AmCham Shanghai's Trade & Investment Center invites you to join us for the event - Industrial Park Series: Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Industrial Park & A New Context of Foreign Investment - on June 24 from 2:00-4:00 pm at AmCham Shanghai Conference Center. Representatives from SGIP of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, will share their insights into the potential investment opportunities and latest investment information in the region, and the relevant experience on the topic of "Foreign Investment Risks and Countermeasures". Attendees will have the opportunity to have face-to-face talks with Head of Jintan District, the government officials and leaders from SGIP, and Representative from Caplugs to further understand the region's current foreign investment outlook and opportunities.

上海美国商会贸易投资中心邀请您参加6月24日下午2点至4点，在上海美国商会会议中心举行的江苏省常州市中德创新产业园投资推介活动。届时，园区领导及企业代表将展示该地区潜在的投资机会，并就"外商投资的风险及应对方法"为话题进行干货分享。与会者有机会与金坛区区长、相关政府领导和园区领导以及企业代表进行面对面交流，第一时间获取外商投资的相关见解、了解相关的发展信息与投资机会。

As the bridgehead of China's economy, the Yangtze River Delta has highlighted its crucial position in overseas investment. Along with national strategies such as Yangtze River Delta Integration, Changzhou has seized the momentum and taken the initiative in its comprehensive development, which makes it a unique "city pacesetter" in the region.

作为中国经济的重要"火车头"，近年来长三角地区的国际吸引力显著提升。面对长三角更高质量一体化发展等重大战略机遇，常州顺势而为，主动作为，凭借发达的工业经济以及坚守实业的韧性，全方位融入长三角一体化发展，成为长三角地区独树一帜的"城市标兵"。

China has surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest investment destination, the key point of which is that China has made use of its unique system advantages during the pandemics. the "Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment" was released on December 19 last year in the context of the constant increase of foreign investment in China, signaling that China will pay more attention to the prevention and risk control. What kind of new problems and challenges caused by the latest measures, and how to cope with the new regulations, are key issues which foreign enterprises are worth heeding.

如今，中国超过美国成为全球第一大投资目的地，根本原因在于中国市场治理经受住了疫情的严峻考验、充分展现了制度优势。在外商频频在华增资的背景下，《外商投资安全审查办法》于去年12月19日发布，释放出今后中国对外开放将更重视防控风险的信号。最新出台的办法会给外商投资带来怎样的新问题、新挑战，以及应该如何应对针对外商投资的新规则，都是外资企业近期需要关注的重点问题。

About Jintan District and Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Industrial Park:

Being the geographic center of the Yangtze River Delta, Jintan District is located in the west of Changzhou City. Jintan covers an area of 976.7 square kilometers and houses a registered population of 560,000 and a permanent population of 728,000. It is known as the "Blessed Land on the East Bank of the Yangtze River". In November 1993, Jintan was changed from a county to a county-level city and then to a district in May 2015. At present, it has jurisdiction over six towns, three sub-districts, one provincial-level economic development zone, one provincial-level high-tech zone and two provincial-level tourist resorts. In recent years, the growth of Jintan's major economic indicators has outpaced most of the counties, county-level cities and districts in southern Jiangsu. With the overall strength growing steadily, it ranked 39th among the national top 100 districts in 2019.

常州市金坛区位于常州市西部、长三角的地理中心，区域面积976.7平方公里，户籍人口56万，常住人口72.8万，素有"江东福地"之美誉。1993年11月撤县设市，2015年5月撤市设区，现辖6个镇、3个街道、1个省级经济开发区、1个省级高新区和2个省级旅游度假区。近几年，金坛区的主要经济指标增幅持续位居苏南各县市区前列，综合实力不断增强，2019年全国百强区排名第39位。

Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Industrial Park (or SGIP) is located in the core area of Jintan District, Changzhou City. It is close to the main urban area in the city with convenient transportation and complete supporting facilities. As the key area of promoting cooperations between Changzhou City and German-speaking countries identified by Changzhou municipal government, SGIP is also known as a concentration area for SMEs from America and other European countries. SGIP covers an area of 27.5 square kilometers, 10.1 square kilometer of which is known as the central area. By the end of 2020, there has been over 300 foreign enterprises investing in the area while the number of European and American companies is increasing by 20-30 every year. Undoubtedly, SGIP has become the area with the highest degree of foreign enterprise agglomeration, the fastest increase in the number, and the most abundant available space in Changzhou. In order to better serve the foreign enterprises in the park, we built the German Center in the core area of SGIP in 2020, which covers an area of 148 acres with four functional centers: business center, service center, incubation center and exchange center.

中德（常州）创新产业园位于常州市地理中心——金坛区的东部，即金坛经济开发区的核心区，紧靠主城区，交通便利，配套设施齐全。中德创新产业园不仅是常州市委、市政府确定的全常州市与德语区国家和地区合作的核心区域，更是带动欧美其他国家中小企业合作的集聚区。中德（常州）创新产业园的总面积为27.5平方公里，其中核心区面积10.1k㎡。截止2020年，这里汇聚了300多家外资企业，近几年欧美企业仍在以每年增加20-30家的速度不断增长中，已经成为了常州区域内可用资源空间充足、外资企业数量增加快、外资企业集聚程度高的地区。园区内专门建设中德中心，占地148亩，共有4个功能板块，分别为商务中心、交流中心、服务中心和孵化中心，将成为常州对外合作新门户、产业发展新高地。

Leading industries: High-end equipment manufacturing, new energy vehicles and auto parts, PV new energy, new generation mobile communication, bio-technology and new pharmaceutics

主导产业：高端装备制造、新能源汽车及汽车零部件、光伏新能源、新一代移动通信、生物技术和新医药。

Agenda

14:00 Registration & Networking

14:30 Opening Remarks

14:35 Speech by Representative from SGIP

14:40 SGIP Introduction

14:50 Experience Sharing: How do foreign investors address potential problems in China

15:20 Speech by Company Representative

15:40 Q&A

议程



14:00 签到及交流

14:30 开场致辞

14:35 SGIP领导致辞

14:40 SGIP园区推介

14:50 经验分享：外商投资应如何应对潜在的风险和问题

15:20 企业代表发言

15:40 问答环节