On April 15, local time, Han Liming, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, led a Nanjing delegation on a study visit to London, UK, to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China and the United Kingdom, to visit relevant organizations and key enterprises, and to promote the communication and exchange between Nanjing and London in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology and other areas, and to achieve pragmatic results of cooperation.
During his stay in London, Han Liming visited the Chinese Embassy in the UK, met with the person in charge of the UK-China Trade Association, visited world-renowned enterprises such as Ineos Acetyl and Vidocq Group, etc., exchanged views on expanding areas of cooperation, expanding investment in Ningxia, etc., and pushed forward the implementation of the key projects in hand and on the spot. -UK-London Economic and Trade Cooperation and Exchange Conference" and delivered a speech to promote.
This economic and trade cooperation and exchange meeting, which has received a warm response from British politicians, businessmen and academics, is the largest economic and trade exchange activity organized by domestic cities in London in the recent past with the highest level of guests. Zheng Zeguang, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Gou Peiqin, Chairman of UK-China Business Association, McLean, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UK-China Business Development Center, and Fang Wenjian, President of UK-China Chamber of Commerce were invited to attend the event, and more than 120 guests attended, such as AIRE, Standard Chartered, HSBC, and other world-renowned enterprises, as well as the heads of financial and scientific research institutions.
Han Liming welcomed all the guests attending the meeting and expressed his gratitude to the people from all walks of life in London who have long given care and support to the cooperation and exchange between Nanjing and the UK.
She used four words Ancient, Booming, Convenience, Dynamic ("ABCD") to introduce the ancient, prosperous, convenient and energetic Nanjing to all the guests, and used three vivid stories to tell about the wide fields and good results of the economic and trade cooperation between Nanjing and the UK, which is presenting new features such as extending from advanced manufacturing to modern service industry, expanding from industrial projects to scientific and technological cooperation, and running from unilateral investment to bidirectional.
She introduced the advantages of Nanjing's industrial development and investment policies, and said that Nanjing, as a highland of innovation, industrial powerhouse and open frontier, is committed to creating a market-oriented, rule-of-law and internationalized business environment, and promoting the new quality of productivity to become the most distinctive mark of high-quality development, and is willing to work with British enterprises to share the advantages of Nanjing's industrial supporting facilities, talent concentration, opening up and green development, and to build a city model of economic and trade cooperation between China and the United Kingdom. We are willing to work with British enterprises to share Nanjing's advantages in industrial support, talent concentration, opening up and green development, and jointly build a model city for economic and trade cooperation between China and Britain.
Zheng Zeguang said in his speech that China is firmly on the path of Chinese-style modernization and high-quality development, and is accelerating the development of new quality productivity. So far this year, China's economy has continued to improve, showing good growth. China and the United Kingdom have great potential for cooperation in many areas such as financial services, biomedicine, high-end manufacturing, new energy, creative industries and so on. Nanjing, as one of the four ancient capitals of China, with deep cultural heritage, strong economic strength and sufficient talent reserves, has superior conditions for attracting foreign investment and is a hot spot for foreign investment and cooperation. The Chinese Embassy in the UK will support the Chinese and British business communities to strengthen dialog and exchange, and further expand mutually beneficial cooperation.
Gupeqin and McLean said in their speeches that China and the UK need each other and benefit from each other, and China's high-quality development is bound to bring new opportunities. Nanjing, as one of the most developed cities in China's Yangtze River Delta region, is very important for British companies to enter the Chinese market, and should further tighten the ties and deepen cooperation. Heads of PwC, INEOS, Molle Optics and other companies shared successful cases of investment and cooperation in Nanjing and the UK.
The exchange meeting also held a project signing ceremony, Ould Oil Storage, Ai Rui Group, Vivan Precision Medical and a number of other projects were signed on the spot, covering a variety of fields such as biomedicine, intelligent logistics, modern chemical industry and so on.
