Nansha to set up offshore innovation and entrepreneurship base for overseas professionals

 Update:2021-11-24    Source: Newsgd.com

The China Association for Science and Technology recently approved Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone (Nansha Free Trade Zone) to set up a National Offshore Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base to attract overseas talents to start up new businesses in the district.

The base will make use of the offshore incubator and industrial park of the South China Technology Commercialization Center, and support overseas talents launching offshore research, trade and service businesses, and exploring a new offshore entrepreneurship model that supports foreign and domestic dual registrations. High-end overseas talents will be able to stay abroad to carry out their innovation and entrepreneurship while achieving transformation in the base. Meanwhile, the base will also provide supportive policies, research facilities, entry-exit support.

To build an international talent pool, Nansha has put forward a series of advantageous policies and established 335 technological innovation platforms. The district has also established a well-developed housing policy to solve overseas professionals’ living problems.

According to Nansha, the district has gathered 12,000 high-level professionals over the past five years, an increase of 7.9 times. The number of professionals that applied for the Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs ranks the second in Guangzhou. The number of postdoctoral researchers accounts for one third of the city’s total. The South China Technology Commercialization Center has gained more than 6,000 scientific and technological achievements and helped 2,588 global professionals settle in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Foreign businesses access to opportunities available in GBA

 Update:2021-11-29    Source: Newsgd.com

BYD will seize the historical opportunities of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to build a green transportation industry system, and help to create a "zero-emission GBA", said BYD representative at an event held in Hong Kong and Shenzhen on November 26 to showcase the latest business outlook of the GBA.

Themed as "A New Journey with Greater opportunities - Virtual Tour to the Greater Bay Area for Foreign Businesses in Hong Kong", the event attracted several hundred attendees including GBA government officials, enterprise executives and foreign businesses in Hong Kong.

In a virtual tour section to present the intelligent equipment, medical and innovations, heads of six well-known GBA enterprises shared their achievements and experiences in this area.

"As the GBA witnesses an improving environment for the protection of intellectual property rights, Carl Zeiss Vision as a foreign company, will make more innovative products in China and train more scientists and engineers," said Wilson Peng, Managing Director of ZEISS Vision Care China.

The event was held both online and offline by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong SAR, HK SAR government and Guangdong government.

"Whatever the international situation evolves, China will not change the resolve to open wider at a high standard, and will not change the determination to share development opportunities with the world," said Liu Guangyuan, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HK SAR in his welcoming remarks. And he said GBA is favorable in its well-developed advantages and geographical position, thus increasingly attracting global investors.

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of the HK SAR, pointed out several key factors for GBA's success. For instance, the commitment to develop a high-quality GBA will call for more openness and innovation, more international cooperation and more synergy between Hong Kong and the mainland cities. She said, businesses based in Hong Kong will certainly enjoy the first-mover advantage.

China will comprehensively implement the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, make use of the advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, strengthen the integration of rules and mechanisms and provide a better business environment for various market players, including foreign-funded enterprises, said Cong Liang, Vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission in the keynote speech.

During the event, officials from the Office of the Leading Group for Developing the GBA and major GBA cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan introduced the province's participation in promoting the GBA's development.

Focusing on the strategic positioning in the Outline Development Plan for the GBA, Guangdong has made a lot of progress, said Zhu Yonghui, Deputy Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Developing the GBA.

For instance, Guangdong is improving its modern transportation system, now the travelling time among major cities within the GBA is reduced to one hour or less. At present, it only takes 30 minutes to drive from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao, and it only takes 48 minutes to reach Guangzhou by high-speed rail from Hong Kong.

Joint economic meeting boosts cooperation between Guangdong and NSW

 Update:2021-12-02    Source: Newsgd.com

To deepen the communication, as well as explore new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation, the 28^thGuangdong-New South Wales (NSW) Joint Economic Meeting kicked off in Guangzhou and Sydney simultaneously on December 1.

Adopted by video conference, more than 60 representatives from both sides presented the meeting.

At the meeting, both the province of Guangdong and NSW not only reviewed the fruits of cooperation in recent years, but also discussed the potential cooperation which was brought by the “Dual Areas” (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen as the pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics), Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone and the Greater Sydney Region Plan-A Metropolis of Three Cities.

Both of the two sides indicated that a close communication in various fields should be maintained.

Guangdong and NSW established sister relationship in 1979, which is the first sister state (province) pair between China and Australia. Over the past 42 years, a great number of exchanges have been launched in two regions under the framework of the sister relationship.

In order to promote more cooperation between the two regions in the field of trade and investment, education and technology, healthcare, culture and tourism, the two sides had established the joint economic meeting in 1983.

Statistics show that import-export volume between Guangdong and NSW went up 2.4 percent to exceed 120 billion RMB in 2020. In the first nine months this year, trade volume between the two regions is over 100 billion RMB, a 20% increase year on year.

Furthermore, companies from the two sides also signed cooperation agreements in the field of new energy vehicles and biological medicine.

At the meeting, representatives from Guangzhou and Sydney delivered speeches to mark the 35 year anniversary of the sister city relationship between the two cities.

Sub-forums in trade and investment, biological medicine and green development will be held.

A high-level cultural industry fair waiting for you in Guangzhou

Update:2021-12-03    Source: Newsgd.com

Animation comic games, digital intangible cultural heritage, cultural equipment... You name it, you can see these highlights of digital cultural industry in Guangzhou!

The annual Guangzhou Cultural Industry Fair will be held from December 4 to 6 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, which will showcase new forms of cultural industry centering on the digital cultural industry.

The main activities include the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) digital cultural tourism new business achievements exhibition, the 2021 Guangzhou International tourism exhibition, as well as performing arts, film and television exhibition. The fair will focus on the development of the most advanced digital culture, e-sports, fashion creativity, and new formats of cultural and tourism consumption.

During the fair, people can also enjoy the 12th China Guangzhou International Performing Arts Fair held in the Guangzhou Opera House. This fair invites organizations of the stage, tourism and performing arts as well as performing arts stage technology and more from all over the country. Moreover, a group of national and regional performing arts organizations will participate online.

In addition, the Culture and Finance Summit will make its debut at the fair. A number of well-known fund directors, industry group executives and university professors will gather to explore some issues such as the optimization of cultural resources allocation, innovation of cultural service model, the advantages of cultural finance in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Meanwhile, several enterprises from Hong Kong and Macao will participate in online and offline ways, and the "top 30 cultural enterprises in Guangzhou" will also be selected during this event.

According to the Deputy Director of Guangzhou Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau, Guangzhou will continue to take new forms of cultural tourism as the focus of cultural and tourism industry development. At present, with digital culture as the core, the new form of cultural tourism and its industrial chain in Guangzhou is increasingly developing. The digital culture industry accounts for more than 60% of the total turnover of the cultural industry, among which the output value of the game industry has exceeded 100 billion.

Guangzhou's GDP in 2021 grew 8.1% to 2.82 trillion yuan

 Update:2022-01-26    Source: Newsgd.com

Guangzhou's GDP in 2021 grew 8.1% year on year to 2.82 trillion yuan, according to Guo Yonghang, acting mayor of Guangzhou, who delivered the city's 2022 government work report on January 25 during Guangzhou's two sessions.

(Photo / Nanfang Daily)

Main statistics show the city's development in 2021 as follows. Last year, the city’s fixed asset investment exceeded 850 billion yuan, with a year on year increase of 11.7% and an average annual growth of 10%. The added value of the private economy, and the total volume of import and export of goods all exceeded one trillion yuan.

The city’s actual use of foreign investment was 224 billion yuan, with an average annual growth of 10% andGuangzhou has attracted investment from 330 Fortune Global 500 enterprises. Five Guangzhou companies were also included on the 2021 Fortune 500 list. The value of import and export to the markets along the “Belt and Road” has seen an average annual growth of 8.2%.

According to the work plans for 2022 in the government work report, the city will see a GDP growth of around 5.5% this year, the local general public budget revenue will increase 5% and the share of R&D expenditure in GDP will reach about 3.2%.

Guangzhou also targets to increase its role as an international business and trade center, a comprehensive transportation hub, and a scientific, technological and cultural center for the next five years.

2022’s first China-Europe freight train (Guangzhou) launched

 The early hours of January 1 witnessed 2022’s first China-Europe freight train (Guangzhou-Manzhouli-Russia) departed from Dalang Logistics Center, kicking off another year’s trade cooperation between Guangdong and overseas countries.

This train will arrive Vorsino Station in Moscow, as far as 11,500 kilometers, on January 17.

(Photo/Sun Junjie Nanfang Daily)

According to statistics, a total of 128 import-export China Railway Express trains were launched from or arrive at Dalang, with 12768 Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) and 67,400 tons’ goods worth RMB 3.798 billion, a growth of 15.32%、22.23%、22.99% and 18.17% respectively, all hitting a record high. 2021 was also a year that saw two additional export routes to the West Europe and the Black Sea area opened and the sea-rail combined transportation route of China-EU freight train linking South Korea, China (Guangzhou) and Poland expanded.

Export services of China-EU freight train departing from Guangzhou boosted in 2021, with traditional products, such as mechanical and electrical products, clothing, household appliances, keeping a robust growth. The export volume of tea leaves and household/decorative wood products rose over 20 times year-on-year and medical instruments and devices 1.5 times, while auto parts doubled.

In 2021, the category of Made-in-Guangdong exports loaded onto Guangzhou China-Europe freight trains leaving from Dalang was expanded to more than 1400 tax categories, including communication equipment, shoes, clothing and leather goods.

Find out how to get a job and work in Guangzhou

 Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province, a national historical and cultural city, a National Central City, an international business center and an integrated transport hub. As the south gate of China, it is located in the geometric center of Asian-Pacific area, adjacent to the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao. With a total area of 7,434 km2, it has a population of over 16 million. For more than 2,000 years, Guangzhou, known as the Millennial Commerce Capital, has always been China's important trading port and the origin of ancient Maritime Silk Road.

 

 

The growing Chinese economy is appealing to many expats, and Guangzhou, with its versatile economy and the many leading sectors, is definitely among the favorite destinations. Find out how to best prepare for the demanding local job market and get ready for working in Guangzhou!

 Employment in Guangzhou

Local Economy

As the third largest city in China, and also one of the richest cities, Guangzhou’s huge commercial and manufacturing industry has become a powerful part of the country’s ever growing economy. The main manufacturing in Guangzhou includes textiles, small appliances, machinery and porcelain, and these goods are supplied to other parts of China, but also to the rest of the world. Guangzhou has one of the lowest rates of unemployment across China, and the living standards are higher than many other cities in the country. Because of the country’s prosperity and international significance, this is a popular location for expatriates moving to China for work.

Job Hunting in Guangzhou

With many international businesses in Guangzhou, the opportunities for expatriates are high throughout the city. Most foreigners who will start working in Guangzhou will be moving there with existing jobs working for international businesses. It is necessary to have secured a job before relocating to Guangzhou, or you will not be able to enter China on the correct work visa. Guangzhou is a popular location for gap year students or young English teachers because of its location, with easy routes to other parts of China, but also its proximity to other parts of South East Asia and Hong Kong. Jobs can easily be found online, but another way to find employment teaching English is by contacting schools and universities by emailing them directly. Often you will see jobs advertised for English speakers to teach other subjects at universities, so for professional lecturers, there are several teaching vacancies throughout Guangzhou.

Work Permits for Guangzhou

To work in Guangzhou, you will need to enter the country on a specific work visa, but once you get here, this will need to be transferred to a residency permit within 30 days of arriving in China. To apply for the initial residency permit you will need to already have obtained employment in Guangzhou, and for this you will need a certificate of employment from your employer, and will also need to already have an address for accommodation within the city.If you have only got temporary accommodation sorted before you begin working in Guangzhou, you can update the address details with your application for the residency permit.

There are several bureaus throughout the city where the residency permit can be acquired, and this will cost different amounts of money for different nationalities, as will the initial work visa. Your employer should help you with your application, and advise you with the best place to apply for the residency permit, though more often than not, they will accompany you to help, particularly with the language barrier. For more information, take a look at our various articles on Visas and Administration in China.

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