On January 6, Tianfu Investment Campaign (Phase II)—Breakfast Meeting for Foreign-invested Enterprises in Sichuan was held in Chengdu by Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Economic Cooperation to attract and utilize more foreign investment, gain an in-depth understanding of the development of key foreign-invested enterprises in Sichuan, and improve the services for these enterprises in a targeted manner. Heads of relevant provincial departments (units) and some key foreign-invested enterprises in Sichuan further exchanged ideas on cooperation and development through the breakfast meeting. Yang Xingping, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province, attended the meeting.
In last October, Tianfu Investment Campaign—Breakfast Meeting for Entrepreneurs Investing in Sichuan (Phase I) was launched. This activity aims to make the needs and suggestions of foreign entrepreneurs be heard through a face-to-face breakfast meeting, ensure smoother communication channels between government and enterprises, and help enterprises to relieve difficulties. The campaign this year invited heads of 11 foreign-invested enterprises in Sichuan, including Dell Technologies, Hyundai Truck &Bus (China) Co., Ltd., AstraZeneca, SAP, and Ito-Yokado, to have breakfast and talk about future development.
Since 2022, Sichuan has made every effort to stabilize foreign investments. From January to November 2022, foreign direct investment reached 3.278 billion U.S. dollars, up 22.27% year on year. The paid-in foreign direct investment in Sichuan's high-tech industry totaled 1.477 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 48.81%. In 2023, Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Economic Cooperation will put continuous effort into such special campaigns as foreign investment project attraction and foreign-funded enterprise services, with the theme of the "Year of Making Breakthroughs in Attracting Major Foreign Investment Projects". The bureau will strive to comprehensively improve the level of foreign investment attraction and utilization in Sichuan and create a broader space for the development of foreign-funded enterprises.
