Sino-French economic, trade and technology exchange event held in Jiaxing

Yesterday afternoon, the “French style set sail for Jiaxing High-tech, sharing new opportunities for opening up” Sino-French economic, trade and technology exchange event was held in Jiaxing National High-tech Zone, inviting more French companies to invest and cooperate in Xiuzhou.

At the scene, Jiaxing National High-tech Zone and the French-Chinese Incubator Alliance Association signed a strategic cooperation memorandum, and the two sides will further deepen cooperation in the fields of investment promotion, scientific and technological innovation and talent exchange.

“In the future, the two sides will promote the advantages of resource industries and investment environment, provide policy explanations and project application services for each other’s scientific and technological innovation and talent exchange projects, provide high-end talents with opportunities for two-way exchanges and learning, and provide necessary support in finding investment, industrial cooperation, research cooperation, etc.” A relevant person in charge of Jiaxing National High-tech Zone said, “We hope to take this event as an opportunity to further expand the influence of the high-tech zone, increase foreign investment attraction, and attract more high-quality French companies to settle in the high-tech zone. At the same time, we will promote the high-tech zone and French companies to jointly explore the development path of new technologies, new industries, and new formats. We also look forward to Jiaxing National High-tech Zone becoming a new highland for cooperation with French companies, attracting more high-quality projects to take root and bear fruit.”

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. Today, as the breadth and depth of economic and trade relations between China and France continue to expand, the exchanges between Jiaxing National High-tech Zone and French companies have also continued to deepen.

Walking into the production workshop of Faurecia (Jiaxing) Automotive Parts Systems Co., Ltd., the intelligent production line is running at full capacity, and the workers on the assembly line are busy installing and testing products such as smart car seat frames, lumbar supports, and neck supports.

In July 2020, Faurecia Group, the largest automotive technology supplier in France and the seventh largest in the world, officially joined hands with Jiaxing National Hi-Tech Zone, opening a new chapter in the development of Faurecia’s automotive seat system business; in September 2022, its skeleton factory was officially put into production and simultaneously introduced the seat comfort parts project. In November of the same year, the factory signed a seat cover project and became a full-industry chain production factory for seats… In the past four years, Jiaxing National Hi-Tech Zone and Faurecia have witnessed each other’s growth.

Under the leadership of Faurecia, the industry leader, the High-tech Zone regards the high-end auto parts industry as a key link in building a modern industrial system. Through “building, supplementing, extending and strengthening the chain”, it has gathered many upstream and downstream auto parts companies, and initially formed a high-end auto parts industry chain of “new energy power system + intelligent vehicle system + electronic system + interior system”.

In recent years, Jiaxing National High-tech Zone has set the goal of “global advanced manufacturing base”, seized the opportunity of the construction of the photovoltaic industry core area of ​​the provincial “415X” advanced manufacturing cluster, and vigorously implemented the investment promotion strategy of “going out and recruiting in”, which has blossomed in the photovoltaic new energy industry, auto parts industry, and health care industry. So far, the High-tech Zone has gathered more than 200 foreign-funded enterprises represented by Faurecia, Devocon, Webasto, etc.

Let foreign-funded enterprises be happy to “nest”, and let them “come” and “live” with peace of mind. From project investment promotion to production, the High-tech Zone implements “shop assistant” service for foreign-funded enterprises, links the offline platform of “Enterprise Home”, and fully guarantees the element needs of high-quality enterprises, providing zero-distance, all-round, nanny-style quality services for project establishment, land, registration, etc., and constantly attracts multinational companies to take root in high-tech and thrive.