An Introduction to Southwest China

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• An Introduction to Southwest China
• Cecilia Chen
• Trade Investment Officer
• British Consulate General Chongqing

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China for Beginners
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China for Beginners

• Population - 1.3 billion
• Size 9.6 million square kilometres
• Regions 31 provinces, 4 Municipalities, 5
  Ethnic
  Autonomous Regions, 2 Special Administrative
  Regions (HK, Macaw)
• Economic Growth 9.9 (2005)
• 5th Largest Economy
• Catching up the UK

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Southwest China

• Regions we cover
• Chongqing Municipality
• Sichuan Province
• Yunnan Province
• Guizhou Province

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SW China Development Driving Force

• Western Development Strategy
• Launched in 1999
• To narrow down the gap between western and
  eastern part of China
• Opportunities - Infrastructure development,
  environment protection, resource development
• Chengdu and Chongqing the Key areas

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SW China Development Driving Force

• Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle
• Five bases energy, heavy equipment, defense,
  IT, farm and sideline products processing
• Industrial priorities automotives, natural gas
  chemical industry, equipment manufacturing,
  electronics industry, aerospace, mine and
  electricity integration

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SW China Development Driving Force

• Urban-Rural Balanced Development Initiative
• Chongqing and Chengdu pilot reform cities (June
  2007)
• Opportunities Infrastructure and construction,
  environment improvement, small town protection
  and preservation, urban regeneration
  (urbanization) , real estate, rural finance,
  healthcare, education and training, etc.

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Chongqing Municipality

• Chinas fourth Municipality (1997)
• Size 82,400 square kilometers
• Population 31 million
• Pillar industries (11th-5 year Plan)
• Automotives
• Equipment Manufacturing
• Resource Processing
• Hi-tech industry (Telecommunications,
  Electronics information, etc)

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Chongqing Municipality (continued)

• Economy
• Foreign capital utilized (2006) USD690 million
• 93 Fortune500 companies (by 2007)
• 2007 GDP over 400 billion yuan (about USD 55
  billion)
• Imported value from UK(2007) USD 63 million,
  ranked 10
• UK Investment
• BP
• SN
• Arup
• M.M.L

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Chongqing Municipality (Continued)

• Opportunities
• Infrastructure Metro, bridges, roads, ports,
  airports, buildings
• Environment water, solid waste treatment
• Urban regeneration master planning,
  architecture design and consultancy, sustainable
  development, green buildings
• Energy power generation, oil gas, renewable
  energy
• ICT
• Finance Services

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Sichuan Province

• Size 485,000 square kilometers
• Population 87 million
• Capital City Chengdu
• 116 Fortune500 presences (June 2006)
• The Sectors
• ICT
• Hydro power generation
• Natural Gas Oil
• Machinery Metallurgy
• Medical Chemistry
• Tourism
• Food Beverage

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Yunnan Province

• Bordering on Burma, Laos, and Vietnam
• Capital city - Kunming
• Population 43 million
• Size 394,000 square kilometers
• 20 Fortune 500
• Abundance in natural resource
• Pillar industries
• Tobacco
• nonferrous metal
• Pharmaceutical
• Hydro power generation
• Tourism

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Guizhou Province

• Size - 159,100 Square Kilometers
• Population - 35.25 million
• Sectors and Opportunities
• Energy
• Tobacco Alcohol
• Phosphorus Chemical
• Aluminum Processing
• Power development
• Tourism
• Environment
• Transportation and Logistics

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Upcoming Events

• Inward mission from SW China to EcoBuild
  Exhibition and Conferences in Feb
• Sustainable Green and Intelligent Building
  Design Seminar in Guangzhou and Kunming in March
• MoU on Sustainable Green Town to be signed by
  British Expertise and Chongqing Construction
  Commission in March
• Inward mission from SW China to the UK for
  finance market study tour
• More upcoming events and business opportunities
  can be found on UKTI portal www.uktradeinvest.gov
  .uk

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BCG Chongqing How Can We Help?

• 12 staff work for UKTI section covering
• Infrastructure Construction
• Environment
• Energy
• ICT Creative Industry
• Financial Services
• Advanced Engineering
• Automotive and Aerospace
• Transportation
• Economics and Market Access
• Inward Investment

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BCG Chongqing How Can We Help?

• Lobby
• Market Access
• Inward Missions (study tours, site visits,
  seminars, exhibitions and conferences, etc)
• We work in partnership with China-Britain
  Business Council (CBBC) on
• Outward missions to China events, seminars,
  workshops
• Overseas Market Introduction Services (OMIS)
  inc. tailored market report, meeting arrangement,
  etc. (For more information on OMIS, please check
  www.omis.uktradeinvest.gov.uk

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Contact

• Cecilia Chen
• Trade Investment Officer
• (Infrastructure Construction)
• British Consulate-General Chongqing
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email Cecilia.Chen_at_fco.gov.uk

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• Thank you!