On April 6, 2006, jointly hosted by Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and the People s Government of Shunyi District, Investment Promotion Conference of Shunyi District was successfully held in Shunyi Hotel. This event was initiated and organized by Invest Beijing International (IBI) in collaboration with Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and British Chamber of Commerce in China, As an inaugural event of the Series of Site-visit to Industrial Zones in Beijing s Districts/Counties , this conference was aimed at recommending relevant business opportunities rendered within the newly-promulgated 11th Five-year Plan to foreign firms and businesspersons, to offer an accessible platform for foreign companies to know about Beijing and invest in Beijing.
Multi-level promotional activities were seen at this event, such as investment climate presentation, projects and business opportunities recommendation, business networking, and on-site visits to industrial zones, etc. More than 80 delegates participated in this informative and valuable event, including senior officials of Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and the People s Government of Shunyi District, diplomats of Swiss Embassy and British Embassy, staff of Swiss and British Chambers of Commerce, and representatives of participating enterprises.
Mr. Chen Guangmin, Commissioner of Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, Mr. Hu Shangyun, Vice-Governor of Shunyi District, and Mr. Beat Burgi, Commercial Counselor of Swiss Embassy, addressed the opening ceremony with their respective warm speeches. And officials from the District s Investment Promotion Bureau introduced the investment climate and available projects to all participants.
This event is one of the creative and pioneering project-matching attempts of IBI, performing its role as a bridge connecting government agencies and foreign enterprises. Moreover, this event has unveiled the curtain of Series of Site-visit to Industrial Zones in Beijing s Districts/Counties , through which IBI has paved a new way to investment promotion service for the local government. In the near future, IBI will, with the cooperation of relevant chambers of commerce, to implement more similar events at relevant districts/counties.
Following this event, numbers of participants expressed their appreciation and gratitude to IBI through emails and faxes. Here are just a few sample letters:
1. Mr. Beat Burgi, Commercial Counselor of Swiss Embassy
.heartfelt thanks to the organizer of this event, Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and the People s Government of Shunyi District, high appreciation for the creativity of this event initiated by Invest Beijing, and warm reception offered by local government of Shunyi.
2. Mr. Fabian Furrer, Executive Director of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce
It was a pleasure to do this site-research visit for investment in Shunyi District. During this trip, participants learned considerably about the investment climate, preferential policies, about the business opportunities as they relate to the 11th Five-Year Plan , as well as on-site visits to various parts of town and famous companies.
In light of the increasing economic and trade relations between Switzerland and China, we are looking forward to a strong relationship between the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Reform and Development, respectively the Shunyi Government and Investment Bureau, as well as Investment Beijing International.
3. Mr. Stanley Zhang, Business Development Executive, China-Britain Business Council
.We are really very grateful to Shunyi and Invest Beijing for organising this event, whcih has proved to be very rewarding and pleasant an experience. We are impressed by the development of Shunyi and hope that in the future our knowledge on your indistrial zones and export zone could lead to more concrete investments there taking the advantage .
4. Mr. Charlie Zeng, Business Development Executive, China-Britain Business Council
Thanks very much for the arrangement of site visit to Shunyi, which is gratifying and quite helpful. By looking around the site on our own, we may in a better position and
well-informed knowledge to advise British companies which are demonstrating
more and more interest to invest in China. Another good point is that we may also introduce British companies to talk further in details with relevant departments or people in charge since we've known each other through the event. The programme itself is efficient and thoughtful. One suggestion might be that to add half hour Q&A before lunch and hence reduce one and half hour
lunch to one hour.
5. Mr. Zhang Hu, Managing Director, LEM Instruments & Meters (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Many thanks for organizing this event, it was very nice and helpful. Thanks for your efforts and looking forward more cooperation with you and your company.
6. Miss Eva Zhou, Events Manager, British Chamber of Commerce
On behalf of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, I would like to thank you very much for the significant Site Research in Shunyi District which was initiated and led by Invest Beijing International. We felt very pleased to be one of the co-organizers and enjoyed the whole course of the participation.
I would like, through Invest Beijing International, also to extend our high appreciation to Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform and The People s Government of Shunyi District whose enormous help and support became the most important determinant of the success of the whole activity.
The positive feedback from BCCC member participants on the day and afterwards has indicated the value of the event and has also strengthened the Chamber s confidence to organize more similar functions with Invest Beijing International.
We have always valued the happy working relationship that has existed over the past year between our two organizations and shall so our best to maintain it in the future.
