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London event puts Lin-gang on global business map
The Lin-gang Special Area in Shanghai is set to become another magnet for global businesses and investors, said long-time China observers and industry insiders at a promotional conference in London last Friday.
Located at the southast of Shanghai, the Lin-gang area has a total plan of 873 square kilometers and is adjacent to the city's busiest Pudong International Airport and the world's largest container port, Yangshan Deep Water Port.
Yang Zhengwei, executive deputy director of the Lin-gang Special Area Administration, speaks at the promotional conference in London on Friday.
Yang Zhengwei, executive deputy director of the Lin-gang Special Area Administration, said that although it was only established six years ago, the area has become a national pilot zone of opening up, aligning with global trade and business standards.
The area is now accelerating the development of global clusters in semiconductors, intelligent vehicles, and biotech, and currently hosts more than 70 companies from the United Kingdom. "We welcome more British enterprises to invest in Lin-gang and share in the opportunities of high-quality development," he said at the event.
Fang Wenjian, chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce in the UK and general manager of Bank of China London Branch, speaks at the promotional conference in London on Friday.
Fang Wenjian, chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce in the UK and general manager of Bank of China London Branch, commented on the alignment between the UK's financial and technological strengths and Lin-gang's focus of development.
"We will continue to support deeper policy alignment between Lin-gang and relevant UK stakeholders… (to) promote mutual trust, mitigate political uncertainties and strengthen the confidence of British investors in engaging with Lin-gang," he said.
Stephen Perry, honorary chairman of the 48 Group, speaks at the promotional conference in London on Friday.
Stephen Perry, honorary chairman of the 48 Group, a London-based organization that has promoted equal and mutually beneficial trade between the UK and China since the 1950s, was also in attendance.
Recalling his early experience in Shanghai and the fast development of the city's Pudong New Area, which started in the 1990s, Perry said the transformation of Pudong has shown the effectiveness of China's long-term planning system, and he believed the development of the Lin-gang Special Area will create yet more opportunities, not only for the UK, but for the whole world.
Jack Perry, chairman of the 48 Group and CEO of the London Export Corporation, speaks at the promotional conference in London on Friday.
Jack Perry, chairman of the 48 Group and CEO of the London Export Corporation, has just returned from visiting three provinces in China with a British business delegation, and will attend a robotics expo in Shanghai in November.
"When you talk about companies that are working now in Shanghai, you see high-quality development, new quality productive forces, and high level of opening-up," he said.
Mark Sisson, CEO of Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co, detailed plans for relocating operations to a newly-constructed high-standard maintenance facility in Lin-gang.
Around 100 UK business representatives attended the London conference, which is part of the 2025 Lin-gang Special Area Global Investment Promotion series.
The project, launched in June 2024 and set for full operation in mid-2026, has received strong backing from local authorities. This investment, said Sisson, reinforces Lin-gang's position in the global aviation value chain and injects fresh momentum into international collaboration.
Zhang Yan, general manager of GSK (Shanghai) Pharmaceuticals Limited, talked about the recent establishment of GSK's wholly-owned subsidiary in Lin-gang, which will support production of key treatments for hepatitis and depression, while contributing to China's pharmaceutical innovation ecosystem.
Around 100 UK business representatives attended the London conference, which is part of the 2025 Lin-gang Special Area Global Investment Promotion series.
Srouce: China Daily
