On July 14, the Fuzhou Session of the Key Entity “Monthly Promotion” Event of Jing’an District & the Promotional Event for the West Nanjing Road High-end Service Cluster Area was held in Fuzhou, attracting the attendance of more than 80 Fujian enterprises. Wang Hua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jing’an District Committee and Mayor of Jing’an District attended the event and provided a comprehensive multi-dimensional introduction to and promotion of Jing’an district to the participants.
The representative of Junhe Group Co., Ltd. from Shanghai delivered a speech, while the Nanxi Functional Area of Jing’an District and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated presented themed introductions and sharing respectively. At the site of the event, seven Fujian-affiliated enterprises inked agreements with relevant units in the district, respectively.
Wang Hua stated that Fuzhou, situated in the East China Sea and the Minjiang River, was of great significance along the Maritime Silk Road. With its unique geographical resources and cultural heritage, Fuzhou has fostered the spirit of “daring to struggle for wins” among Fujian businessmen, contributing to the establishment of numerous high-quality enterprises. The Key Entity “Monthly Promotion” Event of Jing’an District arrived in Fuzhou, aiming to establish connections with more outstanding enterprises in Fuzhou. Jing’an District will spare no effort in providing enterprises with comfortable integration services, heartwarming group services, and attentive “housekeeper” services. Jing’an District boasts a first-class business environment and provides fertile ground for innovative development. It is hoped that more Fujian enterprises will come to Jing’an, invest in Jing’an, and establish their roots in Jing’an, ultimately flourishing and prospering in Jing’an.
This event carries profound meaning. Fujian has a long history of business and is one of the earliest birthplaces of China’s private economy. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, people from Fujian pioneered the “Maritime Silk Road”. For centuries, Fujian businessmen scattered all around the world, driven by their entrepreneurship spirit and business character of “loving to struggle for wins and daring to be the first”, making remarkable contributions to the development of China’s private economy. In 2022, the value-added of the private economy in Fujian Province accounted for 68.1% of the regional GDP, maintaining its leading position across China. More than 90% of enterprises in Fujian were privately owned and above the designated size. The province boasts 21 industrial clusters with an output value of over RMB 100 billion. Among China’s top 500 private enterprises in 2022, 15 companies such as CATL, Great Dong Hai Corporation, YH Supermarket, and HSCC were from Fujian. Additionally, the province had 15 brands including Industrial Bank, Zijin Mining, ANTA, Xtep, and Septwolves listed in China’s top 500 brands in 2022. Fujian demonstrates remarkable strengths in strategic emerging industries such as information technology, high-end equipment, new energy, and bio-pharmaceutical technology. It has nurtured industry unicorns like Deer Technology and HiTHIUM, creating a “Fujian Sample” in the development of the private economy.
As a core district of Shanghai, Jing’an District has always attached great importance to the development of the private economy. Continuously increasing efforts to cultivate the private economy is an important direction for Jing’an to accelerate the iteration of the industrial structure and enhance the quality of economic development. Holding the promotional event in the gathering places of outstanding private enterprises aimed to fully draw on Fujian’s valuable experience in private economic development and collaborate with Fujian enterprises to embrace common, win-win development, mutual integration, and strength complementarity while providing a platform for Fujian enterprises to develop in Shanghai and contribute to the overall development landscape.
This promotional event attracted numerous high-quality enterprises, which would not have been possible without the strong support of the “cooperative partners”, the Fujian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and the Fuzhou Association of Private Entrepreneurs. The Fujian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai was established in November 1988 and is the earliest provincial-level non-local chamber of commerce in Fujian Province. The invited enterprises attending the event covered various fields including commerce and trade, finance, information technology, new materials, and biological medicine. Among them are specialized, sophisticated, distinctive, and innovative enterprises and industry-leading enterprises, such as Fujian Newland Science & Technology Group, Strait Cornerstone, and Ruisen Network Security.
During the promotional event, the Nanxi Functional Area of Jing’an District established a strategic cooperation intention with the Fuzhou Association of Private Entrepreneurs, thereby bridging collaborations between enterprises in the two places, and laying a solid foundation for mutual industrial strength complementarity and deeply integrated development of enterprises.
The West Nanjing Road High-end Service Cluster Area can best epitomize Jing’an District. It is a pioneer in China’s building economy development and the first area where a community of the building economy appeared. It is also the top-level business and commercial area in Shanghai, with the largest volume of super Grade-A office buildings among all commercial areas in the city. Its building rental rate and rental prices lead the way in Shanghai. It gathers multinational company headquarters and global service agencies, while its high-end consumption sets the pace for the entire city. Currently, it is moving towards its goal of becoming the first “100-billion-yuan-level business district” in the country. As One Museum Place, JC PLAZA, Jiahe Center, and other business and commercial buildings continue to emerge in the area, along with the opening of Zhang Yuan, the “No.1 Garden on the Sea”, areas along the West Nanjing Road are becoming more well-equipped with high-quality establishments and platforms. In the future, it is poised to be a world-class central activity area with the best quality, the most brands, and the highest grade as well as the most iconic area in an international metropolis with the characteristics of socialist modernization. The event adopted a combination of spots with areas and attractions with recommendations. With the proactive matchmaking and recommendations of numerous “old and new friends”, in addition to holding special promotional conferences, the event will also reach Xiamen, Quanzhou, and other places for on-site investment attraction and promotion activities. These efforts aim to deepen cooperation and exchanges with leading private enterprises, further expanding the connotation and extension of the event and increasing promotional coverage and influence.