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1. Introduction of the investment environment of Wuhan 1) Brief Introduction Located in central China, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, serves as the political, economic and cultural center of central region of China. The Yangtze, World's third longest river and its largest tributary Hanshui meet in Wuhan. Wuhan administers and 3 state level development zones. The total surface area is 8494 square kilometres and its resident population is 11 million.
2) Traffic advantages of Wuhan As the biggest water, land and air transportation hub in inland China, Wuhan has long been well known as a throughfare to nine provinces. With an equidistance of 1000 km away from other major Chinese cities, Wuhan stands out as China s geo-economic heart. Wuhan has become one of Four major rail transportation hubs of China. By 2012 a 4-Hour High Speed Rail Traffic Circle linking Wuhan-Beijing, Wuhan-Shanghai, Wuhan-Guangzhou, Wuhan- Chengdu, will be formed.
Wuhan Port boasts a key hub port on the Yangtze, which opens to foreign ships. As the biggest airport in central China, Wuhan Tianhe Airport is the only airport in the region offering visa service to foreign visitors. The operation of its second terminal building will enable Wuhan Airport to range among China's top 4 hub airport. The great advantages in its geographical location and transportation have brought about the rapid growth of Wuhan's modern logistics.
3) Economic situation of Wuhan As one of the first open cities on the Yangtze, Wuhan has always been a top recipient of foreign investment in central and western China. 2010 its GDP is 551 billion RMB, an increase of 14.7% from the previous year which is ranked third in the country s economic growth. The total Import and export value of Wuhan in 2010 is 18.06 billion US dollars, an increase of 57.6% from the previous year. The European Union remains the largest trading partner of Hubei Province.
4) Wuhan East Lake Development Zone China's second talent-concentrated area As one of the country's key scientific and educational bases, Wuhan enjoys the 3 rd biggest scientific and educational capabilities among Chinese cities. It is home to 52 universities including Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, with an enrolment of 700 thousand university students. Wuhan East Lake Development Zone where Wuhan Optical Valley is situated is China's second talent-concentrated area. One of the first national high-tech Industrial Development Zone, There are ten great competitive industry clusters including Optical technology, Mobile communication, Modern equipment manufacturing, Energy and environment with industrial scale of more than 10 billion RMB.
2. Wuhan East Lake Innovation Center Wuhan International Business Incubator 1) Introduction Wuhan East Lake Hi-Tech Innovation Center (P. R. China), also known as Wuhan International Business Incubator (hereinafter referred as WHIBI), is the first technology incubator in China. It was founded in 1987 and remains one of the largest incubators of Hi- Tech enterprises in China. It is the first shared business incubator in China. The services of WHIBI are provided to the Hi-tech parks in large part of China such as Wuhan,Xiangfan of the center, Suzhou and Kunshan of the east, Yanjiao and Cangzhou of the north, Chengdu and Guangzhou of southern China. By resorting to various modes of development like solely-investment, joint-venture, and authorized management, WHIBI has expanded its innovation base in many regions of China.
2) WHIBI in China In recent years, WHIBI has expanded its innovation base in many regions of China such as Chengdu SBI Innovation Street, Suzhou Mudu Hi-tech Park and Cangzhou WHIBI Scientific Park,etc.
3) Wuhan SBI Chinese First innovation street By the end of 2010, 1153 enterprises have been incubated in the innovation street, among which 412 enterprises are in incubator process and 741 enterprises have already graduated. The innovation street offers more than 70000 job opportunities.
4) Wuhan Zhuankou Automobile Incubator Cooperated with Dongfeng group, the incubator which aims to develop a National New Energy Auto Base in Wuhan. covers an area of 200,000m2 with construction area of 280,000m2.We bring in 50-100 enterprises focusing on R&D of new energy automobiles.
5) Wuhan Eastlake R&D Creative Park Cooperated with Wuchang district government, the park covers an area of 10000m2 with 48 enterprises in incubation. It is recognized in 2010 as a national-level innovation park.
6) Wuhan New Materials Technology Incubator WHIBI has been authorized to manage the park in 2008. Its area of incubation: 40000m2. It focus on new materials industry.
3. Belgium Welcome Office 1) Background for establishing Belgium Welcome Office The Wallonia region has six Hi-tech scientific parks (gathered under the name of SPoW). SPoW has become economic center and provide fertile ground for innovation of advanced technology.
1) Background for establishing Belgium Welcome Office Based on same intention to promote the cooperation in technology, products, markets and capital investment and to provide market accessing services for the enterprises of both sides, the two parties reached an agreement, under the sponsorship of China Hubei Provincial Department of Science Technology and Wallonia Foreign Trade & Investment Agency.
On 19th May, 2009, WHIBI signed an agreement with SPoW for establishing service centers in both sides. Two service centers have been established: Belgium Welcome Office in Wuhan China Welcome Office in Wallonia
2) Roles for Belgium Welcome Office 1. The coordinator in marketing and technical information between Belgian and Chinese enterprises. 2. The mediator between Belgian and Chinese enterprises for establishing commercial relationship. 3. The best choice for the Belgian enterprises who intend to settle down in China
3) Major services of Belgium Welcome Office 1.E-commerce service Establish and promote a special E-commerce platform called Sharewin Platform 2. Consulting service Consult on business strategy, market research, management, taxation and production for Start-up enterprises, in order to guide them in correct application of related policies in Hi-tech industry established by central and local government. 3. Training service IBI.technology training center is an international training center founded under the guidance of the Torch Program of National Science and Technology Ministry. Its training course includes business taxation, finance, management and technology subjects such as B2B E-commerce, laser technology and application.
3) Major services of Belgium Welcome Office 4. Backstage-support service Give helps and suggestions during the whole process of registration concerning procedures, taxation and law. Create favorable conditions for communication and cooperation among incubated enterprises. Build public relation channels between enterprises and different levels of governments, public institutions and media Provide intellectual property promotion service to Hi-tech enterprises. 5. Market access service In association with various national and international organizations such as Hong Kong Trade Development Council and China Association of Foreign Service Trades, we have professional personnel to delivery a quality market access service which keeps you up-to-date on the market landscape in China.
A strong professional team who devote themselves for the growth of Hi-tech Enterprises.
Introduction of ShareWin Platform Dr. Shao
Start from Stories In Dec, 2010, Milk Powder in Netherlands have been sold out, because of Chinese parents In Dec, 2008, Selfridges creats a new salse record: one million pounds in one hour, because of Chinese visitors In Sep, 2010, Chinese people bought 200 SMART cars via Internet Huge Requirements for High-quality Products in China!
The Difficulties to Enter Chinese Market No Channels Not farmiliar with policy and culture do you know "8" means "get money"? Tedious formalities logistics clearance The most difficult part: whether the consumers love my products?
What Can ShareWin Platform Do For You? Collecting requirements from Chinese via on line/off line channels producing and shipping according to requirements Unified Clearance and Packaged Logistics Lower cost Support systems for your agency call center outsourcing media resources translating, HR, finiance outsourcing
Business Pattern of ShareWin Platform Enterprises publish the products informationwith detailed quantity / price policy The call center / online advertisment will make channels know the product Channels will publish group booking info. Unified time Quantity rules ( lower limit and upper limit) When the group booking ends, platform will arrange the logistics and clearance for your products
Tool Supprt Group Booking System Finance supporting system Certification of Origin System Call center and channels database
Resources of ShareWin Platform Supported by China central and local government Plentiful finiance support Bank and media support Start from 800 incubators in China ShareWin Platform has been adopted as an example e- business pattern recommended in incubators
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