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On November 5th, the 5th China Zhejiang-Europe Digital Economy and High-tech Industry Summit Matchmaking Conference (hereinafter referred to as “Matchmaking Conference”) was held in the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). This matchmaking meeting is a key supporting activity for Zhejiang Province to participate in the 3rd China International Import Expo(CIIE). It is hosted by the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, jointly undertaken by the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and implemented by Zhejiang Yuanda International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
Zhu Congjiu, Vice Governor of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, Wang Bingnan, Vice Minister of Commerce, and Dr. Ou Zhen, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai attended and delivered speeches. Wu Ke, British Consul General in Shanghai, and consuls from European countries such as Finland and Spain were present. Sheng Qiuping, director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, presided over the matchmaking meeting, and Han Jie, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Commerce and first-class inspector, presided over the keynote speech.
The matchmaking meeting will build a platform for dialogue and cooperation between digital economy enterprises of both sides, and inject new vitality into global innovation and development. More than 170 digital economy and high-tech giants and leading enterprises from Zhejiang and Europe will participate. 50 Fortune 500 companies and internationally renowned companies such as Siemens, Bayer, SAP, Rheinland, Merck, Eternal Power and Bosch, and more than 120 enterprises in the digital economy and high-tech fields in Zhejiang Province such as Wahaha, Alibaba, Geely Holding, Hikvision, Zhongda Products, Guomao Group, Transportation Investment Group, Tongkun Group and Juhua Group. Conduct dialogue and cooperation around new infrastructure construction, new formats of digital economy, basic research, technological innovation, and technology application promotion, and actively guide the two sides in 5G, Industry 4.0, big data, cloud computing, blockchain, artificial intelligence, financial technology, new energy vehicles, chip semiconductors, life sciences, high-end intelligent equipment, recycling industry, new materials, technology incubation, digital economy strategic planning consultation, smart medical care, and construction.
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In his speech, Zhu Congjiu pointed out that Zhejiang will adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, speed up the cultivation of domestic demand system, make efforts to smooth the domestic cycle and promote the international and domestic double cycle. Zhejiang will continue to tap the potential of domestic demand, further conform to the trend of consumption upgrading, and provide a larger and better quality market space for European enterprises to expand their exports. Zhejiang will build a new open economic system with a higher level, build a number of import distribution centers, provide a platform carrier for European goods to enter the China market, and create a fair competition market environment for domestic and foreign-funded enterprises. Zhejiang will also participate more extensively in China-EU economic and trade cooperation, expand trade exchanges with Europe, and strengthen industrial cooperation between Zhejiang and Europe by relying on platforms such as international industrial cooperation parks and overseas economic and trade cooperation zones. We sincerely hope that people from all walks of life in Zhejiang and Europe will seize the great opportunity of building a new development pattern, further enhance understanding, expand consensus, promote more influential cooperation results, create a model for Zhejiang’s friendly cooperation between China and European countries, contribute Zhejiang’s experience, and jointly write a new chapter of win-win and mutually beneficial development.
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Wang Bingnan pointed out in his speech that Germany has a large number of world-leading enterprises in digital economy and high technology. In recent years, the development of digital economy in China has achieved remarkable results. China-EU cooperation in digital economy has a good foundation and broad space. As one of the provinces with strong economic strength, high degree of openness and active digital economy in China, Zhejiang is the “vanguard” of digital economy development in China, and now it is also the “leader” of digital economy cooperation with Europe. I sincerely hope that this matchmaking meeting can achieve fruitful cooperation results.
In her speech, Dr. Christine Althauser pointed out that despite all kinds of challenges and travel restrictions this year, more than 170 German enterprises still attended the Import Expo to show themselves and their products to potential China partners. The digital economy and high-tech enterprises of both sides can benefit from China’s further opening up and bilateral cooperation, and German will further strengthen cooperation with Zhejiang.
Fang Liqun highlighted the 2.0 version of Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone with the theme of “sharing free trade opportunities and seeking common future development”. He said that the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, as the highest level opening platform in Zhejiang, is an important carrier for building a new development pattern. In September this year, the State Council agreed to expand the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, adding three new areas of Ningbo, Hangzhou and Jinyi with a total area of 119.5 square kilometers, and defined the “five functional orientations”. It will focus on building a commodity resource allocation base with oil as the core, a new international trade center, an international shipping and logistics hub, a digital economy development demonstration zone and an advanced manufacturing cluster, building a new open economic system with a higher level and creating a new highland for reform and opening up in the new era. This is a further step. At the same time, he introduced the development advantages and strategic positioning of different regions in Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone to the participating enterprises.
During the matchmaking meeting, the third signing ceremony of major projects in China International Import Expo(CIIE) and Zhejiang Province was held, and 17 major foreign investment projects, 5 major import procurement projects and 2 strategic cooperation projects were signed on the spot, totaling 6.46 billion US dollars. Among them, foreign-funded projects involve intelligent manufacturing, 5G communication, new materials, new energy, environmental protection equipment and other industries, with a total investment of 5.6 billion US dollars. Procurement projects involve technical equipment, outsourcing services, agricultural products, automobiles and other categories, with a purchase amount of 860 million US dollars.
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Deputy Director Han Jie and Deputy Director Wang Jian signed strategic cooperation agreements with Bank of China Zhejiang Branch and Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Co., Ltd. on behalf of the Provincial Department of Commerce.
At the meeting, a new batch of pilot awarding ceremony of market procurement trade mode was also held, and the commencement of major foreign-funded projects such as Huzhou Changxing Tianneng Shuaifude high-energy lithium battery project and Jiaxing Jiashan Genting Xinyao pharmaceutical science and technology project was reported.
Executives from nine well-known digital economy enterprises, including Nokia, Bayer, Rheinland, Alibaba, johnson controls, Accenture, Wahaha, Idiada Group and Graffiti Intelligence, and unicorn and gazelle enterprises gave keynote speeches, sharing their understanding of digital economy from different industries, different fields and different digital scenarios and applications.
Susanna, Vice President of Nokia Greater China, gave a speech entitled “Nokia: a Reliable Digital Partner”, focusing on the development of Nokia in the 5G market, its achievements and its next application in the China market. Ulrich Stefer, Chief Financial Officer of Bayer (China) Co., Ltd. gave a speech entitled “Bayer in Digital Transformation”, expounding the important role of digital development in the health field. Lu Xunhai, executive director of Rheinland TV, Germany, gave a speech entitled “Innovation Ignites New Motive of Traditional Industries”, pointing out that as a traditional enterprise, it is necessary to seize the opportunity of digital upgrading and development, and constantly innovate to achieve sustainable development. Shen Li, co-founder of Alibaba Group Box Horse Xiansheng, gave a speech entitled “Digital Practice of Box Horse’s New Retail”, shared the overall digitalization and online of Box Horse’s business under new technologies and applications, and pointed out that digitalization will bring brand-new consumption patterns and retail models. Wei Lairui, vice president and general manager of johnson controls Asia-Pacific automatic control business, gave a speech entitled “Green and Sustainable Intelligent Building Technology”, and shared the blueprint of sustainable intelligent building and the overall solution. Jiang Chonglong, managing director of Aizhesen Greater China and head of industrial X business, gave a speech entitled “Developing Intelligent Manufacturing with High Quality”, expounded the bottlenecks and challenges faced by the accelerated development of intelligent manufacturing, and put forward suggestions for the transformation of intelligent manufacturing. Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha, gave a speech on “Digitally Empowering Entities, Technology Leads the Future” and shared Wahaha’s management, production and technical experience in the digital transformation time. Aleksandr katara Garcí a, General Manager of Asia-Pacific Region of Idida Group, gave a speech entitled “Idida’s continuous innovation promotes the construction of innovative solutions for mobile travel”, focusing on the development achievements of Idida in the field of mobile travel in recent years. Yang Yi, co-founder and COO of Graffiti Intelligence, gave a speech entitled “Altruism and Empowerment of Global AI+loT Platform” and shared the development history of Everything Connected 1.0- Everything Connected 2.0- Everything Intelligent 3.0.
After the keynote speech, the executives of European enterprises and their Zhejiang counterparts carried out accurate and in-depth project docking, which further promoted mutual understanding between the enterprises of both sides and improved the effectiveness of the matchmaking meeting.
(Contributed by Zhejiang Trading Group)