On March 23, the Promotion Conference on Investment Cooperation between Shanghai and Beijing in 2023 with a theme of "Two Cities Cooperating for A Future" was successfully held in Beijing. At the promotion conference, five key projects in Hongkou District with a total investment of nearly RMB3 billion were signed, involving key areas such as new materials, high-end equipment, digital economy, metaverse, and financial services. The Beijing Service Station for Investment in Hongkou, Shanghai was also unveiled and established. Liu Ping, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, attended and delivered a speech, while Chen Shuai, deputy head of the Hongkou District, made an investment promotion for the North Bund.
Focusing on the integration of industry and city, displaying regional characteristics, embracing the city of future and the North Bund standing in the middle of the stage
Hongkou is located in the core section of Shanghai’s downtown area, with the convenient transportation, the complete functional support and the profound cultural heritage. Currently, Hongkou focuses on the strategic goals of the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River, promoting a new round of development and construction of the North Bund into a new stage of comprehensive momentum. As the only golden area in Shanghai’s downtown area that can be planned and deeply developed, it will provide a platform for entrepreneurs and investors with international vision and strategic vision to start businesses and a stage to realize value.
In the theme promotion part, Chen Shuai provided a detailed introduction to the development status of the North Bund in four aspects: "Charming City", "Dynamic City", "Strength City", and "Future City".Chen stated that in addition to strengthening high-end service trade, the North Bund would enhance regional innovation concentration, actively embrace the wave of "Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Technology Returning to City", target Shanghai’s three major leaders, six pillars, four new tracks, and five future industries, and vigorously create an innovation ecosystem of "scientists daring to work, capital daring to invest, enterprises daring to venture, and government daring to support", use financial vitality to stimulate scientific and technological innovation, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, develop the technology service industry and gather scientific and technological innovation headquarters, and construct the North Bund Technological Innovation Headquarters Cluster Area.The North Bund in the future will be presented as an important display window of Chinese path to modernization, and become a "future city model room" participating in the competition and cooperation of the top central business districts among global cities on behalf of Shanghai.
Hongkou has obvious geographical advantages and strong development momentum in the North Bund. The future industrial layout and innovation concentration of Hongkou are consistent with the development direction and strategy of the enterprise, and Hongkou's comprehensive support policies and excellent business environment also have a strong role in attracting enterprise investment", said Chao Wei, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Shougang LangzaTech Co., Ltd, “We will join hands with Hongkou to witness the miracle created by the North Bund”.
The Establishment of Beijing Service Station Helps to Promote the Growth of Enterprises
Under the joint witness of relevant officials and over 100 enterprises in Beijing, the Beijing Service Station for Investment in Hongkou, Shanghai was officially unveiled and established. Shanghai opened its first regional service center in Beijing, marking a new era for investment in Shanghai's "going global" work. The Service Station will provide precise, comprehensive, and efficient services for enterprises and institutions in Beijing. By identifying the complementary points of industries and the cooperation points of projects, it will promote mutual learning and resource sharing, assist enterprises in increasing capital and expanding production, speeding up development, sharing new opportunities for cooperation, and jointly creating a new future for development.
In the round table forum, the guests co-discussed the industrial advantages of Hongkou District and Shanghai, as well as the new investment opportunities in the new situation.
Shanghai and Beijing have a long history of exchanges and profound friendship, and both of them shoulder major national strategic missions and have a vast space for cooperation. This event will deepen the exchange and cooperation between the two regions in the field of emerging industries, promote the deep integration of innovation chain, industry chain, talent chain, capital chain, and service chain, promote high-quality development of industries, seize the momentum of national strategy, and realize the promise of the times together.