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Chengdu gets Global Top 500 recognition

The capital of Sichuan province, in China’s southwest, has a long history, a beautiful environment, and rich culture and has long been known as a “Land of abundance” or Sichuan’s “Suzhou” or “Hangzhou”.

It got its start in mid-500 BC when the ninth emperor of the Kaiming Dynasty of the state of Shu moved his capital from Guangdu Fanxiang (today’s Shuangliu county) to Chengdu.

New district and city development bring expectations

Company leaders taking part in the symposium, all mentioned two things – the “Five-city development strategy” and the “Tianfu New District”. In summarizing Chengdu’s comparative advantages in the world, Groupama China’s president, Zong Guofu, pointed to the advantages of the western region.

Why choose Chengdu?

In looking back at the success of the city’s investment promotion in 2011, Chen pointed proudly to the quick capital entry, large amount of investment, increased direct investment, investment quality, and concentration of projects.

Chengdu industrial boom

There was good news from Intel’s chip packaging and testing plant in Chengdu on Jan 9, as the one-billionth chip came off the line, a milestone in plant production. At the same time, there was an investment project of Intel West China Allocating Center settled down at the Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone. Intel has increased its capital in Chengdu three times in the past nine years.

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