The conference will give an in-depth interpretation of the 2022 Forbes China Venture Capital 100, in a bid to dig into global economic and technological development trends. It will help discuss the effects of innovation on future economic and social development, promote new ideas and progress in business and explore visions for Guangzhou's high-quality development, the official said.

The 2023 Guangzhou-UK Economic and Trade Cooperation Roundtable Dialogue takes place on Feb 28, which was attended by the city's global investment partners with an interest in exploring development opportunities. CHINA DAILY

Following 2022's partnership with the Hurun Report to hold the first Global Unicorn CEO Conference, the two are again teaming up to publish the 2023 Global Unicorn List at a parallel session.

Prior to this, organizers held eight sessions outside the Chinese mainland, with the first event launching in Hong Kong on March 1. This was followed by the ones in Berlin, Germany; Tel Aviv in Israel; Macao; Singapore; Frankfurt in Germany; Silicon Valley in the United States and Tokyo in Japan.

As of now, those sessions have brought about 12 significant strategic cooperation agreements covering fields such as artificial intelligence, modern services, digital economy and new energy.

In 2022, investment contracts for a total of 355 major projects from more than 20 countries and regions were signed during the event, with a total contractual investment of 880 billion yuan ($128 billion).

According to Hong Qian, head of Guangzhou's commerce bureau, Guangzhou will implement a global investment and cooperation partner plan this year to promote the investment climate and diversify ways to secure investment.