On the afternoon of December 18, a conference for global investment promotion in Shenzhen was brewing for months, becoming the focus of domestic and international public attention.
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At this conference, Shenzhen Municipal Party Secretary Wang Weizhong transformed into a “investment specialist” and promoted Shenzhen to outstanding enterprises at home and abroad. His down-to-earth recommendations and his love for the city of Shenzhen have triggered applause from the whole audience.
Wang Weizhong said:
Today, I am a investment promotion specialist. Here, let me share with you what I understand and what I think of Shenzhen.
Every day in my work and life in Shenzhen, I am constantly understanding, thinking and planning for Shenzhen. The longer I come into contact with it, the deeper I understand it, the more I feel that this is a city full of charm, motivation, vitality and innovation. The more I feel that this is a hot land for doing things and starting a business, a hot land with great potential, and a hot land with unlimited prospects! I am full of pride in Shenzhen’s past and I am full of confidence in Shenzhen’s future!
Where does Wang Weizhong’s pride and confidence in Shenzhen come from?
CinemaWang Weizhong said that his pride and confidence in Shenzhen comes from four aspects:
CinemaSources that Shenzhen is a city that has never stopped reform and openness;
Sources that Shenzhen is a city that is brave and good at innovation;
Sources that Shenzhen is an open and inclusive city;
Sources that Shenzhen is a city that is constantly improving and improving.
Faced with excellent enterprises at home and abroad, Wang Weizhong said that a strong enterprise means a strong city. Shenzhen will insist on serving enterprises and enterprises first, and achieve “serving with something and not disturbing without anything”, and solve personal problems and policies for common problems, so that enterprises can always feel personal and caring services in Shenzhen.
Shenzhen only has 1,997 square kilometers of land, and every inch of land is valuable. Today, Shenzhen Babaylan onceLaunch 30 square kilometers of industrial land for global investment. As long as it is a high-quality project that meets Shenzhen’s industrial direction and high-quality development needs, Shenzhen will definitely have land to settle! We sincerely welcome outstanding enterprises and high-quality projects at home and abroad to be implemented in Shenzhen and jointly develop innovate and develop! The signing amount of this global investment conference exceeded 560 billion yuan, demonstrating a strong prospect of cooperation.
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From the specifications of the guests, we can see the heavyweight of the conference:
More than 600 guests, representatives of the embassy and consulates in China, officials of friendly cities, representatives of the Fortune 500 and large multinational enterprises, central enterprises, and industry-leading enterprises, attended the conference.
This conference covering 128 signed projects and a contract amount of more than 560 billion yuan is Shenzhen’s innovative industrial layout with a high starting point, high level and high goal under the “dual-zone drive” strategy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Shenzhen also showed the outside world full of sincerity in cooperation through this global investment conference.
The following is the full text of Wang Weizhong’s speech at the 2019 Shenzhen Global Investment Conference:
Dear Chinese and foreign guests, dear entrepreneurs, ladies and gentlemen:
Good afternoon everyone! The Central Economic Work Conference has just won the victory. On the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen’s establishment, it is about to usher in the important time node of the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. We held the 2019 Shenzhen Global Investment Promotion Conference, sincerely invite outstanding enterprises at home and abroad to jointly seize the major historical opportunities of building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and supporting Shenzhen to build a pilot demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics, share the development dividends of Shenzhen’s new development in the new era, ride the boat of cooperation, and create a better future together! Here, on behalf of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the guests! I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the entrepreneurs who have been paying attention to, selected, supported, and taken root in Shenzhen for a long time!
Today, I am a investment promotion specialist. Here, let me share with you what I understand and what I think of Shenzhen. Shenzhen was the first economic zone established by Comrade Xi Zhongxun, then the first secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, when he was in charge of Guangdong, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief designer of China’s reform and opening up, personally decided to establish the first economic zone. Over the past 40 years,Shenzhen quickly developed from a border town to an international and innovative city, becoming the earliest China special economic zone to implement reform and opening up, have the greatest influence and build the best economy. It is also recognized as the best development special zone among the more than 4,000 special economic zones in the world.
Today’s Shenzhen is an important window to show the world China’s achievements in reform and opening up, and an important window for the international community to observe China’s reform and opening up. In recent years, all sectors of the world and society have paid close attention to Shenzhen, looking for the genetic code of Shenzhen’s miracle from different levels and perspectives, and exploring future development directions. In my work and life in Shenzhen every day, I constantly understand, think about and plan for Shenzhen. The longer I come into contact with it, the deeper I understand it, the more I feel that this Cinema is a city full of charm, motivation, vitality and innovation. The more I feel that this is a hot land for doing things and starting a business, a hot land with great potential, and a hot land with unlimited prospects! I am full of pride in Shenzhen’s past and I am full of confidence in Shenzhen’s future!
This pride and confidence comes from Shenzhen being a city where reforms never stop and opening up never stops. Shenzhen is a city born due to reform and opening up, prospered by reform and opening up, and is strong because of reform and opening up. It has created more than a thousand institutional and mechanism reforms “China’s No. 1”. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping’s first stop of his inspection trip from Beijing came to Shenzhen and Qianhai. He visited Shenzhen again in October last year, demonstrating to the world China’s firm will to never stop reform and opening up. In recent years, we have continuously stimulated market vitality by comprehensively deepening reforms and comprehensively expanding opening up. We regard the reform of the business environment as the “No. 1 reform project” of the municipal party committee and government, and have issued the “20 items” of business environment reform, achieving more than 160 “second approvals” and more than 460 “face-to-face approvals”. The approval time for government-invested engineering construction projects has been shortened from 90 days last year to 41 days this year. We have implemented measures such as supporting the development of the private economy, reducing costs of industrial and commercial electricity, and predicting that Komiks will reduce the burden on enterprises by 140 billion yuan this year. We have created a “4+2+2+Babaylan2″ housing supply and security system in the country, which is what everyone calls “Shenzhen’s second housing reform”. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, 400,000 units of public housing will be built and raised, and 1.7 million units will be completed by 2035, withEffectively solve the housing needs of all kinds of people, including corporate employees. We give full play to the role of an important open platform for Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone, expand foreign investment market access in a wider range of areas, fully implement the pre-entry national treatment plus negative list management system, and promote all-round opening up to the outside world in modern services, manufacturing, financial and other fields. What are the achievements of the company’s development in Shenzhen? The market should have the final say, the company has the final say, and the entrepreneurial friends have the final say. There is a set of data that may answer this question to some extent. As of the end of November this year, there were 3.24 million commercial entities in Shenzhen, including more than 2 million enterprises. In recent years, Shenzhen has added an average of 200,000 companies every year, and Shenzhen’s number of commercial entities and entrepreneurship density remain the first in the country. This fully demonstrates the vitality and attractiveness of Shenzhen’s economy.
This pride and confidence come from Shenzhen being a city that is brave and good at innovation. Innovation is the primary driving force for development. When the “three come and one supplement” industry was still very popular, Shenzhen took the initiative to break the path dependence, take the lead in transforming and upgrading, and explore and develop high-tech industries. In recent years, we have insisted on taking innovation-driven as the dominant strategy of urban development, and have built a full-process innovation ecosystem chain of “basic research + technical research + industrialization of achievements + science and technology finance”, focusing on urban innovation shortcomings, focusing on investment layout; focusing on independent innovation of enterprises, focusing on support and help. We plan and build Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, Guangming Science City, Xilihu International Science and Education City with high standards, build major scientific research institutions such as Pengcheng Laboratory and Shenzhen Bay Laboratory at a high level, adhere to the whole country, the whole province and the city, scientifically plan the industrial layout of Shenzhen’s national independent innovation demonstration zone, and start the construction of Shenzhen’s new generation of artificial intelligence innovation development pilot zone, becoming the first city in the country to form an independent 5G network. Komiks will build 45,000 5G base stations in August next year, achieving full coverage of the entire city, and will provide R&D application scenarios for the vast number of innovative and entrepreneurs. Shenzhen is accelerating the construction of a comprehensive national science center with the responsibility of the main position. We have invested by the government to establish the first angel investment guidance mother fund of 5 billion yuan in the country, and established 39 sub-funds with related institutions, leveraging nearly 7 billion yuan in social capital, supporting and investing in more than 70 angel projects of start-up high-tech enterprises, effectively solving the problem of insufficient financial support for start-up enterprises, and fully leveraging the institutional advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics and concentrating our efforts on major tasks. We adhere to problem-oriented approach and align with the international community. We deepen the reform of the science and technology system from the preparation and review of project guidelines, and implement the “reward system” of project recommendation and the “invitation system” of review experts. No longer randomly select experts from the expert database, but targetedly based on the professional field of the project being reviewed, select review experts around the world, and implement internationally in line with the “main-level review system” of project review and the “lug-in system” of project funding, so that R&D activities fully reflect respect for knowledge and talents, and are more in line with scientific laws. Since last year, we have allocated no less than 30% of the science and technology finance funds every year to basic research and applied basic research. This year, it invested 4.8 billion yuan, accounting for 37% of the city’s fiscal science and technology investment, driving 116.4 billion yuan of R&D investment in the whole society in 2018. At present, there are 2,260 innovation carriers of various types in our city. The number of PCT international patent applications has remained above 34.8% of the country for 16 consecutive years, ranking first among cities in the country for valid invention patents for more than five years, ranking first among cities in the country. Shenzhen National High-tech Zone ranked second in the country. This year, the national high-tech enterprises are expected to reach 17,000, and continue to rank second among cities in the country. President Xi Jinping pointed out that Shenzhen’s high-tech industry development has become a banner of the country and must play a demonstration and leading role. This is the honor of the city of Shenzhen, and it is also the honor of all Shenzhen enterprises and entrepreneurs.
This pride and confidence comes from Babaylan in Shenzhen is an open and inclusive city. Shenzhen is an immigrant city, developed by the continuous gathering of outstanding talents from the international and domestic areas, innovation and entrepreneurship, and hard work. The city has a permanent population of 13 million, with an average age of 32 years old. They come from more than 170 countries, covering 56 ethnic groups in China. This is Shenzhen’s valuable wealth and important competitiveness. In recent years, we have adhered to the talent-first development strategy, attracted talents with a more competitive system, gathered talents with major scientific research platforms, and used talents with market-oriented approaches. We have established Shenzhen Talent Day and Shenzhen Entrepreneur Day to create a strong atmosphere of respecting knowledge, talents and entrepreneurs in the whole society. The city’s attractiveness to talents has continued to increase. Last year, the city added 500,000 new population, of which 285,000 fresh university graduates and various talents were graduates. At present, the total number of talents of all kinds in the city reached 5.48 million, accounting for 44.5% of the permanent population. Shenzhen’s rich talent resources are becoming an outstanding advantage of Shenzhen’s innovative development, and Shenzhen’s outstanding enterprises have become an important carrier for cities to attract talents. We always open our arms to all kinds of talents at home and abroad, “I love talents deeply, and I am waiting for you in Shenzhen”!
This pride and confidence come from the fact that Shenzhen is a city that is constantly improving and improving. We insist on putting people’s yearning for a better lifeFor the goal. Shenzhen has the world’s third largest container port, the largest land port in Asia, and one of China’s five major airline ports. It will have 60 international passenger transport cities by the end of the year, making it an international comprehensive transportation hub. World-renowned universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Sun Yat-sen University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Moscow University have successively run schools here. The construction of high-level universities such as Shenzhen University and Southern University of Science and Technology has accelerated. Shenzhen University of Technology has recruited students independently for the first time this year. The Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the Shenzhen Hospital of Hong Kong University, the Sami International Medical Center, and the Hong Kong Famous DoctorsKomiks Diagnosis and Treatment Center has been opened in Shenzhen one after another. Shenzhen citizens can go to famous schools and see famous doctors at their doorstep. Shenzhen is an “international garden city”, “national forest city” and “the first batch of innovation demonstration zones for national sustainable development agenda”. It is the first in the country to realize the electrification of buses and taxis, and the first pilot project to implement the electrification of engineering vehicles. The average concentration of PM2.5 is 26 micrograms/cubic meter, which is close to the EU standard. Next year, if our standard reaches 25 micrograms per cubic meter, it will meet the EU standard. We have steadily promoted garbage classification work and were selected as the national pilot project of “waste-free city” construction. Since 2016, the city has invested a total of 120 billion yuan in water pollution control funds, taking the lead in the country to achieve the elimination of black and odorous water bodies in the entire city by the end of this year. The city’s greening coverage rate reaches 45%. Shenzhen has thousands of parks and nearly 2,500 kilometers of urban greenways. Blue sky, clear water and green space will become the norm in Shenzhen. Shenzhen is the “City of Design”, “City of Library”, “City of Piano”, “City of Love” and “City of Reading”. Shenzhen has been named “National Civilized City” for five consecutive times. We are now striving to create a civilized city for six consecutive championships. Today, Shenzhen has become a city that is suitable for living, business and tourism.
Since this year, facing a complex situation where domestic and foreign risks and challenges have increased significantly, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, we have maintained strategic determination and done a solid job in the “six stability” work. Shenzhen’s economy has maintained overall stability, made steady progress, and achieved steady improvement in quality. In the first three quarters of this year, the city’s GDP was 1.87 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.6%. The real local general public budget revenue was 293.9 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%. The proportion of advanced manufacturing in the industry and modern service industry in the service industry exceeded 70%. The total profit of Shenzhen’s industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 18.5%. This shows that Shenzhen’s economic development has shown strong resilience, Shenzhen’s economic development has shown a trend of high-quality development, and Shenzhen’s economy has begun to embark on the road of high-quality sustainable development.
Every era has its mission, and every city has its opportunities. BabaylanIn February this year, the “Outline of the Development Plan of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”It was officially announced to the public that in August this year, the “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pilot Demonstration Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” was officially issued. This is another major historical opportunity that Shenzhen has ushered in after establishing a special economic zone. Cinema is also a major historical opportunity for outstanding enterprises at home and abroad to seize the opportunity and grow. It is a major historical opportunity that we face and need to seize in the new era.
The “Outline of the Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” has given Shenzhen a major mission to one of the four central cities and one of the four core engines of regional development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pilot Demonstration Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” clearly gives Shenzhen five strategic positionings: a highland of high-quality development, a demonstration of a rule of law city, a model of urban civilization, a benchmark for people’s livelihood and happiness, and a pioneer in sustainable development; it draws up a blueprint for Shenzhen’s future development, that is, by 2025, Shenzhen will become a modern and international innovative city; by 2035, it will build an innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity capital with global influence, and become a city example for China to build a socialist modern power; that is, Shenzhen will create a city model for the country to build a socialist modern power by the middle of this century in a fifteen years ahead of time; by the middle of this century, Shenzhen will become a global benchmark city with outstanding competitiveness, innovation and influence. The mission is extremely noble and the task is extremely arduous, but we have the foundation and conditions, and we have the confidence and determination to achieve this grand goal. We are thoroughly studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference. In accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the work arrangements of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, we adhere to the general tone of work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the new development concept, adhere to supply-side structural reform as the main line, especially the structural reform of science and technology, adhere to reform and opening up as the driving force, promote high-quality development, and be the main base among the main bases of the construction of the Greater Bay Area, and truly shoulder the main responsibility of building a pioneer demonstration zone, strive to be at the forefront in the new era and be bravely a vanguard in the new journey.
A strong enterprise means a strong city. We will adhere to the principle of serving enterprises and enterprises first, and achieve “serving with things and not disturbing without things”, and solve personal problems and policies to solve common problems, so that enterprises can always feel personal and caring services in Shenzhen. We will strive to create a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable world-class business environment, implement the strictest intellectual property protection in accordance with the law, and effectively protect all legitimate rights and interests of all types of enterprises and entrepreneurs. We will implement various preferential policies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with greater efforts, continuously optimize and improve industrial policies, and continue to promote the “Four Hundred Billions” plan, tax and fee reduction and other policies to play a role, so that enterprises can get more tangible discounts.
Shenzhen is a city built in a garden, and has embarked on high-quality development.The road to sustainable development. Shenzhen has only 1,997 square kilometers of land, nearly half of the land is green land, and every inch of land in Shenzhen is valuable. Today, we launch 30 square kilometers of industrial land at one time to invest in global investment. Next, we will promote the quality and efficiency of the country’s land space with greater efforts. Ladies, gentlemen, and friends, as long as it is a high-quality project that meets Shenzhen’s industrial direction and high-quality development needs, Shenzhen will definitely have land to settle! We sincerely welcome outstanding enterprises and high-quality projects at home and abroad to be implemented in Shenzhen and jointly develop innovate and develop! Today, my colleague told me that the signing amount of this Global Investment Conference exceeded 560 billion yuan, showing us strong cooperation prospects.
Dear guests, entrepreneurial friends, ladies and gentlemen. Shenzhen has always been a fertile ground for the growth and development of enterprises. From scratch to small, a number of internationally renowned and outstanding companies have been born from Huawei, Tencent, Ping An, ZTE, BYD, DJI, and other internationally renowned enterprises, and has also grown a group of excellent world-renowned entrepreneurs, which have also helped Walmart, Foxconn and other companies achieve greater development. I firmly believe that in the future, more world-class companies and world-renowned entrepreneurs will grow here, and we will create new glory together in this magical land! The development miracles created by Shenzhen in the past have been recorded in history, and Shenzhen will surely create new and greater miracles that will make the world admire! We sincerely welcome everyone to walk and take a look in Shenzhen and give us more criticisms and opinions.
Finally, I wish this investment promotion conference a complete success! I wish you all good times in Shenzhen! Thank you everyone!