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ZHONGSHAN, China, March 31, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Holding conferences and signing contracts via video conferences are the new

measures adapted by Chinese cities, like Zhongshan, to tackle with the impact

of COVID-19 epidemic. With the help of big data, cloud platform and other new

technologies, Zhongshan is attracting high-quality investment projects by

taking digital means to resume work and production and promote upgrading of

industries, according to the People's Government of Zhongshan Municipality.

On March 28, 2020, Zhongshan Trade and Investment Fair was held in Zhongshan,

attracting a total of 52 high-quality projects and nearly 55 billion yuan of

total investment, including 19 projects with investment exceeding one billion

yuan. The projects are mainly related to financial services, headquarters

economy, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, testing and supply chain

upgrades. The enterprises joined the conference and signed the contracts online.

The epidemic does not stop enterprises from investing in Zhongshan. A total of

41 projects were signed at the opening ceremony, with 38 of them signed via

video conference, and three projects from TCL, Midea, and Mingyang respectively

were signed on site. Key manufacturing projects accounted for more than 60%.

"We are attracted by the industrial advantages and investment environment of

Zhongshan. We will put the headquarters of the west bank of the Pearl River of

TCL Technology Group Corporation in Zhongshan," said Wang Cheng, CEO of TCL

Group Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. He mentioned that TCL will further

strengthen the layout of its home appliances and equipment manufacturing

industry at its Zhongshan base. The output value is expected to exceed 13

billion yuan this year and reach more than 20 billion yuan by 2023.

Zhongshan is located at the geographical and geometric center of the

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, nearby three pilot free trade

zones, namely Guangzhou Nansha, Shenzhen Qianhai and Zhuhai Hengqin. The

Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor is under construction. It will only take 20 minutes

to drive from Zhongshan to Qianhai by the corridor. Guangzhou metro line 18

will lead directly to Zhongshan. In the future, it will only take 30 minutes

from Zhongshan to CBD of Guangzhou," said Lai Zehua, Secretary of the CPC

Zhongshan Municipal Committee. At present, Zhongshan focuses on replacing old

growth drivers with new ones, by building development platform of Cuiheng New

District, Huoju Development Zone, and Qijiang New City. By 2024, it will create

a household industrial cluster, an electronic information industrial cluster,

an equipment manufacturing industrial cluster and a health and pharmaceutical

industrial cluster, worth of 500 billion, 300 billion, 200 billion and 100

billion yuan respectively.

When promoting the business environment of the city, Wei Weihan, mayor of

Zhongshan, said within five years from this year, Zhongshan will invest 150

billion yuan to improve its transportation system covering high-speed rail,

intercity railway, expressway, water transport, and city terminals. Meanwhile,

Zhongshan plans to speed up the construction of two major scientific facilities

and two high-level universities.

Top Talent Networking Zhongshan also kicked off on the same day and will hold

13 activities with an aim to attract talents and serve enterprises. On the

event, the city awarded five outstanding high-level talents from enterprises

with 200,000 yuan each and two outstanding entrepreneurial teams with 2 million

yuan each.

Lai Zehua said the Zhongshan Municipal Government will fully support high-level

talents in Zhongshan to display their talents and realize their dreams, and

sincerely welcome entrepreneurs and talents to invest in the city.

At the beginning of February this year, Chinese governments at all levels,

including Guangdong province, have stated clearly to support the resumption of

operation and production. By releasing 20 measures to support enterprises and

holding the 2020 Zhongshan Trade and Investment Fair and the Top Talent

Networking Zhongshan event, the city has shown a good trend of supporting

enterprises' development and attracting talents.

According to the organizer, the series of activities of the Fair start on March

28 and will continue to mid May.

Source: The People's Government of Zhongshan Municipality

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Caption: The 2020 Zhongshan Trade and Investment Fair and Top Talent Networking

Zhongshan was held on March 28.