On the morning of October 13, Switzerland, the ‘Invest in Shanghai – Global Tour’ 2023 was successfully held in Zurich under the guidance of the Office of Shanghai Investment Promotion Leading Group, and hosted by Shanghai Investment Promotion Service Centre, Shanghai Jiading Investment Promotion Service Centre, and Shanghai Minhang District Investment Promotion Centre. With the theme of ‘Charming Twin Cities, Win-Win Cooperation’, the event aimed at showcasing the city’s economic development achievements and superior business environment, attracting more Swiss high-quality enterprises to invest in Shanghai, and boosting the high-quality development of industries and economy of both sides. Yu Xiong, Deputy Consul General of China in Zurich and the Principality of Liechtenstein, and Diego Salmeron, Vice President of Swiss-Chinese Association, attended the event and delivered speeches, while nearly 80 key Swiss enterprises in biomedicine, life sciences, intelligent manufacturing, finance and technology participated in the conference. Before the meeting, Chen Yun, Consul General of China in Zurich and the Principality of Liechtenstein, met with the investment delegation.
Yu Xiong said Shanghai is a benchmark for China’s innovative development and modern metropolis construction, with a solid foundation for industrial development, high-quality business environment, advanced management experience, abundant talent reserves and other advantages, and is a beautiful business card for China to promote high-quality development and high level of opening up to the outside world. Switzerland is the forerunner of China-EU relations, and under the Sino-Swiss innovative strategic partnership, the two countries have been cooperating more and more frequently in various fields such as economy and trade, finance, science and technology, innovation, and humanities in recent years. We hope that more Swiss enterprises will seize the investment opportunities for the high-quality development of Shanghai, China, and further strengthen their confidence in developing in China, choosing China and investing in Shanghai.
Shanghai offers efficient and convenient government services, a more dynamic innovation environment and an open and inclusive business environment. Shanghai is the largest economic centre in China and many Swiss companies consider Shanghai as their first choice to invest in China. This event will further promote the close ties between the two cities and create new opportunities for cooperation.
Relevant responsible comrades of the Municipal Investment Promotion Service Centre made a presentation on the theme of ‘Investing in Shanghai’, promoting the charm of Shanghai from the aspects of the city of excellence, innovation, livability, etc., and fully demonstrating the development advantages of Shanghai’s industrial foundation, spatial carriers, innovation and ecology, and presenting the investment opportunities of Shanghai in the four major aspects of the new space, new industries, new policies and new demands. Opportunities. Minhang District Investment Promotion Centre and Jiading District Investment Promotion Service Centre made regional investment environment promotion.
On the scene of the event, Jiangchuan Road Street of Minhang District People’s Government of Shanghai, Malu Town People’s Government of Jiading District of Shanghai, and Generis AG of Switzerland signed a cooperation agreement, which will be used as a basis for the two parties to promote cooperation and exchange between China and Switzerland and to promote the development of industries by taking advantage of their respective work responsibilities and business scope.
After the meeting, Swiss corporate guests exchanged views with the Shanghai Overseas Investment Promotion Team. This event is one of the series activities of ‘Invest in Shanghai – Global Tour’ in 2023. In the next step, the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology (Municipal Investment and Promotion Office) will join hands with relevant units in the urban areas to organise and plan a series of overseas investment promotion activities, to showcase Shanghai’s development opportunities on the world stage, and to warmly invite global enterprises and talents to come to Shanghai for development. Before the event, the delegation also went to Germany and Switzerland to visit local key investment enterprises, to understand their investment intentions and development strategies in Shanghai, and to discuss further cooperation matters.
From“上海经信委“