Invest in GBA for a better future! Global conference to kick off on Dec. 21

The 2022 Global Investment Promotion Conference for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) will be held both online and offline in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao from December 21 to December 22.

According to a press conference held on December 15, the offline session will kick off at the Nansha Garden Hotel of Guangzhou on December 21. Meanwhile, the other two main venues will be simultaneously set in Hong Kong and Macao.

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As the first of its kind in the GBA, themed with “Investing in GBA for a better future”, the conference will adopt a "1+9+N" mode, that is, 1 conference session, 9 investment promotion events in the cities of Pearl River Delta, and a variety of overseas promotion activities.

According to Zhang Yurun, deputy secretary-general of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, the conference session aims to fully showcase the economic vitality, innovation strength and investment potential of GBA, highlighted by a series of business match-making activities. There will be 7 events including a themed conference, a tea meeting, a policy introduction session and a business tour in the main venue of Guangdong.

Furthermore, it will also include ceremonies for the second batch of global investment consultants and multinational headquarters and for the signing of major projects.

Representatives from the national ministries and commissions, Hong Kong and Macao government departments and bureaus, consulate generals, foreign chambers and associations in Guangzhou, and renowned experts and scholars will attend the conference session.

At the same time, the conference session has already drawn a lot of attention from enterprises at home and abroad. As of December 14, more than 1,000 business representatives had registered for the upcoming meeting. Among them, hundreds of companies are from Japan, the Republic of Korea, the US, the UK, Germany, France, and more. Multinationals include Exxon Mobil, BASF, Johnson&Johnson, Saudi Aramco, Siemens Energy, Amazon, Panasonic, Walmart and more.

Zhang introduced that investment promotion activities will be also held in 9 cities in the Pearl River Delta, organizing representatives of multinational companies to conduct on-the-spot investigations.

"Through holding the 2022 Global Investment Promotion Conference for the GBA, we want to invite businesses worldwide to invest here, share its development opportunities and jointly create a better future," said Zhang.

Before the conference sessions, a series of overseas conferences have been held worldwide. According to Zhang Jinsong, director-general of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong, the first overseas conference was held in Malaysia on November 2, and 20 more were organized subsequently in 18 countries including the US, Germany, the UK, France, Japan and the Republic of Korea.