Shenzhen officially inaugurated an international investment promotion platform at Shum Yip Showroom in Futian District on May 26, the city’s commerce bureau announced.
The platform, which is the first of its kind, is collaboratively established by the municipal and district governments and is being operated by Shenzhen International Investment & Promotion Association, a nonprofit organization. The city’s commerce bureau and the Futian government have been working together to accelerate building an innovative investment promotion system.
The LAWSON Japan (Shenzhen) Operation Center, French firm Photonis’ sales headquarters and the Shanghai Clobotics AI Technology Center are the first batch of projects that have been introduced to Shenzhen via the platform.
The three enterprises’ senior representatives expressed their optimism about Shenzhen’s business climate and market potential via online speeches.
Motonobu Miyake, CEO of LAWSON (China) Holdings, Inc., said that the Shenzhen market is a key part of LAWSON’s business in China.
The Japanese company acquired 100% of Rainbow Well, a well-known convenience store chain in Shenzhen in December 2021, marking the Japanese company’s entry into China’s Silicon Valley.
“I feel exhilarated that LAWSON has the opportunity to launch a convenience store business in Shenzhen. I believe that it means a lot to set up the head office in Futian District,” he said.
Jerome Cerisier, president and CEO of Photonis, recognized Shenzhen as the center of the high-tech industry and has a great pool of talents.
He also thanked the local authorities for the strong support they have given the company.
“We aim to strengthen our presence even more [in Shenzhen]. We will be active in the whole country starting from Shenzhen,” Cerisier said.
Yan Zhiqing, the founder of AI enterprise Clobotics, briefed about the platform’s all-round services they enjoyed while setting up the new company in Shenzhen.
Since the platform started its trial operation in September 2021, it has been approached by investors from Fortune Global 500 companies, listed corporations and nationally technologically advanced enterprises.