Guiyang hosts roundtable for foreign enterprises

The 2025 Guiyang Foreign-Invested Enterprises Roundtable was held on Jan 10 in Guiyang. 

Executives and representatives from 25 foreign-invested enterprises in Guiyang, including Full Truck Alliance, Charoen Pokphand Group Guiyang Co, and PIX Moving, attended the meeting. 

Representatives from six Guiyang commercial bank branches participated and outlined their related services, including the Guiyang Branches of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of China, and the China Construction Bank. 

Relevant departments, including the Guiyang development and reform commission and the Guiyang bureau of commerce, provided briefings and interpretations on several key policies. These policies related to large-scale equipment upgrades, consumer goods trade-in programs, and foreign exchange facilitation for foreign-invested enterprises. 

Representatives from companies, including Charoen Pokphand Group Guiyang Co and Full Truck Alliance, discussed their business operations, existing challenges, financial needs, and plans for 2025. Officials from various departments and financial institutions listened to the companies' needs and issues and provided detailed responses. 

Liu Yang, deputy director of the Guiyang bureau of commerce, highlighted that in 2024, Guiyang City and Gui'an New Area introduced favorable foreign investment policies, organized activities to attract foreign investment, and implemented a service steward system for foreign-invested enterprises. As a result, Guiyang and Gui'an added 111 new foreign-invested enterprises, bringing the total to over 600, with actual foreign investment exceeding $130 million. 

Liu added that the bureau will coordinate with relevant departments to ensure policy support in 2025, providing high-quality services to foreign-invested enterprises and creating a more friendly business environment.