On May 8, the 2023 International Investment Promotion Conference of Haidian District, themed on “Invest in Haidian · Pilot the Future”, was successfully held in the exhibition center of Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, aimed at building an investment and exchange platform for domestic and foreign enterprises to get to know, fall in love with, and settle in Haidian District, and injecting new vitality into the open and innovative development of Haidian District. The participants also included Zhao Weijiu, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Local Financial Regulation and Supervision, Wu Lanlan, Deputy Director of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Wang Hesheng, Secretary of the CPC Haidian District Committee, Li Junjie, Deputy Secretary the CPC Haidian District Committee and District Mayor of Haidian District People’s Government, Lin Jianhua, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Haidian District Committee and Executive Deputy District Mayor of Haidian District People’s Government, Wu Kai, Deputy Director of Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park and Deputy District Mayor of Haidian District People’s Government, as well as heads from Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Committee, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and relevant departments of the Haidian District.

Before the conference, Wang Hesheng and Li Junjie met with representatives of international investment institutions and conducted in-depth communication in terms of optimizing business environment, improving service systems and strengthening practical cooperation.

During the conference, Li Junjie made detailed introduction of the key industries and enterprises in Haidian District with regard to three aspects: scientific and educational resources, industrial systems and innovation ecosystems. Li Junjie stated, Haidian District is a core district of Beijing International Center for Science &Technology Innovation, a strong district of economy, science, education and talent in the capital, as well as a fertile land for innovation and entrepreneurship, and a cradle for enterprises to grow. In 2022, Haidian’s GDP reached CNY 1,020.69 billion, making itself Beijing’s first and China’s second municipal district with the total economy exceeding CNY 1 trillion.

In recent years, Haidian has taken big information industry as the pillar, big health industry as the breakthrough, sci-tech service sector as the foundation, and advanced manufacturing industry as the support, endeavoring to build industrial systems with high-end technologies that will consistently nurture future industries. At present, there are 9,764 national hi-tech enterprises in the whole district, and the added value of the core industries of the digital economy accounts for 53% of Haidian’s GDP. A number of national laboratories, key national laboratories, universities, national research institutes and new R&D institutes have settled here. High-level talents are flourishing, and the number of high-value patents for inventions per 10,000 people stands 394.3, which is 42 times higher than the national level.

At the same time, Haidian District spares no efforts to improve the services for innovative application of technological achievements, the incubation of entrepreneurship, specialized, fined, peculiar and innovative enterprises and high-tech enterprises, sci-tech finance, intellectual property, high-quality talent, etc., advance the integration of government-industry-university-research-investment, and form a characteristic ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship. The construction of innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration bases has been commended for six consecutive years by the State Council, with an average of 140 new enterprises per day.

22 foreign investment institutions from Goldman Sachs, Oman Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, etc., and more than 50 investors from 14 domestic investment institutions, as well as 20 entrepreneurs from high-tech companies in Haidian District, gathered at this grand conference to discuss the vision of cooperation and write the new chapter for future development.

E. G. Morse, Co-Head, Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs China, on behalf of the international investment institutions, expressed his thanks for the invitation of Haidian District, and extended his congratulations on the economic and social development achievements of Haidian District in recent years. In addition, Morse said that this large-scale face-to-face promotion conference between investment institutions and enterprises organized by Haidian District has boosted our confidence, further deepening our understanding of Haidian District, and that we would like to enhance communication with Haidian District to deepen and expand the cooperation, pursuing a bright future together.