International Investment Promotion Forum to be Held in Tianjin

03/03/2005

The Second International Investment Promotion Forum will be held from March 17 to 18 this year in north China port city of Tianjin, source with the administrative commission of Tianjin economic and technological development area said Wednesday.

Officials from Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Tianjin municipal government, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, prestigious economists and researchers from both home and abroad will be invited to the forum and give lectures, the source said.

The forum, with a theme of "promoting the growth of foreign direct investment," will discuss such topics as trend of international direct investment, new strategies of multinational companies for investment in China and the optimal operation of investment promotion agencies.

A roundtable meeting will also be held during the forum. Representatives from multinational companies and experts will give assessments and suggestions on China's economic development at the meeting, according to the source.

The First International Investment Promotion Forum was held in Beijing on Nov. 11 to 12, 2003.