It is an important opportunity and vital topic for Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City to activate the new vitality of advanced manufacturing industry with financial innovation and create a new model for the integrated development of modern financial industry and advanced manufacturing industry.

On the evening of November 16, the promotion activity of Foshan Advanced Manufacturing Financial Cluster, sponsored by the Management Committee of Foshan Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City and the People's Government of Shunde District was held in Foshan New City, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign enterprises with financing needs, as well as investment and financing institutions such as banking institutions and fund companies to actively participate.

Pan Dongsheng, director of the Management Committee of Foshan Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City, said that focusing on the industrial development and strengthening financial empowerment, Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City will build the bridge of cooperation between the manufacturing and financial industries, continue to create a first-class business environment, and build Sanlongwan into a veritable "R&D city", "Industrial city", "Talent-friendly city" and "International city".

Strengthen financial empowerment to help the high-quality development of Foshan's manufacturing industry

"In the process of settling the Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City, I felt the sincerity of Foshan's warm welcome, and they did their best to provide us with the necessary assistance, and I felt very relieved. " At the promotion scene, Xiaohui Liu, senior partner of Beijing Dacheng Law Offices and Head of Office Preparation of Dacheng (Foshan) Office, took the stage to express his excitement.

As one of the earliest, largest and most influential partnership law firms in China, after more than 30 years of development, Dacheng has become a large-scale comprehensive law firm with 48 offices in China, covering the scope of services in China.

"We will deeply cultivate the Foshan market and provide professional legal services according to the economic characteristics of Foshan." Xiaohui Liu said that Dacheng is in the lead in key legal service areas such as high-end manufacturing, financial and securities legal services, and foreign-related legal services, and he was looking forward to the future development of the law firm in Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City.

Zhu Xixiong, vice director of the Management Committee of Foshan Sanlongwan Science and Technology City, said that the promotion of the financial agglomeration area is to build a bridge between Foshan's manufacturing industry and the financial industry through the government's platform, which helps enterprises use the event platform to fully communicate and promote more cooperation in "advanced manufacturing + finance".

In recent years, more and more high-quality projects have settled in Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City. As the core area of both the Foshan's advanced manufacturing financial agglomeration and the Sanlongwan Science and Technology City, Foshan New City has an average annual growth rate of more than 40% in the past three years. Especially since the official launch of the Foshan Advanced Manufacturing Financial Cluster in June this year, dozens of financial institutions such as Guosen Futures, Guosheng Financial Holding Group, Century Securities, and Dah Sing Bank seized the chance to enter the beach and firmly cast their "yes votes".

It reflects that of Foshan's strong real economic foundation, which provides a broad space and fertile soil for the development of the financial industry.

According to the data, Foshan's GDP was nearly 1.27 trillion yuan, the total industrial output value above the designated size reached 2.8 trillion yuan, and there were 8 industrial clusters exceeding 100 billion yuan in 2022. The strong industrial foundation and the need for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry have derived a large number of financial needs. Based on this, Foshan proposes to make every effort to build an advanced manufacturing financial agglomeration area and promote high-quality development with "advanced manufacturing + finance".

Pan Dongsheng stated that Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City will strengthen financial empowerment around industrial development, further cultivate and introduce a number of high-quality financial institutions, financial services and financial resources. And it will make every effort to promote Foshan New City to become a new engine for the agglomeration of high-energy financial elements, a pioneer area for national manufacturing finance, a source of "Foshan price" for futures and spot linkage, an incubator for the "Foshan Army" in the capital market, and a large platform for international financial service cooperation.

Create a first-class business environment to attract high-quality enterprises and talents

Jochen Guenther Schleiss, President of Stiegelmeyer China, has the dream of building the first factory in the Chinese market, has inspected many places in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and finally chose to settle in Foshan Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City.

"There are abundant industrial supporting resources, and life is also very convenient." Jochen Guenther Schleiss was pleasantly surprised to find that the signs of Sanlongwan Science and Technology City were printed in German. The first good impression, superior location, timely response and professional services, has opened a new chapter in the cooperation between Delikang and Sanlongwan.

Sanlongwan Chancheng Area pays attention to platform construction, highlights the new advantages of developing the headquarters economy, and builds a Sanlongwan headquarters agglomeration area with high-standard planning and starting point.

The Sanlongwan Nanhai Area focuses on the development of information technology, headquarters economy, scientific research services and other industries. It focuses on promoting the key construction of three characteristic theme parks, including Foshan Information Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park, Nanhai District Integrated Circuit Design Park, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area E-sports Cultural and Creative Industry Center.

The Shunde area of Sanlongwan, where the financial agglomeration area is located, has formed industrial clusters such as robots, smart home appliances, machinery and equipment manufacturing, and biomedicine, showing an agglomeration trend of high-quality development of advanced manufacturing industry. Especially since the beginning of this year, with the opening of the innovation incubation base of Sanlongwan Sino-German Industrial Park and Sanlongwan Sino-German Biomedical Industrial Park, it has provided a reliable carrier for more high-quality enterprises to settle down.

This financial agglomeration area promotion activity is through the government to build a bridge between Foshan's manufacturing and the financial industry. Pan Dongsheng said that under the guidance of the theme of developing manufacturing finance, Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City will play as an "intermediary" role to create a first-class business environment, accelerate project construction and promote the development of key areas. And it provides a first-class talent service guarantee system, attract more high-quality enterprises and talents to Sanlongwan for investment and development, and create a veritable "R&D city", "industrial city", "talent-friendly city" and "international city".

The Philips Water Health, Estun Robotics, ZSRobot, and TSIC Robot projects are all expected to be completed and put into production by 2024. On October 24, the Construction Bureau (Shunde) of Management Committee of Sino-German Industrial Service Zone (Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City), joined the "People's Livelihood at Your Doorstep" program, revealing this great news.

Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City is a significant strategic initiative strongly promoted by the Foshan Municipal Committee and Government. It plays a crucial role in Foshan's deep involvement in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the advancement of the "Guangzhou-Foshan Pole" project. It's also a pivotal part of Foshan's plan to establish a high-standard hub for technological innovation, as part of the "One District, One Park, One City" scheme.

At present, Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City is actively working on establishing a "1+1+N" framework for technological innovation. In this framework, "1" represents the "Technology Research and Achievement Transformation Base," primarily situated in Sanshan New City in Nanhai and Chencun Town in Shunde. The other "1" refers to the "Foshan New City International Cooperation High-end Business District", which encompasses the Foshan New City area and the Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center. The "N" includes various areas like the "Technology Talent Living Community" in Qicha Area, Chancheng, the "Robot Technology Innovation Platform" in Shunde's Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing International Cooperation Demonstration Zone, and the "Biopharmaceutical Innovation Platform" in the Beiwei area of Shunde.

Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City, with 75% of its area in Shunde District, aligns closely with the core plans for Foshan New City's international business district," says Wu Zhenhai, Director of Sanlongwan Shunde Area Construction Bureau. Shunde Area leverages the platform advantages of the Sanlongwan Management Committee to tap into the potential for foreign cooperation, project development, policy support, and consistently introduce new resources into Beijiao, Lecong, and Chencun in Shunde.

As of the end of September this year, Sanlongwan Shunde Area has attracted 15 prospective projects for site inspections. They have worked in coordination with district-level departments and Lecong Town to allocate 70,000 square meters of office space in Foshan New City, with 26,000 square meters designated for commercial use. Additionally, they've facilitated the construction of Foshan Talent Park and initiated the construction of the first phase of the three-dimensional slow transport system (Baihe Avenue). They have also assisted local businesses in applying for special support funds, aiming to secure more funding to support the region's development.

At present, the primary objective of Sanlongwan Sci-Tech City is to build a globally influential tech hub. They are focusing on boosting innovation capabilities, advancing critical industry technologies, and speeding up the transformation of scientific achievements. Wu Zhenhai said, "We will collaborate with Beijiao Town to ensure the construction of these projects. All projects are progressing according to plan, and they are expected to be completed by the end of next year."