The Blue Book of the CIIE: The CIIE can effectively enhance the willingness of foreign direct investment

　　Chinanews.com, February 23, title:

　　China-Singapore Finance and Economics reporter Liu Wenwen

　　Recently, Shanghai Research Institute and Social Sciences Literature Publishing House jointly released the "Blue Book of China International Import Expo: China International Import Expo Development Research Report No.4".

The blue book pointed out that the holding of the CIIE has demonstrated the opportunities in China for foreign businessmen and effectively increased the willingness of foreign businessmen to invest directly.

　　The blue book pointed out that in recent years, the global multilateralism and free trade system have been impacted. The epidemic has increased the cost of cross-regional supply and increased uncertainty. Many exhibitors have turned into investors.

By arranging exchange activities such as special press conferences on foreign investment promotion, the CIIE will show foreign businessmen opportunities in China and effectively increase the willingness of foreign businessmen to invest directly, mainly in the following aspects:

　　First, the trend of investment scale expansion is remarkable.

Since the first CIIE in 2018, the amount of foreign capital actually utilized in my country has maintained a growth trend.

Despite the global spread of the epidemic since 2020, my country's actual use of foreign capital throughout the year has maintained a relatively high growth rate, with a year-on-year growth rate as high as 14.9% in 2021. The CIIE has played a very good platform for communication and demonstration in attracting investment.

　　Second, the investment structure continued to be optimized.

Technological innovation products and services have become the key areas for investment by foreign-funded enterprises, especially in the investment conversion of exhibitors at the CIIE. The trend of resource-oriented investment in new energy and green energy is obvious.

With the implementation of RCEP, the process of Asian regional integration is gradually advancing. Exhibitors not only focus on taking advantage of regional efficiency advantages, but also focus on giving play to the efficiency advantages of Asian regional integration, adjust and upgrade their own investment plans according to the characteristics of the Chinese market, and at the same time force domestic Enterprises improve the innovation capability and international competitiveness of their own brands.

　　Third, investment regions are clearly differentiated.

In the process of transforming exhibitors into investors, most of the regional markets are dominated by the core cities of urban agglomerations, such as Beijing as the center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shanghai as the center of the Yangtze River Delta, and Guangzhou as the center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. regional radiation.

Among them, Shanghai, as the host city of the CIIE, occupies an important position in China's economic structure and has unique advantages in attracting new foreign investment.

In addition, characteristic agricultural product resources have also become an important investment target for multinational companies, and the central and western regions have more regional advantages.

　　Fourth, the level of investment continued to increase.

The CIIE not only promotes more exhibitors to set up new regional headquarters in China, but also promotes the upgrading of the regional headquarters of existing multinational companies. To further enhance their own management and coordination capabilities.

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