Sichuan Economy and Trade Trends

Monthly, June 2016

Published by CCPIT Sichuan Council

Contents

Macro Economy

Sichuan Had 488 Million Express Mails in 2015

 The Statistical Communique on 2015 Post Industrial Development of Sichuan Province was published on June 6^th. It’s reported that the total revenue of the post industry in 2015 was RMB 13.857 billion, up by 18.05% year on year, and the business revenue (excluding direct operating revenues from Postal Savings Bank of China) was RMB 12.192 billion, up by 21.23% year on year. The express delivery business in Sichuan Province continued to rise with Chengdu taking the lead in business volume and revenues, ranking the first in Western China and the 10^th in China.

 As for express delivery business, Sichuan has delivered 488 million mails last year, up by 28.61% year on year, and achieved RMB 6.289 billion revenues, up by 31.12% year on year. Among them, the intra-city express mail service has a strong momentum of growth with 145 million mails delivered last year, a 45.43% growth year on year. Chengdu delivered 381 million mails last year, up by 25.5% year on year and accounting for 78.2% of the total volume of Sichuan. Its revenues were RMB 4.51 billion, up by 28.4% year on year and accounting for 71.7% of Sichuan total. (June 7^th, Sichuan Daily/Wang Yuxi)

Foreign Trade

Chengdu-Europe Express Railway Will Be Extended to Russia and Turkey

   On May 25^th, Chengdu Port and Logistics Office and DHL Global Forwarding (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “DHL”) signed the MoU on China-EU Logistics Corridor Construction. The two parties will complement each other and extend the CHINA RAILWAY Express and Chengdu-Europe Express Railway to Turkey, Russia and southern Europe, so as to further increase trade between China and European countries.

  As a well-known brand under Deutsche Post, DHL has a logistics network covering 220 countries and regions in the world. The cooperation will aim to take the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway as the backbone, and also use DHL’s logistics network and stations all over the world, to develop multimodal transportation such as air-air, air-rail and road-rail intermodal transportations. It will also expand branch line networks of the two Chengdu-Europe Express hubs both in Europe and China, build a more competitive Sino-European logistics channel and further create an international regional economic cooperation pattern connecting Japan and South Korea in the east, Central Asia and Europe in the west and ASEAN in the south.

With the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway, Chengdu has entered into cooperative relationships with a great many well-known companies such as Dell, Lenovo and TCL in logistics transportation. DHL’s joining will further expand the scope of business of the Chengdu-Europe Express and accelerate the formation of three major businesses including global logistics, manufacturing and large-scale international trade. (May 27^th, Sichuan Daily/Chen Bihong)

The Netherlands Visa Application Center Opened in Chengdu

 The Visa Application Center for the Netherlands in Chengdu was officially opened on May 30^th. Chengdu citizens can obtain a visa to the Netherlands at their doorstep within 48 hours.

  The Netherlands Visa Application Center, at Room 2012, Building B, Times Plaza, No. 2 Zongfu Road, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, is now open for applications for business visa, tourist visa and visa for family visit. Citizens can get visa for a short stay of 90 days within 48 hours, and the application fee is only 84 Euros.

  The center will provide many high quality and special services, such as temporary appointment, Schengen Visa application telephone consulting, and online or SMS application status inquiry. In addition, the new Application Center will also collect biometric information of the applicants and submit visa applications according to Schengen provisions.

  Sichuan has frequent economic and trade cooperation with the Netherlands in recent years. The total volume reached RMB 3 billion in 2015.

  Apart from Chengdu, the Netherlands will also open visa application centers in Hangzhou and Shenzhen in near future. Visa application centers in Fuzhou, Ji’nan, Nanjing and Shenyang have been opened in succession this spring, while those in Changsha, Kunming, Wuhan and Xi’an will open this autumn. (May 31^st, Sichuan Daily/Xiong Runpin)

SRI International Settled in Chengdu Science City

 SRI International, a world leading research institute signed the agreement to settle in Chengdu Science City, and will build Stanford Tianfu Research Institute together with the management committee of Chengdu Tianfu New Area, which will be its first substantive cooperation project in China.

 Stanford Tianfu Research Institute aims to promote in-depth cooperation between scientific research institutes, colleges and universities, companies and industrial organizations from Chengdu and Silicon Valley on R&D, patent licensing and transactions, project incubation and industrialization, and talent training, popularizing SRI International's innovative management concepts and models and accelerating the eco-environment optimization and development of start-ups in Chengdu Tianfu New Area. (June 15^th, Sichuan Daily/Zhang Shoushuai)

Direct Flights between Chengdu and Koh Samui Open in July

 The 2016 Thai Festival Week in Chengdu, co-hosted by Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chengdu, Chengdu Municipal Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and Qingyang District People’s Government, was held from June 17^th to 21^st, at Renhe Spring Department Store at 2^nd Sec. of 2^nd Ring Road W., Qingyang District, Chengdu. This is the largest of its kind in the last two years.

 The Week is held annually in Chengdu since the establishment of Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chengdu in 2005, and it has now become a brand project for comprehensive exchanges and cooperation between Chengdu and Thailand. There are 65 booths this year, having attracted about 50 exhibitors from 20 provinces including those from chambers of commerce such as Bangkok City, Chiang Mai Province, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Phuket Province and Ubon Ratchathani Province, and from other sister cities of Chengdu or other cities and prefectures in Sichuan. The special products on exhibition range from decoration works, handicrafts, fresh fruits, fruit products, skin care products, SPA products, herbal products to foods. Apart from that, there will also be Thai dance and Muay Thai performances, delicious snacks and other activities full of Thai elements. (June 17^th, Sichuan Daily/Xiong Runpin)

Chengdu Port for Finished Automobile Import Officially into Use

  On June 17^th, the first batch of imported finished automobiles of Sichuan Province arrived at the Chengdu Railway Port in Qingbaijiang District. These Land Rover cars rode on the CHINA RAILWAY Express, which departed from Nuremberg of Germany, went through over 9,800 kilometers across the Eurasia and arrived after only 10 days or so at the destination. The event also marked the official opening of the Chengdu Port for Finished Automobile Import.

  Chengdu was approved as a port for finished automobile import in last February, and it was also the first port for finished automobile import in inland China arranged by the State Council. People in Sichuan Province and other areas of Western China can buy finished cars imported from anywhere around the world without going abroad, and Europe-made cars can be transported to Sichuan via the CHINA RAILWAY Express, saving 75% of the time compared to shipping and also logistics costs to a large extent.

  The opening of the port paves the way for bilateral international cooperation in Sichuan’s automobile industry, and it is also a major initiative to respond to the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt. Since the approval of the import port, Chengdu Customs has been working hard to research supporting measures and sending designated persons to Shanghai, Tianjin, Ningbo and Fuzhou to learn their policies for finished automobile import. Measures such as “Declaration in Advance”, “Price Appraisal in Advance” and “Classification in Advance” were brought up targetedly to raise the customs clearance efficiency and help automobile companies to shorten their cycles of operation. (June 18^th, Sichuan Daily/Zeng Xiaoqing)

Central Bohemia Region Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu Opened

  After Sichuan’s setting up an office in Central Bohemia Region of Czech Republic, the Central Bohemia Region Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu opened in EU Project Innovation Centre (EUPIC) on June 20^th. Miloš Petera, Governor of the Central Bohemia Region and Jan Kohut, Counselor to the President of Czech Republic, invited for a Sichuan visit, witnessed the signing and opening ceremony in the morning. Zhu Hexin, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, was also present.

  Central Bohemia Region, located at the bohemian areas in central Czech, embraces Prague, capital of the country, tightly to its heart. It covers an area of 11,000 square kilometers and has a population of 1.32 million. It is one of the regions with largest area and population in Czech. The television production base in Nymburk of Central Bohemian Region, set up by Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd., was completed and put into trial on December, 2006. Having a total investment of over RMB 100 million, the project is so far the largest Chinese enterprise investment in Czech and praised by its former Prime Minister as a paradigm for Chinese enterprise developing the European market by way of Czech. Sichuan and Central Bohemia Region became sister province/region in September, 2015.

  Once established, the Central Bohemia Region Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu will provide consulting and other services for people who intend to go to Central Bohemia Region for business trips and investments. (June 21^st, Sichuan Daily/Xiong Runpin)

Key Projects

Commencement of Construction of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

  In the morning on May 27^th, the commencement ceremony of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport was held in Jianyang.

  Wang Dongming, secretary of Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech, announcing the commencement of construction work of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport. Yin Li, deputy secretary of Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and governor of Sichuan, presided the commencement ceremony. Ke Zunping, chairman of Sichuan Provincial CPPCC Committee, Liu Guozhong, deputy secretary of Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, Shu Qingyou, deputy political commissar of Western Theater Command and political commissar of air force in Western Theater Command, and Kang Weimin, deputy commander of air force in Western Theater Command attended the ceremony. The National Development and Reform Commission and Civil Aviation Administration of China sent warm congratulations to the commencement of airport construction.

  Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is located in Lujia Town, Jianyang City, Tianfu New Area, about 50 kilometers from downtown Chengdu. The planned aircraft movement area reference code is 4F, which refers to the airport of world’s highest level. Aircrafts of any model can take off from and land at the airport. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is the largest civil transport airline hub planned in the “13^th Five-Year Plan” period and also the single project with the largest investment scale in Sichuan Province. The long-term goal is to build 6 runways for the airport to satisfy the annual passenger throughput of 90 million. The total investment in phase I project is RMB 71.86 billion, introducing investment to related works of over RMB 300 billion. Three runways (two longitudinal and one transverse) will be built. The space between the east and west runways is 2400m, which is the widest in China. The design passenger throughput is 40 million per year. In addition, airport terminal and airport economic zone will be constructed. The phase I project is planned to be put into service in 2020. (May 28^th, Sichuan Daily/Zhang Hongping, Wang Meiling)

Industries

High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association is Founded in Deyang

  On May 25^th, Deyang High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association was founded. It consists of five leading equipment manufacturing enterprises (China National Erzhong Group Co., Deyang Dongqi Power Station Equipment Co., Ltd., Dongfang Electric Corporation, Dongfang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd, and Sichuan Honghua Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.) and small and medium-sized equipment manufacturing enterprises in Deyang. There are 76 members of the first batch and 20 members in Board of Directors of the association. It is the industry association with the widest coverage in Deyang.

  A chairman liaison system will be adopted after the association is founded. Each member enterprise will keep in touch with other member enterprises to get to know the industry and production and operating status of the member enterprises in a timely manner and to help them in resolving difficulties. According to Wen Guotai, vice chairman of the association, the association integrates the advantages of Deyang high-end equipment manufacturing, the industrial, technical and equipment advantages of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises as well as the flexibility of private industry clusters, which contributes to the integration of industrial advantages and resource complementarity in Deyang.

  The 2016 annual meeting of Cooperation Alliance of China High-end Equipment Manufacturing Association was held on the same day. Deyang High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association signed strategic cooperation agreement with Dalian Machinery Industry Association, Shanghai Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Trade Association and Anshan Intelligent Innovation Alliance of Equipment Manufacturing Industry. Cooperation Alliance of China High-end Equipment Manufacturing Association was initiated on July 17^th, 2014 by seven equipment manufacturing industry associations including Shanghai Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Trade Association, Beijing Association of Mechanical and Electrical Industry, Chengdu Machinery Industry Association. (May 26^th, Sichuan Daily/Yuan Jing)

Sichuan Big Data Development Research Association was Founded Big Data Trading Center will be Built

  On May 31^st, Sichuan Big Data Development Research Association was founded. The association will initiate the construction of Sichuan Big Data Trading Center to promote the integrative development of big data industry in Sichuan.

  Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission is in charge of the Sichuan Big Data Development Research Association which is composed of over 200 big data-oriented enterprises in Sichuan related to big data industry chain, supply chain and value chain. In addition to the Big Data Trading Center, the association will research and deploy the construction of public big data cloud platform, build Sichuan big data expert base and be engaged in the standardization of big data. (June 1^st, Sichuan Daily/Chen Yan)

The First Private Bank in Sichuan Approved for Construction Preparation

  To further financial reform in Sichuan, the construction of Sichuan Bank of Hope, the first private bank in Sichuan was approved by China Banking Regulatory Commission on June 13^th. Sichuan was one of the first batch of provinces that have the right to establish t private banks after the completion of private bank experiments and normalization of examination and approval.

  The main initiators of the proposed Sichuan Bank of Hope are New Hope Group, Sichuan Yinmi Technology Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Hongqi Chainstore Co., Ltd. Yinmi Tech is a subsidiary company of Xiaomi Tech. This means that the well-known entrepreneurs including Liu Yonghao, Lei Jun and Cao Shiru will join hands in establishing Sichuan Bank of Hope.

  According to the announcement made by Hongqi Chain on June 13^th, the proposed registered capital of Sichuan Bank of Hope Co., Ltd. is RMB 3 billion. New Hope Group, Yinmi Tech and Hongqi Chain subscribed 30%, 29.5% and 15% of the total stock respectively. The qualification of other shareholders subscribing less than 10% of the total stock will be reviewed by CBRC Sichuan based on laws and regulations.

  Sichuan Bank of Hope will actively explore the mode of differential operation and development by relying on the Internet, taking “ordinary deposit and petty loan, mobile internet, online to offline, inclusive coverage” as its features, taking direct selling bank as the main channel, considering services to agriculture, farmers and rural areas, small and micro enterprises and communities as the market positioning and regarding young consumers including new generation of migrant workers as well as agriculture-related small and micro enterprises as the main target customers. (June 14^th, Sichuan Daily/Li Longjun)

Convention & Exhibition Economy

Macworld iWorld will be Held in Sichuan in this August

  On May 19^th, International Data Group announced that “Macworld iWorld” will be held in Chengdu from August 18^th to 21^st this year.

  2016 Macworld iWorld will last for 4 days. It consists of 3 major parts: exhibition, international forum and series activities. Enterprises, distributors, professional visitors and media in mobile ecosystem are expected to be attracted. Over 200 exhibitors will bring their products to the grand industrial gathering of interactivity and specialty together with lots of distributors. VR and AR, the emerging and popular technologies, have been developed from fields including game, movie, travel, medical treatment and education to every aspect of life. (May 26^th, Sichuan Daily/Zou Jing)

32 Electronic Information Projects Settled in Sichuan with Total Investment of RMB 54.032 Bln

  On the Promotion and Project Signing Ceremony of 2016 China (Sichuan) Electronic Information Industry Investment and Cooperation held on June 16^th, 32 electronic information projects were contracted to settle in Sichuan. The total investment was RMB 54.032 billion. These projects will be in Chengdu, Mianyang, Suining, Neijiang and Guang'an.

  Among the contracted projects, 19 projects relate to secondary industry with investment amount of RMB 47.772 billion, taking up 88.41% of the total investment; 13 projects relate to tertiary industry, taking up 11.59% of the total investment. The projects are in the fields of electronic equipment, e-commerce, electronic parts and components and consumer electronics terminal. The YTO Express (Chengdu) southwest district headquarter base and YTO Airline southwest transit center, with the investment of RMB 3 billion, the phase II project of BOECD 6-generation LTPS/AMOLED production line, with the investment of RMB 24.5 billion, the project of Inspur Group (Chengdu) southwest headquarters and research and development center, with the investment of RMB 1 billion, and 5 other projects were signed at the event.

  During the event, Sichuan promoted 109 investment cooperation projects of electronic information industry, with the total investment amount of RMB 96.6 billion. (June 17^th, Sichuan Daily/Huang Dahai, Wang Yuxi, Zhang Lan)

Opening of 2016 Chengdu Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair

  Opening ceremony of 2016 Chengdu Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair was held in Chengdu in the morning of June 24^th. Over 5000 guests and representatives from all over the world gathered in Chengdu to discuss the future of innovation and entrepreneurship and promote innovation and entrepreneurship trade.

  As the world’s first innovation and entrepreneurship whole chain display platform, the 2016 Chengdu Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair took “innovation leading and win-win cooperation” as the theme and held  18 major activities, including 12 international forums, 1 global innovation and entrepreneurship exhibition, 3 fairs and 2 maker competitions. Besides, activities including “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China” relay were also held to show the new trend of global innovation and entrepreneurship in all directions and multiple perspectives and to promote global innovation and entrepreneurship experience exchange, achievement exhibition and trade. (June 25^th, Sichuan Daily /Hu min, Zhang Minghai)

CCPIT Sichuan Council

Su Hongyi Attended the Chengdu Conference of 2^nd “Made in China Exhibition (Qatar)”

  In the morning of June 2^nd, 2016, Chengdu Conference of the 2^nd “Made in China Exhibition (Qatar)”, which was hosted jointly by CCPIT Sichuan Council, China Chamber of International Commerce (Sichuan), Embassy of the State of Qatar in China, China international Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges of Ministry of Commerce and Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was held in Shangri-La Hotel. Su Hongyi, inspector of CCPIT Sichuan Council, Abdullah, counselor of Embassy of the State of Qatar in China and Tian Guofeng, responsible person of China international Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges of Ministry of Commerce, attended the conference.

  Su Hongyi made the welcoming address. According to him, Qatar is an important country along “the Belt and Road” and also the country connecting Asia, Africa and Europe. In recent years, exchange visits between two countries happened more frequently and strategic partnership has been established. He encouraged the Sichuan enterprises to take the 2^nd “Made in China Exhibition (Qatar)” as a platform to communicate with local enterprises and look for and seize the cooperation opportunities to explore the broad market in West Asia.

  Abdullah made a speech and according to him, lots of related international organizations paid attention to the economic development in some Chinese cities. They agreed that Chengdu is most attractive to the investors. Chengdu has become the modern industry and fine manufacturing industry base of Asia with its advantages in aerospace, electronic industry, etc. It also has a place in China and even the world’s economy. Therefore, Chengdu was one of the five cities in China to hold the conference.

  Tian Guofeng introduced the progress in preparation work for the 2^nd “Made in China Exhibition (Qatar)”. The exhibition will be held in Doha, capital of Qatar, from 15^th to 18^th, November, 2016. It is one of the planned major projects of “the Belt and Road” initiative. The theme of the exhibition will be “architecture and science and technology”. Most of the exhibitors are medium and high end manufacturing enterprises, including the Chinese leading enterprises in building industry as well as the high-quality enterprises engaged in building materials and supporting facilities in China. The exhibition aims at exhibiting top products and service in building and science and technology to countries in Middle East and Africa. It is planned to invite 100 Chinese enterprises to the exhibition. “China-Gulf Countries Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum” will also be held at the time.

  The person responsible for Sichuan Huashi Overseas Investment Construction Co., Ltd. shared the experience and suggestions on “Going Out” to explore the international market with the guests and enterprises representatives.

  The guests from China and Qatar had confidence in the future economic and trade cooperation between both countries and said that they will make full preparation for the 2^nd “Made in China Exhibition (Qatar). Nearly 100 representatives from related institutions and enterprises in Sichuan attended the conference.

2016 China (Chengdu) Smart Industry International Expo and Press Conference held in Chengdu

  The promotional conference of the 2016 China (Chengdu) Smart Industry International Expo (hereinafter referred to as “Chengdu Smart Industry Expo”) and Press Conference were held in Chengdu in the afternoon on June 6^th. Deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Commission, Wang Wensheng, vice president of the CCPIT Sichuan Council Lv Furong and deputy director of the 5^th Office of the Sichuan Board of Investment Promotion Mao Yuanxiang attended the conference and delivered speeches. Over 150 people including representatives from the Department of Culture of Sichuan Province, the Sichuan Communications Administration, Commissions of Economy and Information Technology of all prefectures and cities in Sichuan Province and CCPIT Sichuan Council, personnel from relevant authorities of the area directly administrated by Chengdu Tianfu New Area Administrative Committee, Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Mianyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, leaders from the Association for Promotion of West China Research and Development, the China Western Internet and Big Data Industry Association, the Sichuan Institute of Electronics as well as some famous companies such as Telecom, Mobile, Unicom, Huawei, Inspur and MaiPu along with media representatives from China.org.cn, www.wccdaily.com.cn, Tencent, SOHU and toutiao.com were present at the meeting.

  Lv unveiled the overall plan for the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, preparation progress and existing problems, clearly pinpointed the key jobs and requirements in next stage and made an introduction about the features and highlights of the first Chengdu Smart Industry Expo.

  All parties should work together to integrate the resources and establish an industrial development platform together. Firstly, the government needs to strengthen the guidance and create a sound collaborative promotion mechanism. The Electronic Information Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China will lead relevant works. The Sichuan Provincial People’s Government will hold the investment promotion activities centering on intelligent manufacturing at this Chengdu Smart Industry Expo. The Chengdu Smart Industry Expo collaborative promotion team jointly organized by the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Commission, the Sichuan Board of Investment Promotion and the CCPIT Sichuan Council has been formed for the joint work of provincial departments and coordination between provincial and municipal authorities. Secondly, the government should focus on key sectors and integrate high-quality industrial resources. Both the Chinese Institute of Electronics and the Chinese Research Institute of Electronic Information Industrial Development are special supporter of the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, will attend the China Information Security Conference and China (Sichuan) Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Cooperation Conference. In addition, Messe Frankfurt will take part in various exhibitions and forums regarding intelligent security, intelligent manufacturing and smart home.

 Exhibitions’ role as a platform should be given to a full play with the consideration to industrial development priorities and requirements. Firstly, focus on the development of intelligent manufacturing technology, contribute to make Sichuan a western China province strong in manufacturing and a western highland in the age of “Made in China 2025”, hold the China (Sichuan) Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Cooperation Conference and build the “Made in Sichuan” Exhibition Hall. Secondly, focus on the development of information security industry, create leading industrial form and development platform in China and hold China Information Security Conference. Thirdly, make efforts to promote businesses and benefit people, facilitate the development of smart cities and conduct the "2016 Smart City International Forum". Fourthly, encourage the development of digital entertainment and emerging culture industrial value chain and hold the 2016 National E-Sports City Champion (NECC) and E-Sports and Digital Entertainment Industry Development Summit. Finally, expand the service scope of smart industries, hold Western China Smart Countryside Summit and promote the implementation of the pilot project of “WiFi goes into villages, network alleviate poverty” in Sichuan.

  Deputy director Lv Furong emphasized that in the next stage, relevant departments should keep up with the schedule and guide the work effectively and orderly, clearly identify the responsibilities, jointly push forward the major works, intensify investigation and supervision efforts and ensure that all works are done as planned. Moreover, joint efforts will be made to build the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo into a high-quality industrial development platform to further promote the development of Sichuan smart industry.

  Wang Shengwen told us, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government paid much attention to the development of smart industries including information security, intelligent manufacturing and digital entertainment. In addition, a series of policies have been issued to accelerate the industrial development. Wang made detailed introduction on the current situation of Sichuan information security, intelligent manufacturing and digital entertainment industries and indicated that it’s right the time to hold the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo. The Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Commission attached great importance to the guiding and promotional roles of the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, hoping to build bridge upon the platform to promote the development of Sichuan smart industries. Taking the opportunity of the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, the government aims to organize high-quality companies to visit in the exhibition, do good job in design, packaging, demonstration and advertising and jointly establish “Made in Sichuan” Exhibition Hall. In addition, the government will do its best to promote investment, actively take part in the China (Sichuan) Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Cooperation Conference and other important activities and conduct contract signing ceremonies. Government and non-government organizations in all prefectures and cities of Sichuan Province should grasp the good opportunity to fulfill their jobs and make the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo a full success

  Mr. Mao introduced relevant situation about China (Sichuan) Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Cooperation Conference. He believed that investment promotions and conferences were the best way to integrate resources. Government and non-government organizations in all prefectures and cities of Sichuan Province should take active part to attract people to make investment in smart manufacturing industry.

  Questions regarding measures for developing Sichuan’s information security industry, highlights of Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, main contents of investment promotional activities and focuses of e-sport competitions raised by reporters from Chengdu Metro Express, thecover.cn, SOHU.com and CDBS were answered by Wang Wensheng, Lv Furong, Mao Yuanxiang and representatives from the Sichuan Smart City Committee one by one.

  Associate counsel of the CCPIT Sichuan Council Zhu Xiaojin presided over the expo, director of each department participated in the expo.

Lv Furong Met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China

  Vice president of the CCPIT Sichuan Council Lv Furong has a meeting with Sri Lankas ambassador to China Karunasena and two other officials on the morning of June 15^th.

  Lv Furong welcomed them and made a general introduction to the socio-economy conditions of Sichuan. She mentioned that Sichuan Provincial People’s Government attached great importance to cooperation with Sri Lanka. Under the "Belt and Road" initiative, Sichuan is an important partner of Sri Lanka and both of them have substantial space for cooperation in fields such as agriculture, food, tourism and infrastructure construction. The 7^th South Asia – Sichuan Business Promotion Seminar will be held by our council in Chengdu this October. At that time, the ambassador and his delegation are expected to come along with relevant representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Investment of Sri Lanka. Lv also introduced the situation of CAPAS Chengdu and China (Chengdu) Intellectual Life Expo.

  Mr. Karunasena thanked us for our hospitality and indicated that he would like to help us invite the representatives to the seminar. Afterward, he introduced the construction progress of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport and industrial park in south part of Sri Lanka and invited Sichuan companies to participate in the project construction and make investment there.

CCPIT Sichuan Council Held the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Trade Frictions Pre-Warning and Response Work Meeting

  The 2016 Sichuan Provincial Economic and Trade Frictions Pre-Warning and Response Work Meeting was held in Chengdu on June 23^rd, 2016. CCPIT from 6 cities and prefectures including Zigong, Mianyang, Nanchong, Yibin and Meishan as well as 20 companies which had encountered economic and trade frictions abroad attended the meeting. Party group member and secretary of the Party Committee Wang Zhimin was present and delivered his address.

  According to the global and domestic situation and company demands, Wang Zhimin stressed the importance of friction response, gave an introduction on the performance of CCPIT and CCPIT Sichuan Council and put forward three suggestions. Firstly, CCPIT in every prefecture and city should pay close attention to the friction response work; secondly, interaction and communication should be enhanced; and thirdly, companies should make full use of the economic and trade friction response platform of CCPIT to safeguard their own legitimate rights and interests.

  Representatives from CCPIT of each prefecture and city introduced their performance of handling commercial affairs and economic and trade friction pre-warning work, communicated their future plans and put forward suggestions on the friction pre-warning and response work of Sichuan Province. Sichuan Golden Elephant Sincerity Chemical Co., Ltd., Sichuan Haida Group, ANSTEEL International Trade Company in Panzhihua and Atlantic China Welding Consumables Inc. exchanged their experience on respond to the economic and trade friction, including the dumping and anti-dumping event and 337 Survey by the U.S. and put forward some suggestions. The secretary-general of Southwestern Branch of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Wang Ruichen provided suggestions to prevent and resolve domestic and overseas disputes from the perspectives of the paying close attention to the local laws and regulations, laying emphasis on contract management and choosing the most appropriate arbitration dispute settlement agency.

  According to he participants, the meeting enhanced the communication between internal units of CCPIT, CCPIT and companies as well as companies, integrated information resources of different industries at home and abroad, facilitated the handling of commercial affairs and fulfilling of the economic and trade friction pre-warning work. By exchanging own experience of responding to the dumping and anti-dumping event as well as economic and trade frictions in the US, EU, India and other countries, participants were more confident in coping with economic and trade frictions.

2016 China (Chengdu) Smart Industry International Expo will be held in Chengdu this August

  2016 China (Chengdu) Smart Industry International Expo (hereinafter referred to as Chengdu Smart Industry Expo) will be held in Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center between August 3^rd and 6^th, 2016, with the theme of “developing smart industries and leading smart life”.

I.   Why do we hold Chengdu Smart Industry Expo?

Supported by the fast growing internet and driven by the new round of scientific and industrial revolution, more and more industries are getting “smart” and citizens have higher requirements and expectation for smart life. Sichuan is one of the most important electronic information industry bases in China, boasting favorable conditions and environment for smart industries. However, there is still a big gap between Sichuan and developed countries and regions. Presently, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government is promoting the development of smart industries represented by intelligent manufacturing, information security, digital entertainment and smart life, so a high-level industrial platform should be in place. Chengdu Smart Industry Expo emerged at the proper time. It can showcase the progress made by Sichuan in smart industrial development, play its role as a platform, make sufficient use of the “two kinds of resources” and “two markets” to facilitate the integration of smart industrial resources, bring about advanced products, technologies and ideas, promote Sichuan industry transformation and upgrading as well as establishment of new industrialized cities and bring higher-quality smart life for citizens.

II.  Which institutions have signed strategic cooperation agreement with the government of Sichuan?

In order to jointly promote the development of major smart industries including information security, Internet Plus, cloud computing, big data, integrated circuit, intelligent manufacturing, smart cities, e-government affairs and e-commerce, Sichuan has established cooperative relationships with numerous large companies and groups and signed strategic cooperative agreement with China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp., China Electronics Corporation, China Mobile Communications Corporation, Tencent, Inspur and Jingdong, which is the basis of holding the expo.

III. Which institutions will participate in the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo?

With the purpose of jointly building industrial development platform and holding theme meetings, Chengdu Smart Industry Expo has received supports from many national departments and institutions, provincial authorities and commercial associations of different prefectures, cities and key industries as well as companies. At the same time, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government will hold promotional activities to attract investment in intelligent manufacturing, the Electronic Information Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the P.R.China will guide the works, Chinese Institute of Electronics, Chinese Institute of Electronics and Chinese Research Institute of Electronic Information Industrial Development will give assistance and jointly hold major special activities. The expo will be jointly organized by the Office of Sichuan Provincial Information Security Industrial Development Promotion Group and CCPIT Sichuan Council and undertaken by the Sichuan Board of Investment Promotion and subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt - Frankfurt New Era Media Co., Ltd. The world-known exhibition institution – Messe Frankfurt will also take part in the expo. In addition, the Association for Promotion of West China Research and Development, Sichuan Institute of electronics and other famous companies like Huawei and ZTE will also gather at the expo.

IV. What are the highlights of Chengdu Smart Industry Expo?

(I)  What can be seen

With the focus on smart industrial products exhibition, technical application promotion and cross-industry communication, prominence will be given to sectors such as intelligent manufacturing, information security, intelligent security, digital entertainment, smart city and smart home. With a planning exhibition area of 30,000 m², three exhibition halls including Intelligent Manufacturing and Smart City Exhibition Hall, Smart Live Exhibition Hall as well as Digital Entertainment Exhibition Hall will be set up for the event. At Chengdu Smart Industry Expo, we could see:

1.   Advanced products, technologies and services. A large group of famous companies including China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Huawei, Haier, Changhong, Samsung, Hitachi, Tencent, ICSS, Inspur, Digital China, iSoftstone and iFLYTEK will showcase their the most advanced products, technologies and solutions at the expo.

2.   “Made in Sichuan” Exhibition Hall driven by “Internet Plus”. New products and technologies of “Internet Plus Made in Sichuan” and how internet industrial platform, benchmarking companies applying “Internet Plus” and intelligent manufacturing technologies as well as intelligent factories (workshops) are like.

3.   Special exhibition hall for key prefectures and cities. In this area, people can get to know about the development opportunities in the cities of Chengdu, Zigong, Deyang, Mianyang, Guangyuan, Leshan, Yibin, Bazhong, Ya’an and Liangshan in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, smart home, smart city and smart agriculture.

(II) What can be heard

6 meetings and forums will be held: “IFIP World Forum 2016” jointly held by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, China Chief Information Officer Union and China Industry Big Data Innovative Development Union, the first intelligent manufacturing investment promotion activity carried out by the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, “China (Sichuan) Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Cooperation Conference” jointly held by the China's Center for Information Industry Development, “2016 China Information Security Conference” jointly conducted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, 2016 Smart City International Forum jointly organized by Sichuan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, 2016 Western China Smart Countryside Summit jointly held with China WiFi Alliance and Western China Big Data Research Institute as well as E-Sports and Digital Entertainment Industry Development Summit jointly held by Information Center of the General Administration of Sport of China.

Representatives from different industrial departments, local government leaders, industrial experts and company leaders will share their own opinions on new technology, new trend and new pattern of smart industries at the meeting. Leaders from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, smart city project leaders from cities at home and abroad including Milan, Munich, Yinchuan and Shenzhen, academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, experts from the State Information Center, chief engineers from the Bureau for Network Security of the Ministry of Public Security of China, representatives from Chinese Institute of Electronics, Chinese Institute of Electronics, Chinese Research Institute of Electronic Information Industrial Development and Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance as well as managements from IBM, SAP, Siemens, NEC, Fujitsu, Schneider, Huawei, ZTE, Tencent, Neusoft, ICSS, UFIDA, Digital China, CETC, Qihoo 360 and Sugon will attend these activities and give speeches.

(III)     What to play with

In addition to the features mentioned above, numerous domestic and overseas service providers and manufacturers will gather at the event to allow visitors to experience a wide variety of computer games, animations, music, video and other digital entertainment products and services. Two highlights of the Chengdu Smart Industry Expo:

I.   The most wonderful VR/AR experience. VR/AR experience area will be jointly host by famous companies like HTC, giving visitors an opportunity to experience the most advanced VR and HTC Vive technologies. People will have an unforgettable experience.

II.  The 2016 National E-Sports  City Champion. E-sports associations and groups from over 10 cities including Beijing, Chengdu, Qingdao, Wuhan will gather for a championship of LOL, SC2, Heroes of the Storm, FIFA OL3, NBA 2K16 and other mainstream online games. It will be a fantastic experience for game lovers.

This expo will showcase Sichuan’s development performance and potential in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, information security, digital entertainment and smart life. Many famous smart industry agencies and companies at home and abroad will work together to make Sichuan a strong manufacturing province, a highland for information security industry and a national digital entertainment industrial base. This expo will become a “milestone” event as Sichuan steps up its effort in developing smart industry.