The Chinese and Foreign Investment Promotion Agencies Conference, sponsored by China Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA), was recently held in Beijing. Tong Daochi, Assistant Minister of Commerce, analyzed the new situation, new opportunities and new challenges of investment promotion, and pointed out that modern investment promotion means have been widely used and innovated towards a deeper, broader and more professional direction.

Mr. Tadeusz Homi Nowitzki, Polish ambassador to China, said Poland is willing to actively answer the call for construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and give play to the investment promotion agencies of China and Central and East European countries to further strengthen two-way investment and cooperation with China. Mr. Julian Ventura, Mexican Ambassador to China, said he hoped to continuously push economic exchanges and trading and investment cooperation with China with the two-way cooperation mechanism such as China-Mexico High-level Entrepreneur Working Team. Tang Wenhong, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration of the Ministry of Commerce, and Wu Pin, deputy director of the Policy Research Department of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the development of “introducing in” and “going global” and relevant policies and measures. Li Guanghui, deputy president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce expounded on the policies and construction of the Free Trade Zone of China.

Liu Dianxun, director of CIPA, said in his conclusive speech that CIPA will work hard to improve the system construction, set up a scientific working system to allow full interaction of resources from various parties and enable platforms to function effectively, and promote two-way investment promotion works to develop more professionally and pragmatically.

Source: www.mofcom.gov.cn, February 2, 2015