On the afternoon of October 9, Founder of InvestCHN, Chase Wu, and his delegation were invited to participate in the 2021 China Changzhou Science and Technology Economic and Trade Fair.

With the theme of "gathering strength to build a famous city and create an open and innovative highland", this fair adopts the "online + offline" model, highlights the new connotation of "urban internationalization", focuses on the new economy of "dual industries", and introduces new mass entrepreneurship and innovation funds to promote project investment, serve the transformation of enterprises, promote industrial upgrading, and deepen exchanges and cooperation.

  Vice Governor Jianlin Hui announced the opening of the fair

Jinhu Chen, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech, Lei Sheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, presided over the opening ceremony of the meeting.

Party Secretary Jinhu Chen, delivered a speech

Chen said in his speech that Changzhou is a famous cultural city in the South of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 3,200 years and an important advanced manufacturing base in the Yangtze River Delta. In recent years, we have actively implemented the new development philosophy, set high-quality development goals, and achieved a high level of achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Since the beginning of this year, the economic operation of the city has shown a steady trend of strengthening and improving, and the growth rate of major economic indicators has ranked first in the province.

Chen pointed out that the next five years is a key period for Changzhou to build on the momentum and win a new round of development opportunities. Changzhou will focus on the positioning of "international intelligent city, central hub of Yangtze River Delta" city, vigorously implement the "532" development strategy, strive to walk in the forefront of socialist modernization. Looking at the surrounding area, in the future, the biggest dividend of the dramatic changes in regional competition pattern lies in Changzhou, and the biggest improvement in its position as a transportation hub. The new round of "time and trend" with the best development gathers in Changzhou. More than ever, we are hungry for talent and projects, and more than ever, we are in a position to achieve talent and success.

At the opening ceremony, a signing ceremony was held for major fund projects and industrial projects. The "Changzhou Longcheng Science and Technology Innovation Development Fund" with the initial scale of 10 billion yuan and the "Changzhou Angel Guidance Fund" with the initial scale of 6 billion yuan were officially released, which will gather capital strength, leverage the scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading of our city, and speed up the construction of the innovation axis and industrial science and technology innovation center of the Yangtze River Delta.

 12 key fund projects were signed, with a total size of more than 20 billion yuan.

The total investment of 27 industrial projects has exceeded 63 billion yuan. Among them, there are 13 foreign-funded projects and 14 domestically funded projects, involving new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, new materials, innovative drugs, industrial services, modern logistics, cultural and tourism.

Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor Lei Sheng presided over the opening ceremony

Ms. Sheng said that Changzhou government at all levels will uphold customer thinking, strive to create a first-class business environment, support project construction and enterprise development in an all-round way, and make precision, precision and careful service become the shining brand of Changzhou.

She also presented certificates to seven foreign nationals who were awarded the title of "Honorary Citizens of Changzhou" this year, thanking the new honorary citizens for their efforts and contributions to the development of Changzhou.

More than 300 guests from home and abroad attended the live broadcast of the opening ceremony, and more than 5,000 guests attended the event online.