| Liu Cigui: CIFIT faces two new historic opportunities |
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| Thursday,June 25,2009 Posted: 22:18 BJT(18 GMT) |
| From:http://www.chinafair.org.cn/english/News/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=24196 Article type:Reproduced |
Vice Chairman of the CIFIT Organizing Committee and Mayor of Xiamen Mr. Liu Cigui stated at the 13th CIFIT Promotion Seminar in Hong Kong, on June 17 at the that CIFIT faces two new historic opportunities.
The first opportunity is the historic opportunity opened up in the development of the economic zone on the western coast of the Taiwan Straits. Last month, the State Council announced new initiatives to support Fujian in speeding up the development of the economic zone on the western coast of the Taiwan Straits. In the same month, Premier Wen Jiabao and CPPCC Chairman Jia Qinglin paid separate fact-finding visits to Fujian and Xiamen and delivered important speeches. The Straits Forum, successfully staged in Xiamen, has presented new major historic opportunities for the city’s development. As the central city on the western coast of the Taiwan Straits and a special economic zone oriented primarily towards Taiwan, Xiamen will further consolidate its ties with Taiwan and pair up with its industries; the city also plans to build 18 industrial clusters (chains) each with an output value of more than RMB 10 billion, as well as five service industry cluster; Xiamen will also strive to become a regional center for banking, port logistics, conventions and exhibitions, tourism, science and technology R&D, culture and education. The second opportunity has been opened up in investment by the international financial crisis. The crisis has seriously impacted upon national economies around the world, and most countries, including China, are proactively seeking new measures to cope with the crisis, and are expanding investment and trade as the primary measure. The Chinese government has enacted a series of policies to stimulate the economy, and has made it a top priority to expand investment and spur domestic demand. This will also open up new opportunities for worldwide capital to flow into China, and provide greater opportunities for Xiamen and Hong Kong to strengthen their business ties. As such, at the promotion seminar, Xiamen unveiled a list of major land development and logistics investment projects and hosted a series of matchmaking symposia in Hong Kong, in hopes of taking advantage of Hong Kong’s superiority in information and resources and its role as a bridge to reach out to business elites around the world. |
