2026 "Multinational Enterprises Tour to Tianjin" was held and a number of cooperation results were achieved

China News Service, Tianjin, October 23 (Reporter Zhou Yaqiang) From the 21st to the 23rd, the 2026 "Multinational Enterprises Tour to Tianjin" event co-sponsored by Tianjin City and CITIC Group was held in Tianjin. More than 300 guests from 240 companies, institutions, and industry organizations from more than 30 countries and regions around the world attended the meeting, conducted inspections and docking around the theme of "Invest in Tianjin, Win-win Future", and reached a number of cooperation results.

According to the organizer, the guests participating in this conference are characterized by a "dense concentration of leading companies, concentrated decision-making, and strong willingness to cooperate": about 60% of the participating companies are Fortune 500 companies, hidden champions, and industry leaders; more than 70% are high-level guests; more than 80% of companies and institutions have not yet invested in Tianjin, and many of them are entering the Chinese market for the first time.

During the event, guests visited the Airbus Tianjin final assembly line, GE Healthcare Tianjin base, Tianjin Port Smart Green Terminal and other places for on-site inspections focusing on the four dimensions of "intelligent manufacturing in Tianjin", "technological innovation leadership", "hub port" and "city heritage". Within three days, there were more than 100 negotiation and docking activities, inspections and visits. The event also organized a special promotion meeting for Tianjin, a symposium with representatives of multinational enterprises and foreign institutions, 4 meetings with city leaders, and 5 special meetings for precise docking and negotiation.

Data show that the reinvestment of profits of foreign-funded enterprises settled in Tianjin in 2025 will increase by 36.9% year-on-year. Xu Yilin, chief commercial officer of Honeywell Greater China, said that Tianjin’s complete industrial ecology and rich application scenarios make companies confident in developing further development here.

At the Industrial Cooperation Conference on October 23, the CITIC 117 Collaborative Science and Technology Innovation Center, a scientific and technological innovation carrier jointly built by the central and local governments, was officially unveiled, and the first batch of 14 scientific and technological enterprises signed on-site to settle in the center. The "CITIC 117 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" was released simultaneously, which will give full play to the continuous empowerment role of the "Seed + Science and Technology Innovation" dual fund and promote scientific research results from R&D and transformation to industrialization.

According to reports, the "Multinational Enterprises Tour to Tianjin" is the Tianjin special event of CITIC Group's "Foreign Enterprises Tour to China" series of activities. Since 2024, this brand event has been held ten times in Chongqing, Hunan, Nanjing and other places, attracting the participation of more than 1,500 foreign-funded enterprises and institutions from more than 30 countries and regions.

Tianjin City stated that it will establish a long-term docking mechanism to document the cooperation leads and contracted projects reached at this event, and provide follow-up and tracking services by dedicated personnel to ensure the implementation of cooperation intentions.