As the new central engine of Shanghai, the North Bund has attracted global attention and become a hot spot for investment. During the CIIE, the Shanghai North Bund Investment Promotion and Promotion Conference was held, and a total of 16 enterprises including SDIC New Energy announced to land at the North Bund, with a total investment of RMB 4.438 billion. This year, Hongkou has successfully introduced 56 key projects such as Zijin Mining and Electrolux, with an investment of RMB 41.6 billion.
In order to focus on the strategic goal of the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River, we should widely pool the resources of all parties to lay a solid foundation for high-quality development, gather the strength to overcome difficulties to share the development achievements of forging ahead, and fully take advantage of the spillover effect of the CIIE to promote the re-development, re-acceleration and re-improvement of the North Bund’s development and construction. On November 10, the Conference of the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance was held in the World Conference Hall located at the North Bund.
Attending the meeting were Guo Fang, Member of Standing Committee of Municipal Party Committee and Chief of Hongkou District Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Shanghai Committee, Shou Ziqi, Chair of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Chair of General Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai, Wang Xiaohan, Vice Director of United Front Work Department of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Chief of Party Group of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, Lu Ming, Deputy Chief of Hongkou District Party Committee and Acting District Governor, Yang Qian, Vice Chair of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, Zheng Hong, Member of Standing Committee of Hongkou District Party Committee and Director of the United Front Work Department and Chen Shuai, Deputy District Governor.
In his welcoming speech, Lu Ming said that the current North Bund is not only the best viewing platform for the century charm of Shanghai and the achievements of reform and opening up, but also a wonderful showcase for Chinese path to modernization and a future city model room that represents the country in global competition and cooperation. In accordance with the goal of "Three Years’ Efforts for Image, Five Years’ Efforts for Function, and Ten Years’ Efforts for Completion of Construction", the North Bund has been fully developed, with the charm of coastline quality blooming, the capability of supporting functions improved, the transportation advantage increasingly highlighted, the planning and construction accelerated, and the high-end leading industry clustering. The establishment of the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance will accelerate the gathering of high-end resource elements for the North Bund, attract leading talents in the industry, carry out international exchanges and cooperation, and play a role as a link. Hongkou sincerely welcomes the member units of the Alliance to use the North Bund as the main venue for discussion, friends-making, brand promotion and member empowerment, so that more enterprises can know, understand and enter the North Bund.
Wang Xiaohan delivered a congratulatory speech. He said that on the occasion of the Fifth China International Import Expo, the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance was established. It was an invitation from the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River and a warm embrace of chambers of commerce at home and abroad to the land. In recent years, the development and construction of the North Bund is in full swing, and the infrastructure, industrial structure, business environment, etc. are changing with each passing day. The North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance is a cooperation and exchange platform for sharing great achievements and creating the future together. It is believed that the Commerce Chambers’ Alliance will rely on its own advantages, constantly expand the circle of friends, draw a concentric circle for development, and comprehensively open a new chapter of strong alliance and joint progress. It is believed that the North Bund will become a new engine of the central radiation in Shanghai, a new landmark leading the north-south development axis, and a new benchmark for urban development in the new era, and a new window for the Chinese path to modernization to show the world the vivid practice of Chinese modernization.
The North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance aims to better build a broad and diversified functional platform for cooperation, exchange and common development, so that more enterprises in the chambers of commerce have a better channel platform to participate in the development and construction of the North Bund, and work together to share opportunities and create the future. In the early stage of preparation, the Hongkou District Government, as the sponsor, together with the temporary preparatory group formed by the Hongkou District Investment Promotion Office, the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Foreign Affairs Office and other departments, comprehensively sorted out the chambers of commerce of other provinces and cities and foreign chambers of commerce in Shanghai. The first batch of companies invited included 14 units, including 3 competent chambers of commerce of Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, 5 chambers of commerce of other places in Shanghai, 4 foreign chambers of commerce in China, and 2 chambers of commerce in Hong Kong and Macao, which became the initial member units. After the preparatory meeting, the drafts of articles of association, rotating chair, executive chair candidates, etc. were voted and approved, and a strategic cooperation memorandum was signed. One rotating chairperson and three executive chairpersons were elected.
Ding Zuohong, First Rotating Chairperson of North-Bund International Chamber of Commerce Alliance and President of the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, made an exchange speech and read out the proposal. He said that the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance would adhere to the concept of win-win cooperation, based on the new era, seize new opportunities, and show new achievements, and work together to promote the development and construction of the North Bund with high quality, high standard and high level, so as to become a new force in the construction and development of the North Bund. It would closely adhere to the strategic goal of the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River, effectively gather the strength of all parties, faithfully perform their duties and missions, vigorously promote the entrepreneurship of the new era, to promote the North Bund to become one of the regions with the best business environment and the strongest service functions in the world. Representatives of the executive chairpersons and members of the Commerce Chambers’ Alliance made statements respectively.
Striving for a hundred years and embarking on a new journey. In the future, the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance will continue to work to build a leading platform for the chambers of commerce and its member units to cooperate, serve and seek common development, and a functional platform to link the Yangtze River Delta and the world, promote the members of the alliance to deeply participate in the development and construction of the North Bund, and help the North Bund become a new central engine of Shanghai in the future, a new landmark leading the north-south development axis, and a new benchmark for the urban development in the new era.
On the site, the Shanghai Hongkou District People's Government signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the North-Bund International Commerce Chambers’ Alliance, and signed with Caitong Securities, Huiling Pharmaceutical and other key projects at the North Bund.
Connecting the world and making achievements in the future, the North Bund opens the door to opportunities for global investors!