Agreements worth over 116.2 billion yuan were signed between Nansha and 37 governmental institutes, domestic and foreign enterprises on the afternoon of March 28th, putting the district in the spotlight at the Guangzhou International Investment Conference.
These joint projects cover various domains as shipping logistics, financial innovation, intelligent technology and advanced manufacturing.
Comparing to other seminars, the seminar organized by Nansha attracted a large number of officers from foreign consulates and delegates from foreign chamber of commerce.[PhotoNewsgd.com]
Always eyeing the global market, Nansha, as one of three areas in Guangdong FTZ, pays strong efforts to “internationalize” its business environment while taking robust steps abroad to seek cooperation.
MAGNET FOR OUTSIDE INVESTMENT
After nearly two years’ construction, Nansha has spared no efforts to build an international, market-oriented and law-based business environment, and now become a magnet for outside investment.
“To be a hub, Nansha will continuously facilitate its transport system, especially its port function. It will also contribute to a financial and trade platform under international general regulations and standards,” said Zeng Jinze, Executive Deputy Director of Administrative Committee of Nansha Development Zone, during the seminar organized during the investment conference.
According to the statistics unveiled in the seminar, the industrial clustering effect appears in the district with the settlement of 3000 shipping enterprises, 1600 financial institutes and 1071 cross-border e-commerce enterprises. And 70 programs invested by the Global 500 have been organizing here.
Nansha Port [PhotoXinhua.net]
IMPORTANT PLATFORM TO GO GLOBAL
Besides, Nansha also aims to work as an important platform to “go global”. It was introduced in the seminar that tailoring for potential opportunities in the global market, Nansha has organized roadshows worldwide, and set up representative offices in New Jersey (US), Berlin (Germany), London (UK), Moscow (Russia), Nairobi (Kenya), Tel Aviv(Israel), Milan (Italy) and etc.
At the same time, domestic companies choose to boost their international cooperation via Nansha. Programs like the Second Harbour Engineering Company’s technology and logistics base and the China Railway Construction’s international financial headquarter have been located in Nansha.
“Our logistics base in Nansha is expected to complete in 2 to 3 years,” said Wang Shifeng, Chairman of the Second Harbour Engineering Company, “once the project were completed, its foreign trade volume would reach 4 billion yuan in the same year.”
