Make me your Homepage
    left corner left corner
    China Daily Website

    Chengdu hosts more Fortune 500 firms

    Updated: 2013-05-31 09:21
    By Zheng Yangpeng (China Daily)

    Thirty-one more Fortune 500 companies have established a presence in Chengdu since it was chosen to host the 2013 Fortune Global Forum, demonstrating the increasing international appeal of the city.

    Multinationals as Roche, Danone and Schneider Electric have set up their regional headquarters in Chengdu, meaning the city now plays host to a total of 238 members of the Fortune 500, officials announced at a news conference.

    "Western China has proved to be a major draw for leaders from all over the world. We are pleased to bring that focus to Chengdu, a city at the center of the region's story of development," said Andrew Serwer, Fortune's managing editor.

    More than 600 leaders from governments, multinationals and civil society will attend the forum from June 6 to 8, which Serwer noted as being the strongest response in its history.

    Zhang Gaoli, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and executive vice-premier, has been invited to deliver a speech at the opening night dinner.

    The forum, under the theme of "China's new future", will include four major topics: "China Century", "sustainable development", "innovation and technology", and "global financial crisis and economic recovery".

    Serwer said Fortune chose Chengdu because the city embodies China's new trends: the quick economic growth of western regions, the fast urbanization process, and the transition from a production-and-export-oriented economy to a more consumption-led economy.

    Xu Fengxian, a senior researcher with the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Fortune's decision shows that China's economic gravity is moving westward and the region is opening up more to the world.

    Sichuan, the province in which Chengdu is located, is an example of the trend.

    From 2008 to 2012, the province's GDP grew at an average rate of 13.6 percent. In 2012, its GDP hit 2.38 trillion yuan ($388 billion), the eighth largest economy nationwide and the largest in western China, according to Gan Lin, Sichuan's deputy governor.

    Chengdu has also been a showcase for western China's growing integration into the world economy.

    Ge Honglin, mayor of the city, announced that Chengdu recently opened another four direct flight lines to Frankfurt, London, Melbourne and Vancouver, bringing its total number of international flight lines to 58. This June, a direct line to San Francisco will join them.

    The city is also striving to be an international logistics center for rail and air. The first freight train between Chengdu and the Polish city of Lodz started running on April 26th, shortening the shipping time between the cities by two thirds.

    Since Shanghai became the first Chinese city to host the Fortune Global Forum in 1999, the country has witnessed a dramatic economic rise.

     
    8.03K
     
    ...
    日本无码小泬粉嫩精品图| 亚洲午夜无码AV毛片久久| 亚洲gv天堂无码男同在线观看| 天堂网www中文天堂在线| 亚洲AV永久无码精品一区二区 | 日韩A无码AV一区二区三区| 八戒理论片午影院无码爱恋| 中文字幕在线观看亚洲| 久久亚洲中文字幕精品一区| 91精品无码久久久久久五月天| 亚洲va无码专区国产乱码| 中文字幕乱码免费看电影| 91中文字幕在线观看| 乱人伦中文视频在线| 无码人妻精品一区二区蜜桃AV| 国产网红无码精品视频| 精品三级AV无码一区| 亚欧免费无码aⅴ在线观看| 少妇无码太爽了不卡在线观看| 中文字幕在线免费| 婷婷综合久久中文字幕蜜桃三电影 | 中文在线最新版天堂bt| 无码丰满熟妇一区二区| 精品人妻少妇嫩草AV无码专区 | 97无码人妻福利免费公开在线视频 | 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲| 久久亚洲春色中文字幕久久久| 午夜成人无码福利免费视频| 在线看无码的免费网站| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区在线 | 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区性色 | 国产精品无码无需播放器| 无码精品黑人一区二区三区| 无码囯产精品一区二区免费| 久久久久久久人妻无码中文字幕爆| 亚洲AV中文无码乱人伦下载| 午夜亚洲AV日韩AV无码大全| 国产精品无码一区二区三级| 亚洲国产av无码精品| 久久精品中文闷骚内射| 亚洲日本中文字幕一区二区三区|