Summer Davos Forum focuses global spotlight on
Liaoning port city
BEIJING, June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A
report from China Daily:
At the Dalian Port automobile terminal in Dalian Jinpu New Area
in Northeast China's Liaoning province, China's 10th State-level
new area, vehicles are loaded on the China-Europe freight train bound for Central Asia.
Since the establishment of the Dalian
Area of the China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Dalian Port
has become a primary choice for the transportation of commercial
vehicles as it enjoys policy advantages of the pilot free trade
zone.
In 2023, the zone exported of 60,000 commercial vehicles from
Dayaowan Port, representing a 52 percent year-on-year increase.
During the same period, container throughput reached 4.93 million
TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), up 12 percent year-on-year.
Crude oil throughput amounted to 36.11 million metric tons, an 8.3
percent increase year-on-year.
Liaoning Port Group's Dalian Port engages in trade with more
than 160 countries and more than 300 ports across the globe. More
than 70 percent of foreign trade cargo transportation and more than
98 percent of the foreign trade container throughput in
Northeast China are being handled
there.
Located on the southernmost tip of Liaodong Peninsula, Dalian
faces the Bohai and Yellow seas. Including islands, it boasts a
coastline of 2,211 kilometers, the longest among Chinese
cities.
From Tuesday to Thursday, the 15th Annual Meeting of the New
Champions, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, is taking place in
this beautiful port city.
By hosting the forum, Dalian gains closer insight into the pulse
of global economic development, driving the convergence of its
world-class resources. The city also integrates its industries into
the global industry chain and enhances its international
influence.
In the process of constructing a high-level gateway that is open
for both domestic and global participants, Dalian is building up
high-level openness, local officials said.
The Summer Davos Forum is also a window that propels Dalian's
deepening external openness. Leveraging the forum, Dalian showcases
its investment environment and advantageous industries to the
world, creating a platform for investment attraction and
intelligence introduction. Globalized enterprises also have close
interaction with Chinese resources and markets during the
event.
In March, the 5A-grade international office building Dalian
Exchange Square opened in the city's Donggang business district.
Invested and developed by the China branch of Orix, a Japanese
diversified financial services group, the project leverages the
platform of Orix to access global resources.
The project is approximately 1 km from the Dalian International
Conference Center, the venue of the Summer Davos Forum. At the 2009
Summer Davos Forum, Orix established a connection with Dalian and
then became the first multinational financial group to set up its
China headquarters in the city.
Dalian has enacted numerous local regulations supporting foreign
investment, and various policy measures have been introduced to
expand channels for attracting foreign capital, stabilize the scale
of foreign investment, and improve the quality of foreign
capital.
By launching Dalian's regulations on the promotion of foreign
investment, the city is constructing itself as a bench mark city
for a business-friendly environment, in a bid to attract foreign
investment while adhering to the principle of consistency between
domestic and foreign capital.
Leveraging the advantages of the pilot free trade zone, the city
has accumulated innovative experience in promoting, protecting and
managing foreign investment.
To date, Dalian has attracted more than 17,000 foreign-invested
enterprises, with 124 Fortune 500 companies investing in 288 local
projects.
Dalian has deeply engaged with the Summer Davos Forum since the
city first hosted it in 2007, bringing the city closer to the world
and broadening its international perspective.
The city has integrated a global perspective into its "Six
Developments": accelerating construction of a modern industrial
system with a developed real economy; serving as a regional center
in technology and innovation with national influence; serving as a
high-level open hub connecting home and abroad; becoming a modern
marine city with coordinated land-sea development; being a model
city with a business environment favored by the near and attractive
to those from afar; serving as an international coastal tourist
destination favorable for living, working and traveling.
The high-quality development of "Two Pioneering Zones" — widely
known as the Pioneering Zone with Optimized Industrial Structure
and the Pioneering Zone of Economic and Social Development — is
also emphasized by local authorities.
Dalian is accelerating the transformation and upgrading of its
traditional industries while promoting development of new quality
productive forces.
Behind industrial innovation lies technological innovation — and
Dalian has implemented a strategy of innovative development.
Currently, Dalian has 115 national-level scientific and
technological innovation platforms and 635 platforms at city-level
or above. The city is home to nine national key laboratories. In
2023, the Dalian Artificial Intelligence Computing Center was
approved as a national new generation AI public computing power
innovation platform.
At Yinggeshi Science City in the western area of Dalian High-tech Industrial Zone, high-level
laboratories are emerging. The first batch of 238 segmented
laboratories or research teams with 1,891 scientific talents will
be stationed there.
Upon completion, the area will be developed into an innovation
center with international influence, an energy innovation center, a
crucial driving force for strategic technology, a hub for high-end
innovative elements, and a source center for fostering cutting-edge
emerging industries.
Moreover, the city is gearing up efforts to become an
international coastal tourist destination for living, working and
traveling by polishing its culture and coastal resources.
Recently, the fifth Gangdong Street gained popularity on the
internet. The Dalian Party committee and local government launched
a series of measures to help tourists better experience the place's
charm.
In 2023, Dalian received an 87.84 percent year-on-year increase
in tourist arrivals, totaling 157.49 percent of the 2019 level;
tourist income increased by 183.13 percent year-on-year, totaling
185.58 percent of the 2019 level.
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SOURCE China Daily