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In September, the 2024 Nanjing Golden Autumn Economic and Trade Fair will come as scheduled on September 24. Some friends came from afar, and the main venue, the Nanjing International Expo Conference Center, was neatly arranged and vacant.
Big coffee gathered thousands of businessmen to meet, the matchmaking meeting was intensively staged, and a large number of projects came one after another…… “autumn soldiers on the battlefield”, the horn of the golden autumn endeavor has been sounded, and Nanjing will usher in a “good harvest”. What are the highlights and characteristics of this year’s conference, and how to build up momentum for future development?
PART. 01 “Ning” gathers guests from all over the world
Officials of foreign consulates general in Shanghai, representatives of well-known multinational companies, Fortune 500 companies in the world and China, large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, and executives of well-known private enterprises; Representatives of universities, R&D institutions and innovative and entrepreneurial talents; Executives of financial institutions such as banks, venture capital, private equity, and investment banks; Some business associations, industry associations, and intermediaries…… In the past two days, guests from home and abroad are coming to Ningbo to seek common development visions and promote deepening cooperation.
The reporter learned that this year’s financial fair will focus on the main line of “open development”, in strict accordance with the principles and requirements of “thrift, pragmatism and efficiency”, and will hold the opening ceremony of the financial fair, the investment promotion activities of the humanoid robot industry, the Nanjing line of Taiwan-funded financial institutions and the investment promotion of the financial industry in Nanjing.
A new round of scientific and technological revolution is reshaping the global industrial landscape, and whoever can seize the opportunity is expected to take the lead in this round of high-quality development. At present, the whole city of Nanjing is firmly grasping the primary task of high-quality development, insisting on leading industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, solidly promoting the action plan of strengthening the city through industry, and accelerating the development of new quality productivity according to local conditions.
As an important platform for attracting investment and talents, Nanjing also aimed at “scientific and technological innovation” and “industrial upgrading” at this golden autumn economic and trade fair. The reporter learned that this year’s financial fair, there are a number of very important projects signed, from advanced manufacturing to emerging service industries, from scientific and technological innovation to digital economy, these projects not only cover a number of industrial fields, but also a strong support for the promotion of Nanjing’s industrial strong city strategy, which will inject new impetus into Nanjing’s industrial development and upgrading.
In this era of rapid technological change, humanoid robots are integrating into our lives at an unprecedented speed and becoming an important force to promote social progress. It is worth mentioning that during this year’s financial fair, the city will carry out investment promotion activities around the humanoid robot industry. Top experts, scholars and entrepreneurs in the field of humanoid robots at home and abroad will also share cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements, exchange industry insights, explore cooperation opportunities and jointly promote the innovative development and application of humanoid robot technology through keynote speeches, roundtable dialogues, technology exhibitions, project docking and other forms.
PART. 02 Strengthening the “Economic Circle”
At present, Nanjing is unswervingly promoting high-level opening up. From relaxing market access to optimizing the business environment, from the firm pace of institutional opening up to the active expansion of the international market, Nanjing is building a global economic and trade network with unprecedented efforts. In recent years, Nanjing has continuously deepened economic and trade exchanges with major economies and emerging market countries, and has become a new highland for international economic and trade cooperation connecting the east and the west and connecting the north and the south.
Just last month, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Improving the Market Access System”, which not only drew a clearer blueprint for market access, but also clarified the direction of strengthening the coordination and linkage of domestic and foreign investment access policies. Nanjing has taken advantage of the momentum to further strengthen consultation, co-construction and sharing with a number of “economic and trade partners” in new formats and fields.
At this year’s financial fair, the city will release the global economic and trade network and the first batch of “global digital service providers” to further strengthen the “economic circle” and expand the “circle of friends”.
Last year, the city launched the “Global Digital Service Provider Plan” to open its arms to well-known service provider brands in the fields of science and technology, commerce, finance, cultural tourism, hub logistics and other fields around the world, and issued a recruitment voice, striving to cultivate about 50 global digital service providers by 2025. At last year’s financial fair, the “Global Digital Service Provider Plan” policy was introduced, and the newly introduced and cultivated “global digital service providers” were provided with systematic support policies covering the whole chain and the whole process in 11 aspects, including rent subsidies, first purchase subscriptions, platform empowerment, headquarters cultivation, international management, and talent services.
The plane tree planted last year is now a phoenix. Relying on the superimposed advantages of Nanjing’s “expanded opening up of the service industry + pilot free trade zone”, a number of global digital service providers are converging in Nanjing.
This year’s conference will usher in a group of “good partners” in the digital field, who have the capabilities of internal and external connectivity, digital empowerment, resource integration, global operation, etc., and will work with Nanjing to focus on five major categories: digital technology, digital products, digital services, cross-border e-commerce and sharing centers, and continue to explore the path of institutional opening. The arrival of these partners will inject new and strong impetus into the development of Nanjing, and they will use service as a bridge to connect the world; Driven by innovation and leading the tide of the times, more innovative cooperation models will be born here, and more high-quality projects will take root here
.PART. 03 Create a “win-win chain”
In the guest list of the fair, there are not only familiar faces who have cooperated with Nanjing for many years to reunite, but also new friends who have never met for the first time. They gather because of open development and come for win-win cooperation. Honeywell, Valeo, Baiyun Electric, China Resources …… Among the participating companies, there are a group of “partners” who have been developing together with Nanjing for a long time, and they will further exchange feelings and look for more cooperation opportunities.
As a United States technology giant, as early as 1996, Honeywell cooperated with Nanjing; In 2007, Honeywell registered and established Honeywell Sensing Control (China) Co., Ltd. in Jiangning District, which is Honeywell’s largest sensor manufacturing base in China and one of the first wholly-owned subsidiaries of Honeywell in Jiangsu. Since last year, Honeywell has moved the entire production line of gas sensors and instruments in other provinces and cities in China to the Jiangning plant. Ke Weimao, the company’s global chairman and chief executive officer, once said that Nanjing has a solid industrial foundation, rich scientific and educational resources, and obvious innovation advantages, and is a key city for Honeywell, and the company is very optimistic about the development of Nanjing.
The choice of cities and enterprises is a two-way street, why did they choose Nanjing and how to achieve a win-win situation? This requires the mutual promotion of various production factors, innovative technologies, supporting services, business environment, etc., to build a good “ecosystem” where enterprises can thrive.
Nanjing, which connects the north and the south and connects China and the West, is an important scientific research and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in China. Some time ago, Xiaomi’s East China headquarters settled in Nanjing, and it was Nanjing’s status as a “city of research and development”; Nanjing has advanced manufacturing clusters such as software and information services and new power (smart grid), and emerging industrial chains such as integrated circuits and special equipment, new displays, smart grids, and new energy vehicles have been accelerated. This year, Nanjing re-issued the “Key Points for Optimizing the Business Environment in 2024”, which is also the sixth document on optimizing the business environment issued by Nanjing…… A good ecosystem suitable for survival and development has been formed and is constantly improving.
