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Chengdu The 4th Chengdu International Urban Modern Agriculture Expo on Dec 1st-4th Dec, Chengdu International Urban Modern Agriculture Expo was held in Chengdu Century City New Convention Center. The expo is divided into 4 sections, including agriculture hall, Chengdu agriculture hall, agricultural cooperation hall, and agriculture comprehensive hall. The expo attracted more than 1000 exhibitors from both home and aboard. Three Israeli companies also participated in the expo. The first is Netafim, who was the pioneer of drip and micro-irrigation products. The second is AZROM, who specializing in design, engineering and production of greenhouses. The third is Eisenberg Agri, who specializing in engineering and provides a total solution to farmers. The 15th Western China Overseas High Tech and High Talents Conference Held in Chengdu 13th Sept, the 15th OHTC, co-hosted by Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of State Council, Sichuan Party Committee, Sichuan Government and West Return Scholars Association, was opened in Chengdu. •Attendees: noble winner Samuel C. C. Ting, 12 overseas academicians, over 30 universities president and senior professors from home and aboard, heads of 183 overseas Chinese associations, 60 global experts of the national “The Recruitment Program”, etc. 82% attendees hold doctoral degrees. • Topic: big data, cloud computing, intelligent city, electronic information, bio-tech, new materials, mechanism, etc. •Activities: the 7th Overseas Chinese Association Heads Conference, intelligent city forum, Sino-UK new material forum, Sino-Europe bio-tech forum, the Recruitment Program of Global Experts forum, The Atrium, No.99 Dongda Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu 610021 地址:东大街 99 号晶融汇, Tel: +86 28 6871 9504, Fax: +86 28 6871 9555, E-mail: [email protected] innovation and enterprise contest, etc. • Achievements: 89 projects were signed, 38.28 b yuan. “Qiao Meng Yuan”, the first overseas Chinese industry and innovation base in Western China was settled in Chengdu. The 7th Chinese Museums and Relevant Products and Technologies Expo Held in Chengdu 14th -19th Sept., the 7th Chinese Museums and Relevant Products and Technologies Expo was held in Chengdu, attracting 491 museums and related companies from China, and 63 museums from 14 OBOR alongside countries. During the expo, Chengdu and State Administration of Cultural Heritage signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement to support Chengdu to be a world-level cultural city. Chengdu Museum, Jinsha Site Museum and Australian Victoria Museum established friendly cooperative relationship and signed MOU. Chengdu Held the 22nd World Route Development Conference in September On 24th -27th Sept., the 22nd World Route Development Conference was held in Chengdu. Chengdu is the second city in China to hold the forum, after Beijing. 1. Attendees: • 230 airline companies: United Airlines, Qatar Airways, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways (Japan), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Finnair, Delta Air Lines, Poland Airways, Iberia, Qantas Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, etc. • 470 airports: Heathrow Airport (UK), Berlin airport, Brussels airport, etc. • 80 international travel bureaus and agencies: Texas tourism bureau, Australia tourism bureau, Japan national tourism bureau, etc. 2. Activities: airline development strategy forum, tourism forum, city tours, airlines briefing, exhibitions, folk art performances, over 1,300 “one-to-one” talks, etc. 3. Catching this opportunity, Chengdu is speeded up the construction of a comprehensive international airline network. During the conference, Chengdu had one on one talks with 36 target airline companies from home and abroad, to promote 20 non-stop flights to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg (South Africa), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Helsinki (Finland), Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Dubai, Delhi, Nagoya (Japan), etc. 4. Achievement: Chengdu signed 9 non-stop airlines: Chengdu-Sydney, 3 times weekly, Air China, 2016-11-11 Chengdu- Los Angeles, 2-3 times weekly, Hainan Airlines, 2016-12 Chengdu-New York, 2-3 times weekly, Hainan Airlines, 2017 Chengdu-Madrid, 2 times weekly, Capital Airlines, 2016-12-16 Chengdu- Sochi (Russia), 3 times weekly, Tibet Airlines, 2017-06-01 Chengdu- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 4 times weekly, Ethiopian Airlines, 2017-10-31 Chengdu-Dubai, 3 times weekly, Sichuan Airlines, 2016-11-01 Chengdu-Mosco, 2-3 times weekly, Sichuan Airlines, 2016-11-11 Chengdu-Auckland, 3 times weekly, Sichuan Airlines, 2017-06-16 The Atrium, No.99 Dongda Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu 610021 地址:东大街 99 号晶融汇, Tel: +86 28 6871 9504, Fax: +86 28 6871 9555, E-mail: [email protected] 140.28-billion-RMB Industrial Investment Realized from January to August According to Chengdu Economy and Information Technology Commission, Cheng witnessed 140.28 billion RMB of industrial investment from January to August, a yearly increase of 35.8%. 417 projects valued over 100 million RMB realized 56.819 billion RMB of investment, accomplishing 108.6% of annual target. Construction of 88 projects has been completed, and 89 new ones started. Chengdu Selected the Top Western City for Innovation and Entrepreneurship At Tencent Global Partners Conference on September 22, Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship White Paper 2016 and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Pioneer City Rankings were publicized. Chengdu ranks No.6 in China and No.1 in western China. Chengdu Railway Bonded Logistics Center Passed Acceptance On September 22, joint acceptance group consists of people from General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued certification of Conformity to Chengdu Railway Bonded Logistics Center (Type B), which will start operate in the coming October. Seven Measures to Facilitate Investment Promotion of Chengdu Tiandu New Area On October 12, the General Office of Chengdu Municipal Government issued Opinions on Facilitating Investment Promotion of Chengdu Tianfu New Area, which outlined seven specific measures in preferential policies, land use, financing support, talent incentives and B2G. The Swiss Confederation opened Consulate General in Chengdu The Swiss Federation opened a new consulate general in Chengdu in November so as to further facilitate trade and bilateral relations between China and Switzerland. Frank Eggmann is the serving as the consul- general. The new consulate general will hold an opening ceremony in early 2017. It is the fifth official agency of Switzerland in China besides an embassy in Beijing and three consulates in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Its jurisdiction covers Provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and Chongqing Municipality. Q3 GDP hit 859.8 billion RMB According to Chengdu Bureau of Statistics, Chengdu’s GDP aggregate from January to September reached 859.8 billion RMB, up 7.5% year-on-year. The growth rate is 0.8 percentage points higher than national average and the same with provincial average. The Atrium, No.99 Dongda Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu 610021 地址:东大街 99 号晶融汇, Tel: +86 28 6871 9504, Fax: +86 28 6871 9555, E-mail: [email protected] Western Return Scholars Association & CRES Held in Chengdu, 30.16 B Yuan to Invest in Sichuan The 5th Western Return Scholars Association & Chinese Returnees Entrepreneurship (Chengdu) Submit was held in Chengdu from 17th -20th October. Agreement: Sichuan provincial government and Western Return Scholars Association signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to promote future cooperation in talent training, construction of overseas study base, returnees’ entrepreneurship institute, etc. 1. Investment: During the summit, 53 projects were signed, involving the investment of 30.16 billion yuan. Wherein: • Primary industry, 3 projects, 0.555 b yuan • Secondary industry, 25 projects, 11.405 b yuan • Tertiary industry, 25 projects, 18.2 b yuan. 2. Activities: during the summit, the following events were also hold: overseas top-level talents forum, automobile industry development forum, electronic information and next-generation information technology development forum, biomedical and life science industry development forum, returnees innovation and entrepreneurship forum, returnees and Sichuan S&T projects matchmaking fair, etc. Deals in total value of 21.89 B signed on the 5th International Conference on the Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine On 23rd Oct, the 5th International Conference on the Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine opened in Chengdu. Liu Xiaofeng, vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, Yin Li, Sichuan Governor, and Liu Xiaofeng, vice minister of science and technology attended the conference. In the opening ceremony, 5 traditional medicine and bio-pharmaceutical project were signed, involving 7 billion yuan. Later on 24th Oct, traditional medicine and big health industry outcomes matching meeting opened in Chengdu, with 67 projects signed, involving 21.89 billion yuan. The 5th Pacific Alliance Investment Forum opened in Chengdu On 26th Oct, the 5th Pacific Alliance Investment Forum opened in Chengdu. The ambassadors of Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile to China participated in the forum to promote mutual economic cooperation with Chengdu. Chengdu Mayor Luo Qiang met with 4 ambassadors. The Atrium, No.99 Dongda Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu 610021 地址:东大街 99 号晶融汇, Tel: +86 28 6871 9504, Fax: +86 28 6871 9555, E-mail: