Over the past two years, 1,133 new foreign-funded enterprises have been set up in Chaoyang District; the district’s actual utilized foreign capital has reached USD 9.81 billion, a year-on-year increase of 34%; the district has attracted contractual foreign investment of USD 22.07 billion in total, 2.31 times that of the same period before the construction of the “two zones”.

15 regional headquarters of multinationals have been newly recognized in the district, ranking first across the city, and the total number of such multinationals has registered 141, accounting for more than 70% of the city’s total.

Nearly 400 foreign financial institutions have settled in the district, accounting for two-thirds of the city’s total.

Focusing on finance, commerce, science and technology, and other characteristic fields, Chaoyang District has contributed 46 innovation cases in three batches. Among them, the digital credit enhancement model integrated in the culture and tourism industry was selected into the first group of Reform and Innovation Case Award for the Construction of the National Comprehensive Demonstration Zone for Expanding Opening-up in the Service Sector and has been promoted nationwide; in the meantime, the pre-payment capital supervision model was selected into the first group of Reform and Innovation Practice Case Award in the construction of “Two Zones” and has been replicated across Beijing.

Photo by Zhou Dafa

(Source: WeChat Official Account “Window for Beijing CBD”)