The 6th CIIE Food and Agricultural Products Special Roundtable for Foreign-funded Enterprises was held

On January 4, the Ministry of Commerce and the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government jointly held a roundtable on foreign-funded enterprises in the food and agricultural products of the 6th China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Liang Huiling, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, and Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, attended and delivered speeches.

Ling Ji said that China is comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization, unswervingly promoting high-level opening-up, putting attracting foreign investment in a more important position, and continuously optimizing the business environment. With its huge market, complete industrial system and sufficient supply of factors, multinational companies are welcome to introduce more high-quality products, technologies and services to China and share the development opportunities of the Chinese market. The Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to strengthen service guarantees, help multinational companies continue to expand investment and cooperation in China, and deepen the Chinese market.

In her concluding remarks, Liang Huiling said that actively attracting and utilizing foreign investment is an important part of promoting high-level opening up and building a new system of open economy. In August this year, the State Council promulgated the Opinions on Further Optimizing the Environment for Foreign Investment and Increasing the Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment, supporting foreign enterprises to increase their investment in key areas, strengthening the support of foreign investment projects, policy support and service guarantees, and continuing to ensure the national treatment of foreign investment and strengthening the protection of foreign investment. All this fully demonstrates the importance that China attaches to foreign investment and foreign-funded enterprises. It is hoped that foreign-funded enterprises will further strengthen their confidence, increase their investment in China, actively participate in Chinese-style modernization, and share the new opportunities of China's opening up in the new era.

Liang Huiling emphasized that at present, Heilongjiang is thoroughly implementing the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, strengthening the awareness of frontier and openness, improving the level of all-round opening up to the outside world, and building a new highland for China's opening up to the north. Lead the comprehensive revitalization of the industry with scientific and technological innovation and build a modern industrial system. In particular, we will give full play to the advantages of green and organic agricultural products, accelerate the deep processing of food, and focus on strengthening the chain of medium and high-end food, and strive to build a food industry cluster.

Liang Huiling said that Heilongjiang is a large province along the border of China, an important national commodity grain production base, a heavy equipment manufacturing base, an important energy and raw material base, an ecological security barrier in the north, and a new highland for opening up to the north. Heilongjiang attaches great importance to attracting foreign investment, convened a conference on optimizing the business environment, introduced 60 policies and measures such as talent revitalization and 60 innovation and development, continued to revise and increase the catalogue of characteristic industries to encourage foreign investment, and built high-quality open platforms such as pilot free trade zones, comprehensive bonded zones, and import and export processing zones. Establish a roundtable system for foreign-funded enterprises, and deepen regular communication and exchanges with foreign-funded enterprises. Strengthen the construction of the business environment, and make every effort to create a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment. It is hoped that foreign-funded enterprises will increase their investment in Heilongjiang, jointly cultivate and expand the green food innovation chain, industrial chain, supply chain and application ecological chain, participate in the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Longjiang, and share the new opportunities of Longjiang's industrial revitalization and high-level opening up and high-quality development.

At the meeting, Vice Governor Han Shengjian made a promotion of investment promotion, and Zhang Qixiang, Mayor of Harbin, attended. Representatives of 20 foreign-funded enterprises attended the meeting, including Bellamy's, Cargill, CP Group, Dole Asia Holdings Limited, JBS, Metro Business Group, Nestle, Wilmar International and other foreign-funded enterprises made speeches, and relevant responsible comrades of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs responded. The responsible comrades of the relevant departments directly under the provincial government and the municipal (local) government (administrative office) participated in the event and conducted docking exchanges with representatives of foreign-funded enterprises.

Source: Heilongjiang Daily