2021 Beijing CBD Forum

September 20, 2021 5mn
2021 Beijing CBD Forum held to gather elements to promote high-level opening to the outside world

On September 17, 2021 Beijing CBD forum was held in Beijing.

Envoys in China, heads of the International Chamber of Commerce, executives of multinational corporations and representatives of politics, industry, finance, education and service jointly discussed how to further enhance the international influence, competitiveness, attraction and leading role of Beijing CBD in the future, Build an international first-class business center and build a highland of Beijing’s opening to the outside world.

This year is the first year of implementing the 14th five year plan, the first anniversary of the construction of Beijing’s “two districts” and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Beijing CBD Management Committee.

Over the past 20 years, Beijing CBD has become a window for opening to the outside world, making steady progress towards the construction goal of an international first-class business center, and becoming a window for Beijing’s foreign exchanges and a “golden card” for the city’s image this forum is co sponsored by the Chaoyang District People’s Government of Beijing and the Foreign Affairs Office of the Beijing Municipal People’s government at the forum, SCO Secretary General norov said that the Beijing CBD forum is one of the international dialogue platforms for Chaoyang District to establish contact with SCO countries for the first time.

In the future, the people’s Government of Chaoyang District will further deepen cooperation with SCO in the fields of economy, trade and culture at the forum site, Chaoyang District government and China Public Diplomacy Association held a signing ceremony. The two sides will cooperate in international cooperation and exchange, international resource gathering and international cultural exchange, so as to further strengthen the function of international business exchanges in Chaoyang District; Chaoyang District government and China Association of foreign invested enterprises held a cloud signing ceremony. In the future, the two sides will carry out active communication and cooperation around investment promotion and cooperation, jointly building an open system connected with international investment and trade rules, and creating an international first-class business environment the forum also released the white paper on Beijing CBD leading internationalization to promote a higher level of opening to the outside world with the growth and development of Beijing CBD, the Beijing CBD forum has been held for 21 times. It is one of the most important symbols of business activities in Beijing and has become an international high-level dialogue platform for Beijing’s opening to the outside world.

In the 2020 global business district attraction report, Beijing CBD surpassed Singapore and Chicago, ranking seventh among the 21 top business districts in the world, second in Asia and first in China Beijing CBD is the first business center approved by the State Council and one of the high-end industrial functional areas in the capital.

Over the past 20 years, Beijing CBD has evolved from the concentration of secondary industries to today’s industrial pattern led by international finance, led by high-end commerce and concentrated development of cultural media. There are more than 10000 foreign-funded enterprises and 105 regional headquarters of multinational corporations. The tax contribution of CBD functional area reaches 8.3% of the whole city, which is the stabilizer of Beijing’s economic development in terms of promoting regional smart and green development, CBD has developed from a “gray” industrial base to a “green” smart forest city. Through two phases of traffic optimization projects, it uses “smart brain” to build smart transportation; Build CBD urban forest park to realize the organic integration of city and park; The building area of the central area with gold certification or above has reached one quarter of that of the whole city.

The ultra-high LEED penetration also makes Beijing CBD one of the CBD with the highest degree of “greening” of office buildings in the world nowadays, Beijing CBD takes the express train of “two districts” construction to accelerate regional internationalization and high-quality development. At present, the regional headquarters of a number of high-quality multinational companies such as sanogen, Zhengda Group and Levit are gathering rapidly, the “first” and “first” effects continue to appear, and the degree of internationalization continues to improve. In terms of optimizing the business environment, we will try first, take the “CBD investment promotion service center of Beijing Pilot free trade zone” as the starting point, innovate means and improve functions, and take the lead in building the city’s first service platform integrating government services and investment promotion services, so as to facilitate enterprises to the greatest extent.