On the 18th, the 37th batch of regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational companies in Shanghai issued certificates and signed contracts for foreign investment projects. Gong Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, issued certificates for the regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational corporations and witnessed the signing.
A total of 31 regional headquarters of multinational companies and 13 R&D centers were awarded certificates this time, and the total investment of 77 foreign-funded projects signed in a centralized manner reached 10.24 billion US dollars.
According to statistics from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, as of June 30, the number of regional headquarters of multinational companies in Shanghai has reached 922, and the number of foreign-funded R&D centers has reached 544. Most concentrated city status. In addition, from January to May this year, 2,096 foreign-funded enterprises were newly established in Shanghai, a year-on-year increase of 78.7%; the actual use of foreign capital was 11.171 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%.
The regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational corporations awarded certificates on that day included 11 in the manufacturing industry and 33 in the service industry. Among the 44 companies, 16 belong to the key industries in Shanghai; there are many leading companies in the industry, and most of them are in the leading position in the industry; the level of corporate energy is high, and among the 44 companies, there are 10 regional headquarters in Greater China and above and 2 A global R&D center, such as the United States Carestream Medical set up a global R&D center in Shanghai.
The newly signed 77 foreign-funded projects mainly involve key industries such as biomedicine, electronic information, automobiles, and fashion consumer goods, as well as digital economy, green and low-carbon fields. business. 10 of the 77 projects come from Fortune 500 companies, such as Medtronic of the United States, which established an investment fund in Shanghai to establish an innovation ecosystem.