Event highlights business environment and opportunities in Guangdong's capital

With the theme "investing in Guangzhou is investing in the future", the ninth China Guangzhou Investment Annual Conference kicked off on Monday with major activities underway, featuring a plenary forum, 18 parallel sessions and eight preceding external sessions.

Centering on the development trends of intelligent manufacturing, new generation information technology, biopharmaceuticals, new energy and other cutting-edge industries, participants are comparing notes on digitalization, ecosystem protection and internationalization.

A ceremony to announce the city's global investment partners and another for project contract signings are in the pipeline.

"An image display and business negotiation corridor" is providing a face-to-face promotion and communication platform for participants outside the main venue.

A view of the Pearl River and Canton Tower in Guangzhou. CHINA DAILY

According to Luo Zheng, deputy director-general of Guangzhou's commerce bureau, this year's two-day conference is taking place simultaneously with the 133rd China Import and Export Fair, which is known as the Canton Fair.

This strategy is expected to help reach the fair's participants and attract them to the conference, so that they will get a better understanding of Guangzhou's business environment, industrial development and investment orientation.

One visit to the Canton Fair was organized for conference participants on Monday with another to be organized on Tuesday, allowing them to experience the new facility, understand platforms and explore opportunities in Guangzhou, the official said.

This year's event was jointly organized with Forbes China for the first time. More than 1,000 venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, experts, scholars, business associations, and consular officials are sharing resources on site.