Chinanews.com, Shanghai, February 17 (Reporter Zuo Yukun) As one of the first choices of global capital, Shanghai has become the city with the most concentrated regional headquarters of multinational companies in mainland China, and the "magnetic attraction" of foreign capital continues to increase.
In the new year, what new goals does Shanghai have?
On February 17, under the guidance of the Internet Communication Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, the Internet Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and China News. Investment Promotion Center.
Xue Feng, director of the Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center, said that by 2023, Shanghai will strive to use about US$24 billion in foreign capital, add 60 regional headquarters of multinational companies, and 25 foreign-funded R&D centers.
Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center.
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As the "first stop" for investing in Shanghai, Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center (Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center) is an authoritative municipal-level two-way investment promotion agency in Shanghai.
The center actively builds a global network, publicizes and promotes Shanghai's business environment in an all-round way, and is committed to providing consulting, negotiation and matching, project site selection and other services for Chinese and foreign investors, helping them make the best investment decisions in Shanghai and around the world.
Xue Feng introduced that in 2022, the actual use of foreign capital in Shanghai will be US$23.956 billion, an increase of 0.4% over the same period last year, and the scale will hit a record high.
Among them, the tertiary industry actually used foreign capital of 23.073 billion US dollars, accounting for 96.3% of the city's total actually used foreign capital.
The concentration of the headquarters economy accelerated, with 60 and 25 new regional headquarters of multinational corporations and 25 new foreign-invested R&D centers, bringing the cumulative number to 891 and 531 respectively.
In order to achieve the goal of 2023, Shanghai will implement the action of "using foreign capital to build a foundation and attract strength" to stabilize the stock, expand the stock, and improve the quality, and promote high-level opening up to the outside world with greater efforts, and more practical measures to promote policy empowerment and more The favorable environment stabilizes the confidence and expectations of foreign investment.
First, based on the "stable stock".
Shanghai will implement the "Several Policies and Measures Concerning Promoting Foreign Capital Expansion, Stabilizing Quantity and Improving Quality Focusing on the Manufacturing Industry" by the six ministries and commissions of the country, and the "Several Measures Concerning Further Encouraging Foreign Investment to Establish R&D Centers" by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology, etc. Stabilize the policy reserve of foreign investment in the city; focus on promoting the expansion of opening-up measures in the city, supporting foreign investment in setting up research and development centers, facilitating cross-border personnel exchanges, deepening government-enterprise communication and normalized exchange mechanisms, and improving foreign-funded enterprises' complaints and bottom-line service mechanisms etc., convey Shanghai's determination to encourage and welcome foreign investment, and stabilize foreign investment confidence and expectations.
Second, focus on "amplification".
Shanghai will issue an action plan to clarify the overall requirements and main objectives of foreign investment promotion in the next stage; give full play to the role of overseas representative offices, overseas economic and trade departments, investment promotion agencies, embassies and consulates abroad, and focus on key countries. A batch of overseas investment promotion activities will be planned in Biehe region; the investment spillover effect of the CIIE will be enlarged, the "Shanghai City Promotion Conference" will be held well, and the introduction of high-quality foreign investment projects will be strengthened.
Finally, take "improving quality" as the key.
Shanghai will give full play to the role of Pudong as a socialist leading area, continue to promote and actively seek to relax foreign investment access in relevant fields in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, especially the Lingang New Area, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in pioneering foreign investment projects; relying on Hongqiao International Open Hub and service Expand and open comprehensive pilot projects in the industry, align with relevant trade facilitation policies, and attract more foreign capital entities and related businesses to land; encourage more high-level foreign capital entities such as Asia-Pacific headquarters, global business department headquarters, and global R&D centers of multinational companies to settle down.
On the first working day after the Spring Festival, Shanghai held the 2023 City-wide Optimizing Business Environment Construction Conference, and at the same time released the "Shanghai Action Plan for Strengthening Integrated Innovation and Continuously Optimizing the Business Environment", continuing to make efforts to create a world-class business environment.
"The creation of a business environment is inseparable from the supply of government policies and the layout of industrial parks in various districts of Shanghai." Xue Feng said that as a professional institution, the center will continue to connect with market-oriented professional platforms for foreign-funded enterprises Provide professional services, and also hope that through the interpretation and introduction of policies, enterprises can accurately connect with the carrier resources in the city.
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