The "Investment in China Year" special promotion of national economic and technological development zones and the tenth "Top 500 Development Zones Dialogue" event were held in Nanjing on the 27th. The reporter learned that the state-level economic development zone has gathered more than 4 million enterprises, including more than 30,000 foreign-invested enterprises, and the world's top 500 companies have set up more than 300 headquarters and R&D centers in the national-level economic development zone.
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce during the event, my country currently has established 230 national economic development zones, covering 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). State-level economic development zones account for 3/1000 of the land area, contributing 1/10 of the country's GDP and 1/5 of the industrial added value. In 2022, the state-level economic and technological development zones will create a regional GDP of 15 trillion yuan, an increase of 117% over 2013. In 2022, the actual use of foreign capital and the import and export volume of state-level economic and technological development zones will account for more than 20% of the country's total, becoming an important platform for China's economy to integrate into the global industrial system.
Chen Chunjiang, assistant minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said in his speech that my country will study to further reasonably reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, and increase the opening up of the modern service industry. Give full play to the pioneering and leading role of open platforms such as national economic and technological development zones, and steadily promote the opening up of rules, regulations, management, and standards. Continue to increase policy support and promote the innovation and upgrading of national economic development zones.
This event is one of the "Invest in China Year" investment promotion series activities, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, aimed at building a communication platform for foreign-funded enterprises and national economic development zones, etc., to further strengthen investment Cooperate and gather development synergy.