When it was founded in early July 2007, the Guangdong High-Tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions was positioned as a "backup service base for the modern financial industry that reaches out to Asia-Pacific".
Japanese multinational Fujitsu Technology Corp recently opened a world-class data center in Guangdong High-Tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions.
The 2012 US Investment Promotion Forum, sponsored by the government of Guangdong province, was held in the Harvard Club, New York.
The Foshan Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau recently signed an agreement with six banks for credit support to new investment projects.
A handful of financial facilities including American International Assurance's Asia-Pacific finance center will soon become operational.
Foshan is anticipating a surge in European investors and industrial service providers, especially from Germany, following the establishment of Foshan Sino-German Industrial Services Zone.
The flourishing Pearl River Delta city of Foshan in South China's Guangdong province is pouring hefty investment into an ambitious plan to profoundly change the infrastructure and overall city image by 2014.