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As a supporting event for the '9·8 CIFIT', this event was jointly hosted by the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce and Bank of China Fujian Branch, with the theme of 'Opportunities for Fujian Businessmen under the Global Development Initiative - Four Seas Concentric, Fujian in the World', aiming to implement global development initiatives, deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', promote the two-way development of 'going out' and 'bringing in', and promote the integrated development of trade and investment.
Report from this newspaper (Reporter Huang Qiongfen) On September 6, the Bank of China GBIC Conference and Global Fujian Business Cooperation Matchmaking Conference was held in Quanzhou. Wang Yongli, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, attended and delivered a speech.
As a supporting event for the "9·8 CIFIT", this event was jointly hosted by the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce and the Fujian Branch of the Bank of China, with the theme of "Opportunities for Fujian Businessmen under the Global Development Initiative - Four Seas Concentric, Fujian in the World", aiming to implement global development initiatives, deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", promote the two-way efforts of "going out" and "bringing in", and promote the integrated development of trade and investment.
The "GBIC Platform" was pioneered by Bank of China in the industry and aims to build an open platform that covers government policy guidance, business scene support, investment capital driving force and consumption market traction, in order to promote policy interaction, resource sharing and information interconnection; since its launch, relevant activities have been held in more than 10 key cities across the country.
At the matchmaking meeting, the organizer released the service policy for global Fujian businessmen, as well as the "Entrepreneur Office" service plan for the global development of Fujian businessmen, and established a global "Going Global Friendship Circle" service alliance for Fujian businessmen. Representatives of the alliance signed cooperation intentions with domestic and foreign Fujian Chamber of Commerce and Fujian business representatives, and held the unveiling ceremony of the Fujian Enterprises Going Overseas (Indonesia) Service Station to build a normalized service platform for Fujian businessmen to expand into the Southeast Asian market.
During the matchmaking conference, a roundtable matchmaking meeting in Asia and Africa was also held, and a sub-venue for investment matchmaking was set up. Institutions from 9 countries and regions, including Angola and Saudi Arabia, were specially invited to have on-site one-on-one negotiations with domestic companies. More than a hundred high-quality Fujian business enterprises were attracted to the site to explore business opportunities, and more than half of the customers reached overseas investment intentions on site.
(Fujian Daily reporter Huang Qiongfen)
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