Chengdu: “Ship in the sea” to participate in the international division of labor to promote the company to the world stage

Every reporter Yang Feifei edited Yang Jun

In 2018, China’s 40th anniversary of reform and opening up.

When China’s opening to the outside world was upgraded to “community to build a community of human destiny”, the signal to deliver the Chinese plan to the world became stronger. Incorporating a new wave of openness, every Chinese city is duty-bound.

The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stated that the opening of China’s door will not be closed and will only grow wider. For the city, the opportunities for opening up to the outside world will be unprecedented. Accelerating the cultivation of new competitive advantages is an important direction of the urban open economy.

The new open pattern has already been rolled out in China. Last year, the third batch of Pilot Free Trade Zones was listed, and the national trial officially extended to the inland areas. The continuous implementation of the “Belt and Road Initiative” has further pushed the western cities to an unprecedented frontier. The place where multiple opportunities are superimposed is exactly - Chengdu.

Under the new concept of "more comprehensive, deeper and more pragmatic", Cheng is not satisfied. In 2017, the total import and export volume reached 394.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45.4%, and the growth rate ranked first in the sub-provincial cities. .

It is worth noting that Chengdu's opening up has been upgraded – not only the introduction of content from project to platform, attitude from injection to infiltration, and its latest revision of the city master plan (draft for review) It will also include “building an international gateway hub city” as a strategic positioning for future development.

“In the face of new open demand, the city is actually being pulled to the same starting line.” Zong Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies, pointed out to the reporter of “Daily Economic News” that “Chengdu should be the leader of the openness of the west. It is also reasonable to explore your own open path."

Open up the quality of the project from the project to the platform

Recently, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone signed a memorandum of understanding with Israeli BP&C Group and Sichuan Zhongsheng Group, and the Chengdu-Israel Science and Technology Innovation Center was put on the agenda in Chengdu High-tech Zone and Israel Haifa Life Science Park. In the eyes of many people, this is another resurgence of Chengdu’s “inland openness” – not just commodities and enterprises, but the platform with the “Chengdu” imprint is on the international stage, which means more opportunities for cooperation with Chengdu. .

“Inland openness” has been unprecedentedly intensive in recent years. After China proposed last year to build a new pattern of opening up to the outside world, both inside and outside, and between the east and the west, this opportunity has risen to the highest level.

"Actually, China's opening up has entered an 'upgraded version'." Zong Zongze said, "The essence of openness is to break the physical barriers, and to create the 'human destiny community' requirements, both inland and coastal cities have opportunities."

What Zong Zongze emphasizes is that this opportunity has more energy under the transformation and upgrading of the domestic and international economy. “Inland openness should not be a mimicry of inland openness to coastal areas. It needs to have its own characteristics and needs to be complemented by coastal openness. Under the economic transformation requirements, the coastal and inland stations have the same starting line. ”

In Chengdu, the changes are clearly visible. An example is that in the context of project-based measurement, Chengdu's “introduction” structure is being upgraded – not only the introduction of individual projects, including the US LAB Silicon Valley Accelerator, Sino-British Wisdom Quality Engineering Technology Research. The world's top innovation institutions such as the hospital, Medtronic's high-end medical innovation center, and Europe's number one entrepreneurial accelerator SBC have also settled. The “World Top Technology Park Partner Program (TSPP P)” project, launched in Chengdu High-tech Zone last May, has re-opened the imagination of openness. The Chengdu-Israel Science and Technology Innovation Center is the latest development of the program.

“Opening, the first thing we need is the leading position of the concept.” Zong Zongze pointed out that “the entry of research institutions will make advanced concepts come to this collision. It will become a 'recycling factory' and be able to produce more valuable ones belonging to Chengdu itself. idea."

In the view of the Israeli Consul General in Chengdu, Blue Sky, the introduction of a platform means the entry of an "ecosystem". As the foundation of openness, the network system formed by the interconnection and interoperability is particularly critical. How to network, test the wisdom of urban administrators.

In July last year, the Sino-Italian Cultural and Creative Industry Park settled in Chengdu. Starting from China and Germany, China and South Korea, the Middle Ages, China and France, and Xinchuan, each of the country's industrial parks, have shown that more international projects are stationed.

A few months after the settlement, Ni Fei, the Italian Consul General in Chongqing, who had just taken office, rushed to Chengdu without stopping. In his work plan, Chengdu is an important part of this, and this importance is precisely the idea of ​​its external cooperation. In his view, the gathering of different national industrial parks will form a supporting package. For European countries with widely crossed industries, the entry of one country often means the possibility of supporting other countries, so that one after another will have great potential. European business ecosystem.

Close-up promotion raises local advantage to global advantage

The other side of the open is to push reform through openness. For inland cities, how open can be, often closely related to the pace of reform.

Ke David is the Minister of International Cooperation of Chengdu Shuangliu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Service Co., Ltd. In 2017, he learned about the recruitment information of this Chengdu state-owned platform company from his friends. “Unlimited nationality, only ability.” At that time, he was already the secretary general of the European Chamber of Commerce, but he still came to Chengdu from his hometown of Hungary, hoping to seize this opportunity.

“In Hungary, it is rare for state-owned companies or governments to provide jobs for foreigners.” Ke David told the Daily Economic News reporter.

There is no such thing. The Chengdu High-tech Administration of the Sichuan Free Trade Zone, in June last year, recruited Ke Wen from Connecticut, USA, and graduated from Yale University. He is also responsible for international business.

The relevant person in charge of the bureau introduced to the reporter of "Daily Economic News" that in fact, foreign employees in the government department are very rare, which is also a place where the reform of the high-tech zone is relatively thorough.

In less than a year, Ke David has felt the great value of this job. He found that when dealing with foreign companies, whether the other party's conviction would be affected by cultural differences, and he has more advantages in this regard. Even his existence itself has sent a message to these companies: Chengdu is open enough to give them thoughtful service after landing.

"Dialogue is very important." This is the deep feeling of Ke David. When Chengdu is on the international stage with the new identity of the international gateway hub city, it is necessary to quickly realize the exchange of equality and mutual trust. So, what kind of dialogue is particularly important.

Last year, Chengdu launched the “Chengdu Creation·Global Tour” campaign, which is an opportunity to expect global dialogue through close communication. According to the statistics of the Chengdu Municipal Commission of Commerce, the event organized more than 1,200 local enterprises to conduct special promotion activities in Germany, Singapore, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and other countries within one year. The total amount of contracts was more than 4.3 billion yuan.

In August last year, as the highlight of the “Chuan-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation Week” event, “Chengdu Construction National Western Financial Center Special Promotion Meeting” and “Chengdu Construction National Western Cultural Center Special Event” became two activities in Chengdu to promote themselves to the world. Important platform. In Chengdu, it is necessary to “strieve the ship to the sea” and fully participate in the international industrial division of labor through the role of Hong Kong “super contacts”.

In the view of many Hong Kong guests at the “Chuan-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation Week”, Chengdu’s resources and industrial advantages are already very obvious. It is necessary to promote such activities to Chengdu and find its advantages in integrating and participating in shaping the international industrial structure.

After the launch of the first opportunity to connect the center of Eurasia "Pearl"

Openness is not just about interoperability. The opening of the city will eventually need to return to itself. Looking for a point of convergence between internal and external, the opening and development of the city will eventually achieve a virtuous circle.

In 2017, Chengdu's open development achievements were outstanding – the total import and export volume reached 394.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45.4%, and the growth rate ranked first in the sub-provincial cities. At the same time, the actual use of foreign capital was US$10.04 billion, a year-on-year. The growth rate is 16.5%, and the level of foreign investment is used to stay ahead in the Midwest.

In the view of Zhai Zongze, this is actually the effect that Chengdu naturally produces in the process of finding its own advantages. He believes that Chengdu should be a "Eurasia hub city."

What he said is not empty. One example is that in the sixth year of entering the bank, the Chengdu-European Express Railroad, which was issued from Chengdu, has become the first-class train in China. According to the Polish Governor of Rhodes, Strapin, today, the trains of the Rho Expressway to its original European destination, Rhodes, have achieved a 60% return full load rate. The great value of this railway has made it a golden business card for international cooperation in Chengdu. As the site of the site, the Polish Trade Bureau and the Bavarian State Government have confirmed that they will set up an office in Chengdu.

This railway is the "Pearl" of Chengdu, which is located in the center of Eurasia. It has the advantage and ability to communicate with both sides of Eurasia.

And this also benefits from the role of Chengdu's latecomer advantage. In the view of Professor Huo Weidong, co-director of the Center for Legal Policy Research of the Sichuan Pilot Free Trade Zone in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, this is precisely because the inland economy is smaller than the developed coastal cities, and some systems are not as mature as the coast, but “not so much.” "The embarrassment" is easy to carry out institutional reform experiments.

Blue Sky Ming feels this change directly. In 2017, the trade between Sichuan and Israel grew by 120.1%, ranking the top among Sichuan and the growth rate of foreign trade. As the head of the foreign consulate in Chengdu, he has welcomed friends from Austria - Austria has confirmed to be the 17th consular institution approved in Chengdu.

According to Chengdu's latest urban master plan (draft for review), in 2035, it is necessary to fully build a pan-European pan-Asian international gateway hub with important influence; “Chengdu Prospect Development Strategic Planning Research” suggests that “more comprehensive” Under the new concept of openness, deeper and more pragmatic, Chengdu will have the potential to “transform the development momentum from the siphon region to the establishment of a close geographical cooperation system and an open global link network, from embedded development to building a strong internal Innovative ability to promote local companies to the world stage."

In the view of Zhai Zongze, opening itself means tolerance, which means the courage of the river. "Openness should be a kind of 'hundred garden spirit.'" Zong Zongze said, "In a pluralistic environment, if talents are compared, we can understand more about what is good. This kind of education process will help the city from the perspective of people. File upgrade."

Editor Zhu Yu