On September 24, 2021, 40 major projects with a total investment of over 30.2 billion yuan will be signed, 20 major projects with a total investment of 29 billion yuan will be started, and 9 important functional platforms will be unveiled...Hongqiao International Central Business District" Three batches of major projects have been launched intensively, which means that the construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub has accelerated.

Since the State Council approved the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hongqiao International Open Hub" in February 2021, the visibility and influence of the Hongqiao International Central Business District have been accelerating. In the first half of 2021, major economic indicators such as gross product value, tax revenue, merchandise sales, and the number of newly registered legal entities in the business district showed a strong growth trend. With the launch of the "three batches" of major projects, the Hongqiao International Central Business District, as the power core and the "extremely middle pole", will strive to become a strong and active growth pole for Shanghai's economic development.

Signed 40 major projects

The 40 major projects signed this time have a total investment of more than 30.2 billion yuan, involving headquarters economy, innovation economy, digital economy, trade and high-end services. Among them, there are 10 projects in Minhang, Changning, Qingpu, and Jiading areas. The signing of high-quality projects represents the phased results of the business district in attracting investment, attracting projects, and promoting investment for the construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub, and injects new momentum into promoting Shanghai's high-quality development and building new advantages in development.

This time, NIO will settle the international business headquarters park in Jiading area, with a construction scale of more than 170,000 square meters, including R&D, office, display and other functions. "The "Overall Plan" proposes to build a high-standard international central business district, which is in line with the positioning of the NIO International Business Headquarters." The relevant person in charge of NIO said that after settled in the business district, the company will step up to gather more international talents .

As the headquarters of the Ingka Shopping Center in China, Ingka Shopping Center (China) Management Co., Ltd. will be located in Changning area, which will also become one of Ingka Group's office bases with the largest number of employees worldwide. The relevant person in charge of the company said many foreign-funded enterprises' ideas, "The high-quality business environment and service facilities in the business district, as well as Unicom's global location advantages and dynamic development potential, are extremely attractive to foreign-funded enterprises. "

Started 20 major engineering projects

The 20 major projects started this time have a total investment of 29 billion yuan and a construction scale of 1.9 million square meters. They mainly involve industries, people's livelihoods, and municipal supporting facilities. Eight of them have become key development industries such as biomedicine and cultural, creative, e-sports, etc. , Including Weigao (Shanghai) International Research Institute in Minhang area, United Imaging Smart Medical Industrial Park in Changning area, Broadway Cultural and Commercial Complex in Qingpu area, Shanghai Lingang Jiading Science and Technology City Phase I in Jiading area, etc. These are of great significance for the business district to expand effective investment, optimize the layout of industrial functions, and cultivate new economic growth points.

Weigao (Shanghai) International Research Institute project will be located in Qianwan, planning to build an industrial layout of "one headquarters, one platform, four R&D centers, four operation centers, and one shared innovation center". The person in charge of the project stated that the gathering of the biomedical industry in the Hongqiao International Central Business District is an ideal place for investment and business development. Weigao will base itself on Dahongqiao and use Shanghai as a bridge to integrate into globalization, expand international trade, and open up a broader international market.

The successful implementation of the Cathay Pacific Shanghai Center project can be said to be a new achievement of the Hongqiao International Central Business District on the road of integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta. In the future, companies will build a clothing fashion industrial park here, carry out clothing design, yarn and fabric research and development, product display, international business negotiations, and provide one-stop services to customers around the world. "Our business core is in the business district, and manufacturing is in the Yangtze River Delta. Every city, with customers all over the world, this is the best state of business development."

9 functional platforms unveiled

Based on the 151.4 square kilometers of Dahongqiao, in recent years, the Business District Management Committee has been continuously digging and cultivating key functional platform projects. Today, 9 functional platforms that have landed in the Hongqiao International Central Business District are unveiled, focusing on the development of headquarters economy, platform economy, digital economy, and exhibition economy, and will accelerate the business district to build high-end resource elements and high-end service industries with agglomeration and radiation effects. Cluster.

The "Overall Plan" puts forward the requirement of "creating a Hongqiao International Business Talent Port, and vigorously attracting professional, international, and innovative talents". The Hongqiao International Business Talent Port on Shenkun Road is a major landing measure. The main building of this national-level human resources service industrial park is the "Hongqiao International Human Resources Service Center" that integrates three functions: public service center, shared service center, and enterprise agglomeration center. It is also an important carrier for the physical operation of the talent port.

Up to now, more than 30 well-known human resources companies or new business sectors have been successfully implemented here, such as CDP Group, Anjieer, Shengyuanfu, and Zhongyun Enterprise Services. Zhongyun Enterprise Service Outsourcing Co., Ltd. just settled in June this year, and decorated and arranged 5 live recruitment rooms in Building 4 of the park. Chairman Fang Xiao believes that the talent port must find innovations in the traditional human resources services in the past, and the establishment of a live recruitment base is to help companies allocate talents through new channels and new methods.

The "Overall Plan" proposes to "support the Hongqiao Airport Economic Demonstration Zone to explore the establishment of a national digital service export base." The Hongqiao Airport Digital Economy Industrial Park promoted by the business district is currently the four digital economic industrial parks awarded by Shanghai. one. Focusing on the five key points of artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, digital health, digital travel, and digital creativity, the first-mover advantage and leading demonstration effect of digital services in the industrial park are accelerating formation-the park has gathered 678 digital economy enterprises, from January to July this year The comprehensive tax revenue amounted to 1.641 billion yuan.

Advantages turned into victory

The construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub is an important deployment for solidly advancing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, and will become an important engine and platform carrier for Shanghai to drive the Yangtze River Delta and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. As the "one core" role in the "one core, two belts" layout, Hongqiao International Central Business District is responsible for leading the construction of an open hub.

The relevant person in charge of the business district introduced that the management committee of the business district will work with Minhang, Changning, Qingpu, and Jiading districts to jointly promote the "three batches" of major projects, which not only demonstrates the phased nature of the business district in promoting the construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub. The results are also to further build consensus, encourage energy, and form a continuous climax to promote the construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub.

It is understood that 23 of the 29 policies specified in the “Overall Plan” have been released; of the 33 defined functional platforms, 25 functional platforms involving the central business district have been accelerated by the promotion of the urban area. , 80% of the tasks have made substantial progress.

In the first half of 2021, the main economic indicators of the business district showed a strong growth trend. Among them, tax revenue was 19.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45.9%; fixed asset investment was 21.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.2%; commodity sales were 237.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 47.1%. The business district will further strengthen and optimize the functions of big transportation, big business, and exhibitions, turn advantages into winning trends, and strive to become a strong and active growth pole for Shanghai's economic development. Editor/He Yuting