IBI Organized Foreign-funded Companies to Visit Daxing District

On Sept.12, 2006, the Site-visit at Daxing and News Release for 2006 Modern Service Industry Projects , jointly organized by Invest Beijing International (IBI) and Beijing Daxing Industry Promotion Center, was successfully held at Daxing District. Over 70 participants from 45 organizations and enterprises of 16 countries and regions, including the U.S., Italy, France, the U.K., Canada, Japan, Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, participated in this informative and interesting event.

Mr. Tu Xingjian, Chairman of Invest Beijing International delivered a warmopening speech on behalf of the organizers. Mr. Zhu Ying, Chief Representative of Hong Kong Development Council in China, Ms. Brigitte Waibl, Head of Marketing/Internet/Training Department of Delegation of German Industry and Commerce Beijing, and Mr. Denis Schmid, Director of the Board & Secretary General of Swiss Chamber of Commerce Beijing, addressed the event respectively.

This event is the third leg of the Site-visit Series by Foreign-funded Companies to Districts and Counties of Beijing carefully planned and organized by IBI. The first two events were successively organized in Shunyi and Tongzhou districts, which also achieved great success. At the conference, Mr. Lin Keqing, Governor of Daxing District gave a presentation on the economic development situation and the 11^th Five-Year-Plan of his district. He stated that Daxing District will make great efforts to develop modern service industry, modern manufacturing industry, cultural creative industry and urban modern agriculture industry under the general framework of one conglomeration in central part, two wings at both east and west sides, industry congregation, coercion of city and towns, and eco-harmony . Officials of relevant government agencies of Daxing delivered their presentations on such topics as New City of Daxing, construction of key towns, Zhongguancun Hi-Tech Industry Zone Daxing Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry Park, and China New Media Development Zone. Afterwards, the participants were offered a site-research and an on-site presentation of its development planning, existing enterprises and relevant preferential policies of Zhongguancun Hi-Tech Industry Zone Daxing Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry Park

All participants thought that Daxing is a place full of business opportunities, and they were looking forward to keeping close contact and cooperation with Daxing District, on the purpose of mutual benefit and win-win approach. Meanwhile, both Daxing District Government and participants highly appreciated the great job done by Invest Beijing International, in its efforts to promote counties and districts of Beijing, and match-making between capital and projects, and they hoped that Invest Beijing International would organize more promotion programs like this.