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USA session of “Connecting Shandong with Fortune Global 500” event series held in Jinan

2020/9/29 16:07:16   source:sdchina.com

On Sept. 29, the USA session of “Connecting Shandong with Fortune Global 500” event series was successfully held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province.

This session is the third one of the “Connecting Shandong with Fortune Global 500” event series, guided and supported by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assisted by Fortune China and the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

At the session, Liu Jiayi, secretary of Shandong Provincial Party Committee had online dialogues with Craig Allen, chairman of the US-China Business Council, and William Cohen, chairman and CEO of Cohen Group. Li Ganjie, governor of Shandong Province had an online dialogue with Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and CEO of Air Products.

Liu Jiayi pointed out that since the beginning of this year, Shandong has fully implemented the Foreign Investment Law and supporting regulations to further optimize foreign investment environment and protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors. In response to the pandemic, Shandong has issued 19 measures to accelerate the resumption of work and production of foreign-invested enterprises and promote foreign investment. At present, the US-funded enterprises in Shandong have fully resumed work, and their production and operation are in good condition.

Meanwhile, a panel discussion was held at the session, on the theme of “Shandong’s new round of high-level opening-up and building of internationalized business environment”, inviting Jack Chan, EY China chairman and EY Greater China Regional managing partner, Gregory Gilligan, chairman of Amcham China, and Bogdan Bereanda, AP managing director of Electrification & Electronics / Fuel Injection System of Delphi Technologies to give advice and suggestions.

At the session, 7 foreign-funded projects were signed online with a total investment of 160 million US dollars, involving a variety of industries including medical care, financial services, business services, petrochemicals, environmental protection, and exhibition.

After the session at the main venue, Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Yantai, and Weifang held supporting exchange meetings at the same time.

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