On 23 October 2020, the 2020 Anhui Development Zones’ Round-table Meeting on High Quality Development, co-hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Investment (CCPII), Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce, International Business News, and Changfeng County People’s Government, and organised by the Anhui Changfeng (Shuangfeng) Economic Development Zone Management Committee, was successfully held in Changfeng (Shuangfeng) Economic Development Zone. Ms. Ma Xiuhong, Chairperson of CCPII and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Yu Xiao, Party Secretary and President of International Business News, Mr. Li Yong, Deputy Director General of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Liu Guang, Deputy Director General of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province attended the meeting along with representatives from municipal bureaus of commerce of different cities, relevant development zones, as well as business associations and business representatives from Japan, ROK, Germany, and Thailand. Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Director of Trade and Investment Division of ASEAN-China Centre, attended and addressed the meeting upon invitation.

     Ms. Ma Xiuhong emphasized in her speech that the building of China's new economic pattern of “dual circulation” will provide new development opportunities for the development zones in the new era. As an important member of the Yangtze River Delta Development Zone, Anhui should give priority to ensuring stability on the six fronts and security in the six areas in its development zones. CCPII will give full play to its advantages as a platform for international exchanges and cooperation, where all-round services are provided for development zones with industrial parks, enterprises and projects as cooperation links.

     Director Guo Chuanwei gave an overview on ASEAN-China relations, which is featured by closer economic and trade cooperation and fruitful results in recent years. ASEAN and China have become each other's largest trading partners. The two sides’ trade and investment volume enjoys a high ranking in the BRI international cooperation. He said that ACC will continue to play its role as a one-stop information and activity centre to promote Anhui to AMS, invite more AMS enterprises to invest and start businesses in Anhui, and also help Anhui enterprises to enter the ASEAN market.

 

     In his speech, Deputy Director General Li Yong said that in order to support Anhui economic development zones in raising the level of opening-up, his Bureau will provide more assistance in three aspects: enabling Anhui economic development zones to play their role in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Coordinated Development Alliance; enabling the Anhui economic development zones to utilize the platforms of the Financial Committee and the Science and Technology Innovation Committee under the Yangtze River Economic Belt Coordinated Development Alliance; enabling the Anhui economic development zones to do a good job in investment promotion by focusing on emerging industries.

     In his speech, Deputy Director General Liu Guang mentioned that Anhui has an excellent open platform, a sound industrial system, and a favorable business environment, which supports international cooperation and high-quality development. He also revealed that the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province is accelerating the implementation of the special promotion action of the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone, and is striving to create a new highland of reform and opening up, which will provide a strong guarantee for the development zones’ international cooperation and high-quality development.

     With the theme "International Cooperation, High-quality Development", the meeting held discussions on building international cooperation industrial parks, open cooperation, technological innovation, and regional development etc.

 

     The meeting also witnessed the inauguration ceremony of the first batch of international cooperation industrial parks, the inauguration ceremony of national green ecological parks, awarding ceremony for the First "Shuangfeng Cup" Photography Contest for Anhui Development Zones , awarding ceremony for enterprises with high credit rating and signing ceremonies.

 

     After the meeting, the participants were also invited to visit Anhui Shunyu Water Co., Ltd. and Hefei Shinano Motor Co., Ltd..