This year, Hongkou released the 6.0 Version of Action Plan of Business Environment in Hongkou District to speed up the investment attranction.
In recent years, Hongkou has always regarded the optimization of the business environment as the key to enhancing the core competitiveness of the urban area, continuously consolidated the joint efforts of enterprise services, and actively created a business environment that is friendly, secure and stable environment for business. This is inseparable from the efforts of Hongkou’s officials of introducing investment. As the major force of the investment promotion work in Hongkou, these officials have been running around the buildings and the committees and offices for years, harvesting the satisfaction and the sense of belonging of enterprises with their enthusiasm and high-quality services.
Yu Xiaolong is the head of the investment promotion department at the first branch of the Investment Service Center of the Hongkou District Investment Promotion Office.He always tailors a full-cycle service package for enterprises from their perspectives, making them deeply feel the convenience and warmth of the business environment in Hongkou. His serious work attitude has also been recognized and affirmed by several high-quality enterprises.
Last year, Hongkou launched the Three-year Action Plan for Enterprises to Return to Hongkou and eight measures including talent, medical treatment, children's education, and whole-process and whole-cycle services to guide key enterprises to return to and take root in Hongkou. Once the Plan was launched, it received widespread attention and attracted a series of key enterprises to move back.
Shanghai Electric Fan Factory is one of them. It was established in 1947 and has been rooted in Hongkou for many years. Later, due to corporate decisions and historical reasons, it moved to the other district and is now under the jurisdiction of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. After the launch of the Plan, the invitation from the Office received a positive response from the Factory. Meanwhile, it also made demands, including applying for high-tech enterprises and expanding its business scope. After learning about the needs of the Factory, Yu Xiaolong and his team went to multiple departments such as the science and technology commission, the taxation department, and the industry and commerce department to coordinate and communicate with all parties. Finally, by the end of last year, all the demands of the factory had been realized. They were very satisfied with the official Yu Xiaolong. The Factory also moved back to Hongkou smoothly.
According to Yu Xiaolong, during his investment promotion work of over ten years, he has introduced an average of over 150 new registered enterprises every year. One enterprise has increased its tertiary tax revenue from the original 500,000 yuan per year to 140 million yuan in the 4 years after settling in Hongkou. The development of the enterprise to such a large scale in a short period of time has given him a great sense of achievement. He said that his goal is to bring in enterprises and provide good services for them, make them deeply feel the convenience and warmth of the business environment in Hongkou. Zhou Ming, the investment manager of the second branch of the Investment Service Center of the Hongkou District Investment Promotion Office, revealed to reporters that he encountered unprecedented challenges when introducing Bose Electronics (Shanghai) Company Limited.
At that time, the office expressed its intention to introduce to Bose Electronics. However, the company was not very familiar with the business environment in Hongkou and a series of policies after its settlement in Hongkou. Zhou Ming said that he and other officials visited Bose Electronics for many times to explain the corresponding policies one by one, and the conversation lasted for a whole day.In the end, the company was moved by the enthusiasm of the investment promotion service personnel in Hongkou.In addition, due to the import and export customs declaration of foreign-funded enterprises, Zhou also led senior executives to visit Pujiang Customs and Hongkou Customs in Hongkou to provide them with a detailed understanding of the implementation steps and approval process of customs declaration, and relieved the enterprise of its worries. Finally, after 18 months, Bose Electronics chose to settle in Hongkou.
When it comes to Hongkou's achievements in investment promotion, Zhou said that on the one hand, they have done a relatively meticulous job, and have made a comprehensive expectation of the problems and obstacles that may be encountered during the investment promotion process. They have listed the solutions to be prepared in advance. On the other hand, they dare to face difficulties. When encountering bottlenecks in the investment process, they never give up and win the favor of enterprises with enthusiasm.
Nowadays, the investment promotion in Hongkou is underway, and the scope of enterprises for investment promotion is not limited to Shanghai, but to nationwide and global firms. They are attracted to settle in Hongkou through holding promotional events and other means.
In Hongkou, there are still many officials like Yu Xiaolong and Zhou Ming. They will, as always, be enthusiastic and take practical actions to provide nanny style and one-stop services for enterprises, so that enterprises can experience the high-level services from Hongkou. They impress enterprises with sincerity, retain enterprises with services, and contribute to the construction of a new business environment and high-quality and efficient service level in Hongkou.