign trade, more than 210 countries and regions will have trade relations with Hefei in 2021, forming a vast international market with the three major markets of the European Union, ASEAN and the United States as the main body, and emerging markets such as Africa, South America and India. .
In terms of widening and extending the open channel, in 2014, the Hefei China-Europe freight train opened for the first time in the Asian direction.
As of the end of July 2022, the line covered 18 countries including Germany, Russia, Belarus, Finland, Poland, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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