Chengdu Investment

Chengdu is designated by the State Council as the very center of commerce, logistics, finance and science & technology, and the hub of transport and communication in Western China. It is also Pilot Zone of Rural & Urban Coordination.

The economy of Chengdu has been growing substantially since the national implementation of the National Western Development Program for more than 10 years. The regional GDP of the city achieved 910.89 billion in the year of 2013, with an increase of 10.2%. Main economic indicators rank top among all sub-provincial cities, including the economy growth, growth rate of above-scale industrial added value and export trade growth rate. Chengdu's implementation of the five city prosperity strategies and creation of the Core Economic Growth Pole in Western China gained progress.

 In recent years, to build Chengdu into an international metropolis and regional center, the city is sparing no effort to implement its strategy of opening the entire area by utilizing these five opportunities, which are the New Round of Western Development Program, Pilot Zone of National Rural and Urban Coordination, accelerating the construction of Tianfu New Area, Optimization of National Hi-tech Industry Development Zone and the North City Reconstruction Project. Chengdu has become the best choice for investors both domestic and abroad due to its advantages in various aspects, including pleasant living environment, advanced logistics system, solid industrial foundation, abundant talents, complete financial services, efficient government services and good infrastructure facilities, etc. In 2013, the actual foreign investment in place hit USD 8.758 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 5.26%, ranking top among all western cities.
Chengdu has Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Economic & Technological Development Zone and Hi-tech Comprehensive Bonded Area.

Currently,15 countries are allowed to consulates in Chengdu, such as USA, Germany, South Korea, Thailand, France, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Poland, .Czech and India. The number of consulates is less than Shanghai and Guangzhou, ranks the third in China.
  
Chengdu is benchmarked as the city investment environment in Chinese inland and granted with the title of the first 'Gastronomy City of the World', 'the Best Tourism City of China' by the World Bank, UNESCO and UNWTO and awarded as the No.1 among the 4 listed Chinese cities with rapidest developments in the next 10 years in the world by Forbes. In 2013, Chengdu hosted successfully 'Fortune Global Forum' and 'The 12th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, which show the Chengdu broad prospects and development of business opportunities.