
第十屆“重慶·臺灣周”簽約投資14個項目總額55.75億元人民幣。 攝影/唐安冰
2018年11月29日,第十屆“重慶·臺灣周”在重慶開幕,來自渝臺兩地共600余名企業家代表參加此次盛會,探討兩地文化交流與經貿合作。
本屆“重慶·臺灣周”主題為“兩岸同心融合發展,渝臺攜手合作共贏”,包括電子信息產業、制造業、商業、服務業等產業在內的臺灣中小企業人士來渝參加。一系列促進兩岸交流的活動,具體包括重要活動、經貿交流活動、文化交流活動、基層交流活動等相繼舉行。
簽約儀式上,集中簽訂兩岸經貿合作重點項目14個,投資總額55.75億元人民幣,主要涉及金融業、智能制造、現代服務業、國際貿易等產業和領域。
2018年11月28日,重慶保稅港區消息,截至目前,保稅港區已累計引進物流企業約300家,1—9月實現營業收入約80億元。保稅港區依托“水、鐵、空、公、軌”多式聯運物流通道優勢,以及自由貿易試驗區、中新互聯互通項目、保稅港區和貿易功能區政策疊加優勢,充分利用國際商貿物流園和空港貿易功能區現有產業基礎,預計到2020年,空港功能區現代物流產業實現“3個100”目標(即建成倉儲面積100萬平方米,匯集各類物流商貿企業100家,年產值100億元)規模,初步形成立體多式聯運基地。
2018年11月28日,長安汽車技術開放日暨挑戰吉尼斯世界記錄活動,在重慶墊江西部汽車試驗場舉行,55輛長安汽車成功挑戰吉尼斯世界紀錄—最大規模的自動駕駛車巡游,并順利通過全程3.2公里的距離,成為全球首個成功創造該紀錄的汽車品牌。這次挑戰成功,是長安汽車“北斗天樞”智能化戰略的又一突破,代表中國品牌在汽車“智”造方面再創佳績,站在了汽車智能化的新高度。
2018年11月25日,由世界銀行集團和重慶市生產力發展中心合作完成的國際研究項目—《重慶2035:城市發展研究》結題,并披露了對2035年重慶發展愿景的論證和推演。研究報告認為,重慶直轄20年快速發展,是中國城鎮化發展軌跡的一個縮影。對2035年重慶發展愿景,課題組認為重慶可實現“中國的重慶”向“世界的重慶”的跨越,由“數量追趕型”的國家城市轉變為“質量領先型”的世界城市,邁向高效、包容、宜居、特色的全球城市。該課題研究團隊陣容強大,包括法國城市形態和綜合系統研究院、美國卡爾索普事務所等。世界銀行能源管理支持項目、全球可持續發展城市平臺和重慶市發改委為課題研究提供了支持。
2018年11月15日—18日,中國國際旅游交易會在上海新國際博覽中心舉行,重慶市文化和旅游發展委員會組織了榮昌、璧山、銅梁、大足、江津、潼南、豐都、長壽、涪陵及市旅游投資集團、市旅游協會等組團參展參會,共推出7大類17項秋冬季系列主題活動及兩大核心產品與10條精品旅游線路。市旅游投資集團攜旗下眾多旅游產品開展了互動式推介,通過“看、聽、品、觸、心”五感體驗,將“一山”(金佛山)、“一泉”(統景溫泉)、“一樂園”(樂和樂都)、“兩水”(長江三峽+烏江畫廊)、“兩峽”(金刀峽+神龍峽)、“七郵輪”(黃金郵輪)、“十八酒店”等旅游資源,全方位、立體化呈現給了到場嘉賓和全國旅游同行,受到一致好評。
2018年11月15日,中國歐盟商會西南分會在渝發布了《中國歐盟商會—西南建議書2018/2019》。基于在渝的歐洲企業經營狀況,提出建設性建議,助力其成為中國主要的投資目的地。《建議書》指出,隨著重慶的發展,鐵路、公路、機場和橋梁等硬性基礎設施的迅速完善,使重慶與沿海城市相比,擁有更加低廉的勞動力和運營成本,同時,也使中國西南地區對歐洲企業的吸引力越來越強。與會嘉賓表示,重慶要想定位成中國最重要的投資目的地,就必須把重點放在提升軟性基礎設施發展上。通過解決當地營商環境中的低效問題,同時發揮各自的優勢,重慶可以成為中國內陸地區成功發展的領先榜樣。
2018年11月14日,重慶海關消息,今年前10個月,重慶外貿增長持續加速,外貿進出口總值達4245.4億元,較去年同期(下同)增長17.2%,累計增幅較前三季度擴大3.3個百分點。其中,出口2723.6億元,增長19.4%;進口1521.8億元,增長13.4%。1—10月重慶外貿進出口呈現六大特點:10月當月外貿增長貢獻率突出;加工貿易進出口主導地位穩固;外商投資企業進出口占比超六成;重慶與主要貿易伙伴進出口保持增長;高新技術產品繼續領跑出口,便攜式電腦出口量減質增;集成電路、計算機存儲部件合計進口占比四成,消費品進口放量增長。
2018年11月9日,白俄羅斯旅游文化商品中心正式落戶渝北區中渝廣場。重慶市民在家門口就能買到白俄羅斯優質產品,如牛奶、巧克力等特色商品,并可進行白俄羅斯旅游產品咨詢等。白俄羅斯是“一帶一路”沿線國家,近年來,白俄羅斯與重慶開展了廣泛的文化旅游交流合作,先后在重慶舉辦了“白俄羅斯文化節”“白俄羅斯旅游推介會”,重慶在白俄羅斯舉辦了“2018重慶文化旅游日”,與白俄羅斯明斯克州簽訂了促進旅游發展的合作備忘錄等。
On November 29,2018,the 10th“Chongqing-Taiwan Week”opened in Chongqing. More than 600 entrepreneurs from both Chongqing and Taiwan participated in the event to discuss cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between the two places.
The theme of this year’s“Chongqing-Taiwan Week”is“cross-strait integration and development,win-win cooperation between Chongqing and Taiwan”. Entrepreneurs from SMEs in Taiwan in the fields like electronics information industry,manufacturing,commerce,and service industries participated.A series of activities,aiming to promote cross-strait exchanges,have been held successively,which include important events,economic and trade exchange activities,cultural exchange activities,grassroots exchange activities,etc.
At the signing ceremony,14 key projects on cross-strait economic and trade cooperation were signed altogether,with a total investment of 5.575 billion yuan,mainly involving industries such as finance,intelligent manufacturing,modern service industry and international trade.
News from Chongqing Free Trade Port Area on November 28,2018. As of now,the free trade port area has introduced about 300 logistics enterprises,and the operating revenue from January to September has reached about 8 billion yuan. Relying on the advantages of the multi-modal transport channels of“waterway,railway,airway,highway and subway”,as well as the advantages of policies such as free trade pilot zone,the China-Singapore interconnection project,the free trade port area and the function zone of trade,the port area makes full use of the existing industrial base in the international trade and logistics park and airport trading function zone,expecting to achieve the“3 targets of 100”in the modern logistics industry of the airport functional zone by 2020 (ie,the completed storage area will be 1 million square meters,and 100 logistics and trade enterprises will be attracted,with an annual output value at a scale of 10 billion yuan) and initially form a multimodal transport base.
On November 28,2018,Changan Automobile Technology Open Day and Guinness World Recording Challenge was held at the Chongqing Xibu Automobile Proving Ground in Dianjiang County. 55 Changan’s Automobiles successfully challenged the Guinness World Record - the largest self-driving car parade who successfully drived a distance of 3.2 km. Thus,Changan becomes the world’s first car brand to successfully create this record. The success of this challenge is another breakthrough in Changan Automobile’s intelligent strategy of Dubhe. It represents the Chinese brand’s success in the“smart”manufacturing of automobiles,which stand at the new level of automobile intelligence.
On November 25,2018,the international research project“Chongqing 2035: Urban Development Research”,jointly completed by the World Bank Group and the Chongqing Productivity Development Center,concluded and exposed its demonstration and prospect of the development vision of Chongqing in 2035. The research report believes that the rapid development of Chongqing since its coming into direct jurisdiction for 20 years is an epitome of the development of China’s urbanization. Regarding the vision of Chongqing’s development in 2035,the research team believes that Chongqing can leap from“China’s Chongqing”to“world’s Chongqing”,from a quantitatively catching up national-level city into the a world-level city of“leading quality”,contributing to Chongqing in terms of high efficiency,inclusiveness,livability and features. The research team boasts strong members,including the French Institute of Urban Forms and Systems,and the Calthorpe Associates. The World Bank Energy Management and Support Project,the Global Sustainable Urban Platform and the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission provided support for the research.
From November 15th to 18th,2018,China International Travel Mart was held at Shanghai New International Expo Center. Chongqing Municipal Committee of Culture and Tourism Development has delegated groups from Rongchang,Bishan,Tongliang,Dazu,Jiangjin,Tongnan,Fengdu,Changshou,Fuling,Chongqing Tourism Investment,Chongqing Tourism Association and others to participate in the exhibition,and launched a total of 7 categories of 17 serial themed activities in autumn and winter,two core tourism products and 10 selected tourism routes. Chongqing Tourism Investment has carried out interactive promotion with its many tourism products. Through the experiences of“Looking,Listening,Tasting,Touching,and Feeling”,the tourism resources of“One Mountain”(Jinfo Mountain) and“One Spring”(Tongjing Hot Spring),“One Park”(Chongqing Locajoy Theme Park),“Two Rivers”(Yangtze River Gorge + Wujiang River Gallery),“Two Gorges”(Golden Knife Gorge + Shenlong Gorge),“Seven Cruises”(Golden Cruise),and“Eighteen Hotels”,are presented to the guests and the national tourism peers in an all-round and three-dimensional manner,which are well received.
On November 15,2018,European Union Chamber of Commerce in China’s Southwest Chapter released The European Chamber: Southwest China Position Paper 2018/2019. Based on the state of business of the European companies operating in Chongqing,constructive suggestions are made to help Chongqing and Chengdu become China’s main investment destinations. The Paper pointed out that with the development of Chongqing,the rapid improvement of hard infrastructure such as railways,highways,airports and bridges has enabled Chongqing to have lower labor and operating costs than those in coastal cities,and also to make Southwest China region increasingly attractive to European companies. Participants said that in order to position itself as China’s most important investment destination,Chongqing needs to focus on improving the development of soft infrastructure. By addressing the inefficiencies in the local business environment and leveraging their respective strengths,Chongqing can be a leading role model for successful development in China's inland regions.
News from Chongqing Customs District on November 14,2018. During the first 10 months of this year,Chongqing’s foreign trade growth continued to accelerate,with the total value of imports and exports trade reached 424.54 billion yuan,an increase of 17.2%compared with the same period last year (the same below),and the accumulative growth expanded by 3.3 percentage points compared with the first three quarters. Among them,exports reaches 272.36 billion yuan,up 19.4%; imports reaches 152.18 billion yuan,up 13.4%. From January to October,Chongqing’s import and export trade shows six characteristics:the contribution of foreign trade growth in October is prominent; the import and export of processing trade becomes stable; the proportion of import and export of foreign-invested enterprises accounts for over 60%; the import and export between Chongqing and its major trading partners continues to grow; high-tech products continue to lead the export,and the export volume of portable computers has decreased with quality enhanced; the total imports of integrated circuits and computer storage components accounts for 40%,and the import volume of consumer goods increases.
On November 9,2018,the Belarus Tourism and Cultural Commodity Center officially settled in Evergrand CC Plaza in Yubei District. Chongqing citizens can buy high-quality products from Belarus at home,such as milk,chocolate and other special products,and can consult about Belarusian tourism products. Belarus is a country along the“Belt and Road”. In recent years,Belarus and Chongqing have carried out extensive cultural tourism exchanges and cooperation. Belarus has held the“Belarus Cultural Festival”and“Belarus Tourism Promotion Conference”in Chongqing. And Chongqing hosted“2018 Chongqing Cultural Tourism Day”in Belarus,and signed the memorandum of cooperation with Minsk Region of Belarus to promote tourism development.