The Beijing Council For The Promotion Of International Trade And The UK Strengthen Economic And Trade Cooperation

Zhang Yongming, director of the Beijing Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said in his speech that the economic and trade cooperation between Beijing and the UK is progressing steadily. Facing the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Beijing adheres to marketization, internationalization, and legalization, continues to introduce reform and innovation measures, promotes the continuous improvement of the business environment, and builds a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening of the national service industry and China (Beijing) ) The free trade pilot zone has attracted wide attention and interest from foreign companies. In this event, a platform for publicity and promotion of related policies was built in Lize. The participating British companies deepened their understanding of the development planning, industrial positioning, resource advantages, and preferential policies of Beijing and Fengtai District. At the same time, it provides a smooth channel for government-enterprise dialogue to help understand the problems encountered by foreign companies in Beijing's business development and the services they need, and provide a reference for further optimizing the business environment in Beijing.

Gu Peiqin and Zhao Tang thanked the Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Fengtai District Government for building an active and effective communication platform for British companies investing in Beijing, and highly appreciated Beijing's efforts to improve the business environment. Beijing is an important partner of the UK's foreign economic and trade cooperation. The two sides have broad space for cooperation in the service industry, health, life sciences, environmental energy and other fields. The China-Britain Business Association is willing to work with Beijing to promote the development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

During the dialogue session, corporate representatives from HSBC, British Petroleum, InterContinental Hotels Group, Pearson Education, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and other companies shared investment cases in Beijing, expressed corporate concerns, and proposed further optimization of the business environment in Beijing Suggestion and advice. The person in charge of the relevant functional departments of our city responded and answered one by one, and introduced the relevant policies for benefiting enterprises.

Before the symposium, some representatives of British enterprises visited the Lize Financial and Business District in Beijing and exchanged views with enterprises in the park.