More than 400 deals worth over 900 billion yuan (around 123.79 billion US dollars) have been signed at the 2024 Global Investment Promotion Conference in Shenzhen, a leading tech and innovation hub in south China, on Friday.
The business event attracted representatives from over 700 companies and institutions in 35 countries and regions across the world to explore investment opportunities in the city with vibrant business environment. Over 200 of the companies are Fortune Global 500 companies and multinational corporations.
"I'm very impressed by this conference because it's very insightful. It gives us a very comprehensive policy of the city with regard of the foreign investment. We would like to establish here a digital innovation ecosystem around how we are going to support the traditional industry as well as the emerging industry," said Samson Khaou, the executive vice president of the French engineering tech company Dassault Systèmes, Asia Pacific.
The deals signed at the conference cover a wide range of fields including new energy, new generation electronic information technologies, low-altitude economy, intelligent connected vehicles, biomedicine and medical equipment.
Over 120 bln USD worth of deals signed at 2024 Global Investment Promotion Conference
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin on Monday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stated during the meeting that China is ready to work with Ireland to implement the consensus of the leaders of the two countries, consolidate high-level mutual trust, expand high-level cooperation, promote and strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Ireland and strive for solid progress to achieve common development and prosperity.
China is willing to strengthen dialogue with Ireland and the EU, enhance mutual trust, and properly handle differences, so as to be a constructive force in the process of multipolarization and work together with them to safeguard world peace, stability and development, said Wang.
For his part, Martin stated that Ireland and China enjoy traditional friendship, mutual respect, mutual trust and robust bilateral relations. Ireland is willing to develop a closer partnership with China and will continue to adhere to the one-China policy, said Martin, noting that Ireland is willing to work with China to uphold multilateralism, support free trade, maintain the stability of industrial and supply chains, and commit to resolving differences and disputes through dialogue.
During his visit, Wang also held talks with Irish Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Harris.
China willing to expand high-level cooperation with Ireland: FM