A wave of spring momentum heralds a time for vigorous progress. On March 28, a city-wide investment promotion mobilization meeting was convened, sounding the drumbeat for action and issuing a call to arms. The meeting urged the entire city to emancipate its thinking, engage in solid work, and enhance the quality and efficiency of investment promotion with a "striving" spirit and a "pragmatic" style, thereby injecting strong momentum for Shenyang to achieve a good start in its "16th Five-Year Plan" period and secure new breakthroughs in comprehensive revitalization. Inside and outside the venue, ideas converged into consensus through discussion, goals took root through practical action, and strength coalesced through unified effort.
Targeted efforts and precise investment promotion are activating a "new driving force" for revitalization. "Grasping policy directions and attracting projects aligned with new trends is an inevitable choice for Shenyang to seize development opportunities and take the initiative for the future," became a shared sentiment among participants as they discussed the direction and goals for this year's city-wide investment promotion work. Projects are the "ballast stone" for development, and investment promotion is the "source water" for revitalization. The essence of investment promotion lies in precision; only through precise attraction and targeted efforts can more high-quality projects that meet Shenyang's development needs and can form new kinetic energy take root.
This year, the city's investment promotion work will place greater emphasis on both "ecosystem cultivation" and "service optimization." Focusing on building a "3+4+3" industrial system, efforts will actively extend and supplement industrial chains, improve the industrial ecosystem, and serve industrial development, while also actively innovating application scenarios, providing market opportunities, and facilitating technology implementation. "This sends a strong signal of 'building foundations through industrial ecosystems and winning the future with quality services'," said Zhao Jiuhong, Chairman of Shenyang International Software Park. He stated that the park will focus on core digital economy industries such as artificial intelligence, industrial internet, big data, and cloud computing, as well as future industries like quantum communication, to implement targeted and precise investment promotion and gather a cluster of high-quality tech enterprises. "We aim to optimize services. By building a sound industrial ecosystem and service system, we can not only attract enterprises but also ensure they stay and develop better," he added.
How to achieve breakthroughs in attraction methods and implementation effectiveness? Participants unanimously expressed the need to focus on key areas, take the initiative, and attract projects based on their own positioning and resource endowments to achieve characteristic and differentiated development. "We will vigorously carry out all-staff investment promotion, industrial chain investment promotion, and business-led investment promotion to inject new momentum into high-quality development," said Jiang Ri, Deputy Director of the Shenyang Huishan Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee. He indicated that they will conduct precise supply-demand matching around leading aerospace enterprises, implement chain-supplementing projects, and increase the local supporting enterprise rate; focus on the goal of building a major food industry city, accelerate the attraction of new-type food industrial projects, and strengthen advantageous industrial clusters; and reserve a batch of key projects in areas like integrated circuits and new materials to accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces.
Optimizing the environment to build nests and attract phoenixes is creating a "strong magnetic field" for investment. A favorable business environment, like spring rain nurturing the soil, can attract "golden phoenixes" and retain "thousand-mile horses." Only by creating a first-class business environment can Shenyang become a highland for investment that is attractive to both nearby and distant businesses, brimming with commercial opportunities. From leaders proactively contacting enterprises to solve problems, to speeding up and optimizing government services, from standardizing administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, to addressing shortcomings in cadres' work style, Shenyang is taking concrete measures to rebuild trust and reshape expectations, allowing enterprises to feel palpable warmth and enhancing their investment confidence. Notably, the meeting proposed efforts to standardize administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, continuously optimize the legal and credit environments, and strengthen factor support across the entire chain to attract more projects... A series of precise and powerful deployments, along with sincere and enthusiastic invitations, made the entrepreneurs present feel greatly encouraged.
"Robust factor support is undoubtedly a 'reassurance' for our enterprise," said Wei Zhexue, General Manager of Northern Medicine Valley Desheng (Shenyang) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. "In recent years, we have continuously introduced several new projects. Past bottlenecks often encountered in areas like infrastructure support and approval efficiency improvements now have institutional guarantees. Coupled with the synergistic assistance from the Shenyang International Life Health City, we are confident in placing more production capacity in Shenyang." His words conveyed the firm confidence in the enterprise's future development in Shenyang.
Pooling strength and moving forward in unison aims to make all stakeholders "city partners." Investment promotion is not a "solo performance" but a "grand chorus." Coordination between city and districts, collaboration among departments, cooperation between government and enterprises, and participation from society are necessary to break down barriers, integrate resources, and gather the tremendous force needed to promote Shenyang's revitalization and development. The central seats in the front row of the conference hall were reserved for those with the new identity of "City Development Partners" – some from leading industrial chain enterprises, some from universities and research institutes, and others being principals of key industrial parks.
"This year, we have launched the 'City Development Partner' plan for the first time, forming a city development community involving multiple parties such as chain-leading enterprises, universities, research institutes, and key parks, to pool strengths from all sides and build a new city-wide, coordinated investment promotion landscape," said Chu Qi, Deputy Director of the Municipal Commerce Bureau. Additionally, a municipal-level investment promotion coordination mechanism has been established to strengthen investment promotion capabilities in areas like platform building, clue推送, and project advancement. "All districts and development zones are shouldering their responsibility as the main battlefield for investment promotion, prioritizing quality and efficiency, adopting tailored measures, and pursuing differentiated development," Chu Qi added.
Those who share the same vision need not be separated by mountains and seas. Today's Shenyang is forging a new局面 for revitalization and development with an indomitable spirit of striving. Participants left with firm steps and high morale, expressing their commitment to emancipate their minds, plan meticulously, work diligently, and make every effort to attract high-quality projects, contributing to achieving new breakthroughs in Shenyang's comprehensive revitalization.