Invitation

The Conference For Cooperation Between Shenzhen And Foshan In

Industrial Chain Linkage

Dear gentlemen or lady:

Foshan has the third largest economic volume in Guangdong Province, which leans on Guangzhou in the east and is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. The “Guangzhou-Foshan Municipal Circle” and “Pearl River Delta Economic Circle” that are constituted by Foshan, Guangzhou and other cities in Pearl River Delta are among the areas with the most powerful economic strength and the greatest vigor of development in China. Foshan is an influential industrial city and famous manufacturing city which is cored with industry and characterized by the co-development of three major industries, featuring concentration of famous enterprises and complete industrial supporting facilities.

In order to meet the demand of industrial transformation and development in Shenzhen as well as surrounding areas, promote the communication between Foshan and Shenzhen as well as surrounding areas, enhance the cooperation in industrial chain linkage between them, and facilitate the strategic layout of enterprises in Shenzhen as well as surrounding areas , Foshan Municipal People’s Government will hold “The Conference for Cooperation between Shenzhen and Foshan in Industrial Chain Linkage” in Shenzhen on Sep 26th. Major leaders of Foshan City will introduce industrial development in Foshan and listen to the suggestions of participants from all circles on the improvement in the government’s services, for the purpose of promoting the cooperation in industrial chain linkage.

We hereby sincerely invite your company to let your principal attend the conference. We hope that you will advance your precious opinions and suggestions to help us provide better services and promote our communication and cooperation for mutual benefit and win-win situation.

Best regards,

Foshan Municipal People’s Government

August 10th, 2012

Agenda of The Conference for Cooperation between Shenzhen and Foshan in Industrial Chain Linkage

Date: Aug 26th ,2012
Place:Dining Hall,2/F Futian Shangri-La Hotel Shenzhen, China(No.4088 Yitian Road,Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong)
Time / Content / Venue
15:00-15:30 / Sign in / Porch 2/F
15:30-16:30 / Free negotiation activity / Dinning Hall 2/F
16:30-18:00 / Address from major leader of Foshan Municipal People’s Government
Address from major leader of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government
Key-note speech from leader of Foshan Municipal People’s Government
Speech from Enterprise Representatives
Contract Signing Ceremony
18:00-20:00 / Appreciation dinner
Acknowledgement of Receipt from Participant
Participant:
Contact Person: Tel: Mobile:
Name of Participant / Position / Tel & Mobile / Attend the Appreciation Dinner (Yes/No)

Note: Please fax Acknowledgement of Receipt from Participant to the Affairs Management Team before Sep 20 th, 2012.

Tel: 86-757-83995677;83981910

Fax: 86-757-83992242

E-mail:

Contact Persons: Winnie Wan (86-13923148836);

Jinghua Ma (86-13927722029); MabelHo (86-13535768971)

Brief Introduction to Foshan

Foshan is located in the central southern part of Guangdong Province and the central part of Pearl River Delta, with five districts under its jurisdiction: Chancheng, Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and Sanshui. The total area of Foshan is 3797.72 square kilometers; the number of its permanent residents is 7.23 million. For many years, Foshan has been promoting the all-around development of various social undertakings, with “Improving people’s welfare” as the tenet and “Establishing itself as a prosperous and happy city where the people are well-off” as the goal. It has been successively awarded the following honorable titles: UN Excellent Model City in Human Settlements, National Famous Historical and Cultural City, National Sanitary City, National Garden City, National Clean City, National Model City in Environmental Protection, National Model City in Technological Progress, Chinese Excellent Tourist City, Chinese City with Brand Economy, and Chinese City with the Most Intense Feel of Happiness.

Foshan is an influential industrial city and famous manufacturing city which is cored with industry and characterized by the co-development of three major industries. In 2011, the GDP of Foshan is RMB660 billion Yuan, an increase of 12.1%, ranking the 3rd place in Guangdong Province and the 12th place among all medium and large cities in China; its total output value of industry is RMB1780 billion Yuan, an increase of 18% over the previous year, ranking the 5th place among all medium and large cities in China. Specialized work division, industrialized collaboration and concentrative development are distinct characteristics of the industries in Foshan. The industrial system in Foshan is sound and equipped with complete supporting facilities, covering almost all manufacturing industries. The following ten major advantageous traditional industries have been formed here: household electric appliance, mechanized equipment, metal material processing & products, ceramics & building material, textile & garment, electronic information, food & beverage, plastic products, chemicals & pharmacy and furniture. A number of strategic emerging industries such as optical electricity, new materials, new energy, energy-saving & environmental protection and new pharmacy are undergoing rapid development

In 2012, focusing on the main task——fastening the transformation of economic development mode, Foshan Municipal Party Committee and Foshan Municipal People’s Government proposed to intensify all-around investment promotion for industrial chain, find out the accurate emerging strategic industries with developmental priority for the purpose of “chain development”, conduct “chain supplementation” for the lacked linkages in the existing industrial chain, and enhance the existing advantageous industrial chain through improving technology, finance, informationization and brand guidance, so as to promote the integration of industry, technology, informationization, culture and finance and to stimulate the industrial chain in Foshan to stretch towards both ends of smile curve by means of targeted project introduction and linkage, thus achieving vigorous economic development.

To facilitate investment promotion for industrial chain, governments at all levels in Foshan have positively converted their functions and created an investment environment that can benefit, facilitate, assure, support and enrich merchants and a political environment that conforms to laws and is efficient, clean, transparent and standardized. Moreover, they have attracted numerous excellent enterprises at home and abroad to make investment by virtue of preeminent industrial environment, beautiful ecological environment and favorable commercial environment. Up to the present, Global Top 500 companies have invested in 100 projects in Foshan. More famous domestic and overseas enterprises are paying attention to and approaching Foshan. Foshan is sincerely looking forward to the investment by worldwide friends in all circles in the hope of making joint efforts to achieve mutual benefit and co-prosperity and to jointly create a bright future.

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