On April 14, the “Tides Rising in the Bay Area, Setting Sail in Zhanjiang—2023 Zhanjiang·Bay Area (Shenzhen) Advanced Manufacturing Investment Promotion Seminar,” organized by the Zhanjiang Investment Promotion Bureau and co-hosted by the Leizhou Municipal People’s Government and the Zhanjiang Fenyong High-Tech Zone Administrative Committee, was successfully held in Shenzhen.

The event invited over 100 executives and representatives from manufacturing enterprises. Attendees included the Mayor of Leizhou City, the Director of the Zhanjiang Fenyong High-Tech Zone Management Committee, the Director of the Zhanjiang Investment Promotion Bureau, and heads of investment promotion departments from 11 counties (cities and districts).

As the organizer of this promotion event, GuChuan United worked efficiently to prepare and advance the event, assisting Zhanjiang in inviting target enterprises to attend, facilitating precise government-enterprise matchmaking and in-depth exchanges, and creating a favorable atmosphere for the signing and implementation of high-quality projects.

Zhanjiang is a sub-provincial center in Guangdong Province, a central city in the Western Guangdong and Beibu Gulf urban clusters, and one of the first “Belt and Road” maritime cooperation hub cities. On April 10, General Secretary Xi Jinping began his inspection tour of Guangdong in Zhanjiang, fully demonstrating the city’s significant status within the national strategic layout.

In recent years, Zhanjiang has adhered to a real economy-oriented approach and prioritized manufacturing. By continuously optimizing the business environment and coordinating efforts across policy implementation, project development, and enterprise services, the city has taken the initiative, embraced its mission, and strived for excellence in facilitating the orderly transfer of industries and promoting coordinated regional development. This has accelerated Zhanjiang’s transformation into a sub-provincial center of Guangdong and a key growth pole in the modern coastal economic belt.

At the meeting, Tang Yuliang, Director of the Zhanjiang Investment Promotion Bureau, gave a comprehensive presentation on Zhanjiang’s investment environment to the attending enterprise representatives. He noted that Zhanjiang is a strategic national crossroads, a land-sea connectivity hub, a modern industrial cluster, and a new hotspot for corporate investment. With immense development potential and broad prospects, the city possesses superior conditions for receiving industrial transfers.

Driven by three major flagship projects—Baosteel Zhanjiang Steel, Sinopec-CPC Refining & Chemicals, and BASF—Zhanjiang is fostering the development of industrial clusters in green steel, green petrochemicals, green energy, new energy vehicles, advanced equipment manufacturing, marine biopharmaceuticals, electronic information, new energy storage, smart home appliances, agricultural and marine product processing, and light industry and textiles.

Director Tang Yuliang warmly invited entrepreneurs to invest and establish businesses in Zhanjiang, sharing development opportunities and jointly creating a bright future.

Yan Jiawei, Mayor of Leizhou City, and Wu Chengguang, Director of the Administration Committee of Zhanjiang Fenyong High-Tech Zone, delivered thematic presentations on the Leizhou and Fenyong zones—Zhanjiang’s primary platforms for the orderly transfer of industries.

Mayor Yan Jiawei of Leizhou City noted that Leizhou boasts superior natural endowments, distinct geographical advantages, and a significant demographic dividend. The city benefits from multiple overlapping policy incentives, including its designation as a major industrial cluster in Guangdong Province, the primary platform for the orderly transfer of industries in Guangdong, and a major export processing trade zone in Guangdong.

In recent years, Leizhou has implemented numerous measures to improve the business environment, such as the “Second Seal” approval service and the “Start Construction Immediately Upon Land Acquisition” policy. These efforts have yielded significant results in attracting investment, with a number of high-quality industrial relocation projects from the Pearl River Delta having already settled and taken root in Leizhou.

Wu Chengguang, Director of the Administration Committee of Zhanjiang Fenyong High-Tech Zone, explained that Fenyong High-Tech Zone is located in the central part of the Leizhou Peninsula. It is a modern industrial park that integrates five major functional zones: the National Demonstration Base for New Industrialization, the Guangdong Provincial Industrial Transfer Industrial Park, a Large-Scale Industrial Cluster Zone, a High-Tech Development Zone, and an ASEAN Industrial Park.

The park focuses on targeted investment promotion aligned with the leading industries of the large-scale industrial cluster, having initially established three pillar industries: new materials, steel supporting industries, and food and pharmaceuticals. It looks forward to collaborating with entrepreneurs to build a new high ground for modern industries.

At the promotional event, representatives from companies that have established operations in the zone shared their firsthand experiences and insights regarding investing in Zhanjiang.

Tang Zhongping, Chairman of Guangdong Bihui Industrial Group, praised the Leizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government for their pragmatic and efficient investment promotion measures and continuously improving business environment.

Tang Zhongping noted that Zhanjiang is now an ideal place to live, work, and travel. He highlighted that Leizhou, in particular, boasts superior port facilities, a significant demographic dividend, processing and export conditions that rival those of Vietnam, and comprehensive “one-stop” project services. He expressed his intention to bring his over 30 years of expertise in eyewear manufacturing and management back to Leizhou to contribute to the high-quality economic development of his hometown.

Liao Haiman, Assistant General Manager of Yingli Energy Development (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd., noted that as a company in the new energy sector, investing in Zhanjiang offers advantages in terms of location and transportation, industrial resources, government services, talent resources, and living environment. The company is highly confident in its Zhanjiang project.

To enhance the efficiency of project services, dedicated “one-on-one” consultation rooms were set up on-site. Following the event, interested enterprises flocked to these rooms to engage in targeted discussions with investment promotion departments from various counties (cities and districts) in Zhanjiang. Most entrepreneurs expressed great enthusiasm and stated they would visit Zhanjiang for on-site inspections as soon as possible.

Today, Zhanjiang—leveraging its unique geographical and industrial advantages, a continuously improving investment environment, flexible and preferential implementation policies, and high-quality, comprehensive industrial support facilities—complements and synergizes with the industrial and supply chains of the Greater Bay Area. This has significantly enhanced the appeal of investing in Zhanjiang, making it a “new focal point” for industrial relocation within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Moving forward, Guchuan United will continue to leverage its strengths in market-oriented investment promotion. Through diverse approaches that go beyond simply hosting investment promotion seminars, the firm will create more opportunities for local governments and industrial parks to engage in precise matchmaking and in-depth exchanges with target enterprises, ensuring that high-quality projects move from “paper” to “reality.”