(Photo: Qian Wenpan)

Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will host the Global Investment Promotion Conference for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) for the second time from November 8 to 9. As of October 15, the event has attracted more than 120 overseas companies for participation, including well-known companies like BASF, ExxonMobil, Hyundai Motor, Siemens, P&G, according to a press conference held on October 16.

With the theme "Investing in GBA for a better future," the conference will be held online and offline in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macao. It will introduce the GBA's business environment and investment opportunities.

Preferential policies and incentives will be presented to the global community, especially to promote the major cooperation platforms, including Hengqin, Qianhai, Nansha and Hetao, said Zhang Jinsong, Director-General of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong.

The conference will host one theme conference, nine investment activities of the Pearl River Delta cities, and dozens of overseas promotion events. The theme conference will kick off on November 8, on which top leaders from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will make theme promotions, and senior representatives of multinational companies will share their investment experience in Guangdong. And a number of major projects will be signed on the conference to showcase high-quality cooperation, Zhang added.

In addition, six special industry promotion conferences will be held highlighting high-end equipment, new energy storage, bio-medicine, marine ranching, financial services, and clean energy.

There are 853 cooperation projects (including 814 investment projects and 39 trade projects) were signed at the last session of the event, with a total investment of over 2.5 trillion RMB.

As of the end of August this year, 614 of the 814 investment projects had started construction, with a total investment of 383.95 billion RMB. And the contract performance amount of 39 trade projects had reached 47.07 billion RMB.