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The 4th 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 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, 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 , 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 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 . 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, , 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, , 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 , 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 , and Hong Kong. Its jurisdiction covers Provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and , and 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: [email protected] CAS Chengdu Scientific Research Center Started Construction Construction of CAS Chengdu Scientific Research Center started at Chengdu Science City on October 31. Total investment will be over 6 billion RMB, with 2.4 billion RMB for Phase One, which will bring in 7 institutes of CAS Chengdu Branch, CAS University Chengdu Campus and several key national labs as well as engineering centers, build optical research institute and industrial park, and apply for national lab.

The 4th Sichuan Agriculture Expo to Open in Chengdu 3rd-14th Nov, the 4th Sichuan Agriculture Expo will open in Chengdu. Activities: the 4th Sichuan agriculture cooperation forum, Sichuan agriculture think tank forum, etc. Sections: municipal and prefectural section, regional cooperation section, forestry section. Last year, the 3rd expo signed 704 agriculture investment projects, with 139.8 billion RMB, on-site sales 390 million RMB.

The 16th Western China International Fair From 3rd -14th the 16th Western China International Fair was held in Chengdu. It is a national-level platform in western China for investment promotion, trade cooperation and foreign diplomatic relationships. The 2016 fair focused on One Belt One Road Initiative. The guest of honor nation was Germany. More than 60,000 guests, 9027 companies from 91 countries participated in the fair, wherein foreign guests over 20,000, and foreign companies 2347. 345 media from 36 countries reported this event.

GDCC China Center Settles in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone GDCC China Center was finalized at Chengdu Tianfu International Biological City. According to the agreement, GDCC will select excellent bio-medical projects worldwide and commercialize them in China, build up GDCC China Center, bring in 8-10 bio-medical projects to CDHT by 2017 and industrialize them in 3 to 5 years. Meanwhile, GDCC will consolidate its resources and advantages, increase its investment to China Center and build it into Asian Center.

Three Project Investment Agreements Signed Between Chengdu and Geely On November 3, cooperation agreement signing ceremony between Chengdu and Geely was held in Chengdu. On the ceremony, Strategic Cooperation Agreement was signed between Chengdu and Geely, New Energy Vehicle Project Investment Agreement was signed between Chengdu Tianfu New Area and Geely, and Volvo SPA Platform Vehicle Project Investment Agreement and Three Hundred Thousand BMA Vehicle Project Investment Agreement were signed between Chengdu Economic & Technological Development Zone and Geely.

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] Chengdu’s First Expats’ Home set up On November 15, the first Expats’ Home in Chengdu opened to the public. Located at No. 25, West Road South Railway Station, and with an area of 400 square meters, Expats’ Home offers such services as accommodation registration, visa application, visa expiration reminding, public security notice, legal and regulatory consultations concerning exit-entry credentials, visa documents and 72-hour visa free transit, as well as issuing Chinese driving license.

Intel Advanced Test Technology Plant Starts Operation A ceremony marking the commencement of Intel Advanced Test Technology Plant was held in CDHT on November 18. Intel ATT, also known as Horse Project, costs 1.6 billion USD of total investment. It is the first time that Intel brings ATT to China. The plant in Chengdu will integrate chip test & packaging, wafer pre-processing and advanced test technology, another milestone for cooperation between Intel and Chengdu.

Chengdu Railway Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) Starts Operation On November 18, Inauguration of Chengdu Customs Qingbaijiang Office and Kickoff Ceremony of Chengdu Railway Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) was held. The Center is the 4th Type B logistics center after Chengdu Airport, Port and Port, and the first railway bonded center in Sichuan Province. With 3 bonded warehouses, the Center covers total floor area of 65,000 square meters.

Planning Outline of Tianfu International Airport Economic Zone Publicized Recently the Provincial Government publicized Planning Outline of Tianfu International Airport Economic Zone, which covers 298 square kilometers in total. The Outline defines the Zone as a national- level international airport hub, national-level inland airport economic development demonstration zone, key innovation & entrepreneurship base and modern airport new city in western China. The Zone consists of Chengdu area and area, which the former focusing on airport service sector, logistics, research and manufacturing, and the latter prioritizing airport manufacturing and comprehensive services. Phase One covers 35 square kilometers and is expected to be completed by 2020, and total completion expected by 2030.

CASIC Chengdu Projects Kick off On November 24, China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation kicked off seven projects in Chengdu, namely, CASIC Communications Technology Research Institute, CASIC Chengdu Micro-electronics System Institute, Chengdu Hipad Technologies, Sichuan Aerospace Cloud Technologies, Chengdu Aerospace

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] Technology & Innovation, CASIC Investment Fund Management Chengdu Co., Ltd and Industrial Fund for Intelligent Manufacturing of Aerospace Industry.

2016 China Integrated Circuit Industrial Promotion Summit Held in Chengdu 24th Nov, 2016 China Integrated Circuit Industrial Promotion Summit opened in Chengdu. Chengdu mayor Luo Qiang delivered an opening speech. In 2015, Chengdu the operating income of electronic and information industry excessed 460 billion yuan. On 23rd Nov, Sichuan Economic & Information Commission signed a strategic cooperative agreement with China Academy of Science, to co-establish a CAS microelectronics SW China base.

The 5th China Listed Company Leaders Summit Convened The 5th China Listed Company Leaders Summit was unveiled in Chengdu on November 25. It is the third time the summit was held in Chengdu since its inception. Over 600 economists, senior executives, public and private equity tycoons gathered to discuss opportunities brought by economic reform, industrial upgrade and investment transformation.

Chengdu Ranked No.1 in Total Investment in Fixed Assets among Sub-provincial divisions Total investment in fixed assets from Jan. to Oct.2016, Chengdu’s total investment in fixed assets reached 689.24 billion yuan, with growth of 14%, ranking the first among sub-provincial divisions in China. Highlight: PPP projects: 2015, 76 PPP projects, total investment 151.3 billion yuan. 2016 first batch: 39 PPT projects, total investment 126.0 billion yuan, industry coverage—infrastructure, transportation, eco and environment protection, health care, etc. Sub-provincial divisions: , Chengdu, , Guangzhou, , , , , , , Shenyuang, , , , and Xi’an.

Sichuan

Sichuan and Chongqing Established FTA On 31st August, China set 7 new Free Trade Area, Sichuan and Chongqing included. • Sichuan: Chengdu FTA, consisting of Chengdu Hi-Tech Comprehensive Bonded Zone and Chengdu Airport Bonded Logistics Center. • Chongqing: FTA: 120 km3, consisting of , Chongqing Logistic City, and Chongqing Micro-Electronics Industry Park.

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]

Development and Planning Outline of the River Economic Belt Officially Released recently, “Development and Planning Outline of The Yangtze River Economic Belt” was officially released, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan involved. 1.Coverage: 11 provinces including Shanghai, , Zhejiang, , , , , Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou. 2. Highlight: Economical Priority and Green Development. 3. Development pattern: one axis, two wings, three poles and multiple points. • One axis: golden waterway of the Yangtze River • Two wings: two transportation ways, Hurui Expressway and Hurong Expressway • Three poles: three urban agglomerations: The Yangtze River Delta, the middle streams of the Yangtze River and Chengdu-Chongqing agglomeration. • Multiple points: other cities apart three agglomeration cities. 4.Development focuses: • Integrated marketing system • Innovation-driving industrial transformation and upgrading • New type urbanization •New opening pattern of two ways and integrating sea and land

Link: http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10758/10760/10765/2016/9/20/10396398.shtml

Sichuan Global Promotion Event held at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a global promotion event themed Open World: Read Sichuan and Feel the World on September 28. About 600 guests including ambassadors and consul-generals from 140 countries, heads of international organizations, representatives from Fortune Global 500 enterprises, multinationals, overseas Chinese businesses and foreign media, attended the event.

The 4th China ( ) Science & Technology City International High-Tech Expo 21st-24th Sept, The 4th China (Mianyang ) Science & Technology City International High-Tech Expo was held in Mianyang, Sichuan. Attendees: 887 units including companies from 48 countries and regions, national key research institutes and colleges, demonstration industrial parks, etc. Host country: USA. Microsoft, Google and other 20 American hi-tech companies, 21 states representatives also attended. Theme: Technological Innovation • Civil-Military Integration • Opening Cooperation Achievements: released “implement plan for strengthening Sichuan- States (USA) trade cooperation”, signed 444 agreements, 702 projects, involving 108.2 billion yuan.

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] Sichuan and Huawei to Co-build a Cloud Computing and Big Data Industry Park Recently, Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two sides agreed to jointly build Huawei - Sichuan cloud computing and large data industry demonstration park, and would cooperate in large data, cloud computing, software, intelligent manufacturing, information and communication technology (ICT) and personnel, etc. Last year, the main business income of Sichuan's information industry achieved 688.62 billion yuan. Among them, the electronic information industry completed the main business income of 634.45 billion yuan, ranking first in the Midwest China, the 7th in whole nation.

Sichuan and 6 Universities Signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement On 8th October, Sichuan provincial government signed strategic agreement with 6 Sichuan universities, •: innovation and entrepreneurship area •University of Electronic Science and Technology: Electronic Info Industry Technology Research Institute • Southwest Jiaotong University: National Laboratory of Rail Transportation • Southwest University of Finance and Economics: Sichuan Financial Research Institute • Civil Aviation Flight University of China: provincial key laboratory of aero engine control technology • Southwest University for Nationalities: national collaborative innovation center for ecological animal husbandry on the Qinghai - Tibet Plateau. The agreement contained decision-making consultation, scientific and technological innovation, achievement transformation, educational cooperation, leader and talent training, etc.

Over 200 Million Yuan Granted for Experts Introduced in Sichuan After 2016 Western China Overseas Hi-Tech Talents Conference in September, Sichuan released “The Special Supporting Measures for High-Level Talents”. Sichuan has resorted to the preferential policies, including relocation subsidies, job motivation, the supporting for projects and platforms, integrated over 200 million yuan for talents, and granted at maximum 2 million yuan for introduced high-level talents and one-time subsidies of 5 million yuan for introduced top innovative entrepreneurial teams. Link: Sichuan Gov: http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10758/10760/10765/2016/10/9/10398281.shtml

Sichuan signed 9 agreements, covering inter-governmental relations, trade, education, medical, and tourism. On 19th October Sichuan signed 9 new agreements, within: • Government: Sichuan and Chuy province (Kyrgyzstan) signed a MOU to establish friendship relation. • Education: Sichuan University signed with a Kyrgyzstan university and a Kazakhstan university, and Southwest Petroleum University signed with a Kyrgyzstan university and a Kazakhstan university, the future cooperation covering teacher training, overseas student’s education, and academic research.

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] • Tourism: Sichuan Shanglv International Travel Agency signed cooperative agreement with 2 Kazakhstan travel agencies. • Trade: Sichuan Industry and Commercial Federation establish friend relation with Kyrgyzstan Industry and Commercial Federation. • Medical and health: Sichuan Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Kazakhstan Almaty Health Administration would co-establish Almaty-China Medical Center.

The 11th EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair Concluded The 11th EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair concluded on November 7. This fair seeks integrating point and new opportunities of comprehensive cooperation in green development investment, trade and scientific industries between China and Europe, and focuses on energy conservation & environmental protection, new energy & new material, ICT, intelligent manufacturing, new generation information technology, modern agriculture, tourism, biological medicine, and general aviation. 800 fairs matched between around 150 European enterprises from 14 different countries and around 400 domestic enterprises.

The 16th WCIF Comes to Successful Conclusion The 16th Western China International Fair came to successful conclusion on November 15. At a news conference, Zhao Weiping, Deputy Secretary General of Sichuan Provincial Government and Executive Deputy Director of WCIF Organizing Committee, briefed the press that 1008 projects valued at 787.685 billion RMB in total were signed during the 12-day fair. Sichuan Province raked in 836 projects worth 657.253 billion RMB, accounting for 83.4% of total amount.

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] Chongqing

Sichuan-Chongqing investment fair signed 37 Projects with 35.5 B Recently, China (Guang’an) Sichuan-Chongqing Demonstration Zone & Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone Fair for Investment & Trade Opening Ceremony was held in Guang’an. Over 320 companies from , Chongqing, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou attended the meet the fair. 57 projects were signed on site, with investment 35.5 billion yuan, industries covering equipment manufacturing, electronic information, new houses, modern agriculture, culture, tourism, etc.

The world’s largest auto manufacturing chain company HUF put into operation in Chongqing On 23 Oct, Chongqing HUF auto parts company put into operation. It was a sub-company of Germany HUF, the world’s largest auto manufacturing chain company. It is said that after the Chongqing HUF Project I completed, it will be able to produce 1 million anti-theft products per year, after the Project II completed, 2 million per year.

2 Recent Important Events in Chongqing’s Electronic Information Industry BOE intelligent manufacturing line project: On 28 Oct, BOE intelligent electronic system manufacturing line put into work. Invested 1.526 billion yuan by BOE Technology Group (BOE), the project mainly produces LCD TVs, monitors and automotive display terminals. Chongqing super-silicon project: Invested more than 5 billion yuan, the project is divided into 3 parts to construct. Part I can produce over 1.8 million silicon pieces.

Chongqing Economy Indicator 2016 Released On 26th Nov, Chongqing released 2016 economy indicator. • Overview: In the first three quarters, investment reached 1186.5 billion yuan, 12.2% growth; retail sales reached 527.46 billion yuan, 13.1% growth; import and export reached 315.37 billion yuan. • Supply-side reform: Cut down crude steel overcapacity 5.168 million tons, pig iron overcapacity 0.108 million tons, completed annual goals in advance. •Tax incentives reached 49.9 billion yuan • Bank non-performing rate 1.04%, under national average • FTA: the establishment of free trade area added new growth point of foreign trade. From Jan to Sept, the actual utilization of foreign capital reached 6.79 billion US dollars, 3.5% growth. • to be improved: 1. lack of innovative resources and capabilities; 2. limited growth room of auto mobile, computer, etc.; 3. lower private investment intents; 4. higher production costs; 5) structural contradiction of talent supply.

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] Chongqing about to build $2.17B Film Industry Park Chongqing will invest 15 billion yuan ($2.17 billion) to build a film and television industry park in Wulong County. The park will include a film shooting base, a tourist town, a theme park, a training center, and offices for cultural enterprises and their financiers, Link: : http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-11/28/content_27502282.htm

Guizhou

ABC Guizhou Branch Authorized 5 B Yuan to Help Guizhou Mineral Industry On 12th Sept, Agriculture Bank of China (ABC) and Southwest Energy & Mineral Inc. signed a strategic agreement, to authorized 5 billion yuan to fully support the corporate in mineral exploring, producing, project constructing and overseas marketing, and to help mineral economy develop in Guizhou.

Guizhou- Berkeley Big Data Innovation Research Center Inaugurated On 14th Sept., Guizhou - Berkeley Big Data Innovation Research Center inaugurated in . The research center is co-established by Guizhou provincial government, Electronic Technology Information Research Institute, and UC Berkeley. In the future, the research center is to be established following 2 steps. 1. Sept 2016- end of 2017) establishing Schoolchildren Big Data Analytics Research Laboratory ", “Old People Big Data Analysis Research Laboratory". Regional resource data assessment and big data personnel training cooperation. 2. (2018- ) establishing Big Data public services, governance, industrial applications, cooperate with other fields including basic research, technology development, industrial innovation, incubation, education, training, etc.

Guiyzhou First Provincial Cross-Border E-commerce Industrial Park settled Down in Guiyang On 12th Oct., Guiyzhou first provincial Cross-Border E-commerce Industrial Park was settled in Guiyang Free Trade Zone. The industrial park will be completed by June 2018, including a cross-border e- commerce service center, a warehousing logistics base, an import and export goods experience base, a cross-border e-commerce incubator, etc.

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] Guizhou to Invest 690 B Yuan to Highway Network Construction On 17th Oct, Guizhou provincial government held a meeting to further construct Highway Network in Guizhou. In the future, 690 billion yuan investment will go to 32 highway projects with total length of 2428km. All the projects will complete in “fourteenth five”.

190.1 b to Guizhou Modern Mountain Agriculture Industry On 29 Oct, 2016 Guizhou Modern Mountain Efficient Agriculture Promotion Meeting opened in Guiyang. 1070 projects were signed, with 190.1 billion yuan in total. The signed projects cover numbers of advantageous and special agriculture projects in Guizhou province, including agriculture producing base construction, agriculture products process, modern logistics, marketing, agricultural entertainment and tourism, etc.

Suggestion on Promoting the Development of Medical Industry in Guizhou Recently, Guizhou provincial government released an official document: Suggestion on Promoting the Development of Medical Industry in Guizhou. It aims to build Guizhou an important national ethnic medical industry cluster. • By 2020, the total output of provincial medical industry is to over 130 billion yuan • Establish provincial Miao medicine research institute, and construct ethnic medicine incubator with radiation towards to SW China • Promote “internet + medical service”, and realize the full coverage of telehealth service to all public hospitals.

193 Projects, 144.9B Yuan Signed in Guizhou Investment and Trade Fair On 10th Nov, 2016 Cross-border Investment and Trade Fair, Guizhou Inland Opening-up Pilot Economic Zone was opened. Over 3000 representatives, 1000 companies from 39 countries and regions attended the fair. 193 project involving 144.9 billion yuan signed in the fair. Wherein, 109 investment projects, and 84 trade projects.

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] Guizhou Government and Huawei Signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement One 12th Nov, Guizhou provincial government and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Guiyang. The cooperation, based on Guzihou Big Data Strategy, and assisted by Huawei with its advantageous technology and operation experience, would focus on the development of cloud computing application, Internet of things (IoT), intelligent manufacturing, smart city, safe city, etc.

2015-2016 Guiyang Hi-tech Industry development Report In 2015, Guiyang hit-tech industry: • Output: 114.021 billion yuan, 9.2% growth, accounting for 40.4% of Guizhou province • Investment: 36.706 billion yuan, 18.7% growth • Intellectual property: 1911 patent, 795 scientific papers •Talents: 57,000 employers in hi-tech industry, 10% growth

Guiyang to invest 40 billion yuan in IT infrastructure On Nov 17, Guiyang has released a plan to become an innovation-oriented city from 2016 to 2030 by developing its big data industries. Guiyang will invest 40 billion yuan ($5.82 billion) over three years into information infrastructure, with the aim of redeveloping the internet structure. Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/guizhou/guiyang/2016-11/18/content_27437712.htm

Guizhou Released 524.8 B Key Projects of Big Health Industry On 28th Nov, Guizhou government released 320 key projects of big health industry, with total investment 524.8 billion yuan. The projects covered healthy living industry, pharmaceutical industry, medical industry, pension industry, healthy food industry, and sport industry. Wherein, 363.78 billion yuan investment went to 193 healthy living projects, accounting for 69.33% of the total investment. In the first half 2016, the added value of Guizhou big health industry reached 45.53 billion yuan, with growth over 20%. The output of big health industry accounts for9.2% of Guizhou GDP, offering 724,100 employments, and 2.01 billion yuan revenue.

11.8b Yuan Investment to Guizhou Drinking Water Sector On 21st Nov, The 1st Guizhou (Tongren) International Natural Drinking Water Expo 2016 ended, with 266 beverage companies such as San Benedetto from Italy and Chinese brand Wahaha participated in. The local government signed 49 promotion projects with companies, with a total investment of more than 11.8 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), and agreements were signed for 14 trade projects worth around 3.18 billion yuan Link: Guizhou Gov: http://www.eguizhou.gov.cn/2016-11/24/content_27479536.htm

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] Guizhou Allocated 100M to Construct Pension Facilities On 1st Dec, Guizhou government allocated 100 million yuan to construct pension facilities, including renovating fire safety facilities, nursing house rebuilding and extension, equipment purchase and houses maintenance, etc.

Yunnan

Dangdang to Invest 2B Yuan to Construct a Cultural Industry Headquarter in Sichuan On 12th Oct, Sichuan provincial government and Dangdang signed a “culture & internet +”strategic agreement. Dangdang intends to invest 2 billion yuan in Sichuan, to construct a cultural industry headquarter, and create an industrial chain for culture products and service, extending its off-line services by developing O2O book stores, handicrafts, creative stationaries, design companies, etc.

China International Agriculture Trade Fair in 5th -8th Nov, the 14th China International Agriculture Trade Fair held in Kunming. The fair is the highest- level agriculture fair in China, and the 2016 fair is co-hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Yunnan provincial government. • Attendees: international representatives: from ASEAN, USA, EU, Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, etc. • Exhibition: 33 sections, including various province sections, international section, rural agriculture finance, agriculture e-commerce, farming, pesticides, fisheries, animal husbandry, agriculture entertainment, etc. • Activities: Central and Eastern European countries agriculture trade and cooperation forum, agriculture information summit, China Top-Brand Agriculture Forum, Fruit products Promotion, geographical agricultural specialty promotion, Yunnan Plateau International Agricultural Investment Fair.

1 Billion Fund to Assist in Yunnan Bio-medical and Big Health Development Recently; it was approved to establish a 1 billion investment fund for Yunnan bio-tech and big health outcomes transferring. It would pay attention to health, pension, medical, and other emerging and growing industries in big health sector, and would focus on new pharmaceutical, traditional (ethnic) medicine, vaccine, bio-tech medicine, etc.

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