On the afternoon of March 2, Guo Huaigang, chairman of CCPIT Beijing, received Koen De Ridder, Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of Belgium in China, and discussed on promotion of trade and investment cooperation. Zhang Xiufeng, vice chairman of CCPIT Beijing, also attended the meeting.
Guo Huaigang provided an overview of the “Two Zones” initiative, namely the Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Opening up the Services Sector and the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone, as well as the status quo of the high-level opening-up platform in Beijing. Guo offered to enhance on cooperation with Belgium which enjoyed regional advantages as the headquarter of the EU in fields like international trade and investment promotion, commercial legal services, and MICE industry promotion in order to better attract European companies’ investment in Beijing and better improve Chinese companies’ attraction for the European market. He also warmly welcomed and invited the Embassy of Belgium and Belgian enterprises in China to join the China International Fair for Trade in Services, the Exhibition of ZGC Forum (also known as China Beijing International High-tech Expo), and the Beijing International Investment Cooperation Seminar and Conference.
Koen De Ridder admitted the great potential of the Chinese market and appreciated Beijing’s efforts on business environment promotion that benefited on its attraction for international investments. He then expressed the willingness to fully play Belgium’s industrial advantages of logistics, science and technology, medicine, food and chemical and actively intensify cooperation between Belgium and Beijing.
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