2023 Zhongshan Global Investment Promotion Conferences Opened with 75-Billion-Yuan Manufacturing Projects Established

ZHONGSHAN,China,March 31,2023 --On March 30,2023,the opening ceremony of the 2023 Zhongshan Global InvestmentPromotion Conferences and the 10th Top Talent Networking was held,resulting inan intended investment of more than 184 billion yuan. More than 500 people fromall over the world,including outstanding entrepreneurs,high-level talents,joined the event at the main venue in Zhongshan and sub-venues set up in HongKong and Macao SARs at home,as well as in Malaysia. Against the backdrop ofthe increasingly unstable world economy,enterprises are optimistic aboutZhongshan's development potential and confident in investing here.

With the theme of "Invest in Zhongshan for a Win-win Future",Zhongshan haslisted out 23 potential projects with detail information to attract globalinvestment for the first time,aiming to attract more attention from domesticand foreign high-quality enterprises to Zhongshan. These projects cover keyareas,including healthcare,medicine,smart home appliances,next-generationinformation technology,high-end equipment manufacturing,new energy,trade,and modern services.

The number of Zhongshan's investment projects has reached 263. Out of the over90 billion yuan of projects that have been signed,75 billion is formanufacturing projects,accounting for about 83%.

As an important junction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,Zhongshan has attracted investment from enterprises in various industries withits superior location,strong industrial foundation,and ample industrialspace.

Liu Zhengyu,president of Shenzhen Intl Holdings Ltd.,said that the company is optimistic about the development potential and prospects of Zhongshan and haslisted Zhongshan as a prime hub city and strategic core location. The twoparties will work together to build a Shenzhen-Zhongshan modern supply chainbase in the Greater Bay Area,which is expected to bring about 500,000 squaremeters of industrial space for the city in the future.

Zheng Guihui,president of ZDVC Group,mentioned that the company willestablish a 10-billion-yuan project of new energy battery materials andultra-clean and high-purity microelectronic materials,as well as a globalproduction management headquarters in Zhongshan. Once the project is completed,it will be the world's largest production base in that specialized field. Thehope is to build a global first-class microelectronics industry innovationcenter in Zhongshan in the future.

Zhongshan is dedicated to building one of the best cities in terms of businessenvironment with the fastest project approval process and the most efficientservices. Kaneo Saito,general manager of Minebea AccessSolutions (Guangdong)Co.,Ltd.,thinks that Zhongshan is a famous historical and cultural city withan advantageous location and convenient transportation. The Zhongshan MunicipalGovernment attaches great importance to the development of the real economy,encourages innovation and digital upgrading of enterprises,and helps themattract talents. Officials at all levels provide considerate services toenterprises and quick handling and response to their requests,all of whichattract Minebea to settle in Zhongshan and continue to expand its investmentand production.

In addition,Zhongshan is accelerating the construction of high-level talenthub in the Greater Bay Area and making every effort to build a fertile groundfor innovation and entrepreneurship for talents. "The fully furnished talentapartments,considerate incentive policies for talents,and the Top TalentNetworking that has been held for 10 years make me feel the strong atmosphereof Zhongshan's recognition and respect for talents," commented Hu Mingxiu,senior vice president of Zhongshan Akeso Biopharma Inc.

For the first time,this year's Zhongshan Global Investment PromotionConferences included not only activities in the main venue but also manyspecial investment promotion activities in towns and districts in accordancewith their industrial characteristics. More than 14 industry chain investmentpromotion meetings on industrial design,intelligent manufacturing,bio-medicine,photoelectric information and modern services,aswell as 12 talent networking activities,including a job fair for enterprisesin Zhongshan's "10 New Industrial Clusters",a supply and demand meeting forhigh-skilled talents,and entrepreneurship and innovation activities for HongKong,Macao and Taiwan youth as well as overseas Chinese,will be carried outacross the city.