On June 25th, reporters learned from the press conference of the 30th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair (Lanzhou Trade Fair) held by the Gansu Provincial Government Information Office that the event will be held in Lanzhou City from July 6th to 10th. After the press conference, relevant officials from the Gansu Provincial Department of Commerce were interviewed by reporters regarding matters related to this Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair.

Q: Where will the 30th Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair be held? Who are the organizers and co-organizers?

A: This Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair is organized by the Gansu Provincial People’s Government and co-organized by 11 units including the China-ASEAN Center.

Q: What is the theme of this Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair?

A: The theme of this Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair is“Sharing Opportunities for Development and Prosperity”.

Q: Which cities are the theme cities of this year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair?

A: In this year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair, we has designated Lanzhou City and Zhangye City as theme cities, aiming to actively align with the national strategy of opening up. We will seize the significant opportunities presented by the construction of the “Belt and Road Initiative”, and focus on implementing the “Four Strengthening” actions of enhancing technology, industry, the provincial capital, and county regions. Through the fair, we will consolidate and deepen economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with the countries, regions, and brother provinces and cities involved in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, further highlighting the two major functions of Gansu province as an important window for opening up and a primary platform for attracting investment.

Q: Which countries are participating in this year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair? And what are the main activities?

A: In this year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair, we have extensively invited representatives from governments and international organizations involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, well-known foreign enterprises, and business associations to participate. In the fair, we will carry out multi-level and multi-sector investment promotion and trade facilitation activities such as “Green China · Invest in Gansu,”“Sino-US (Enterprise) International Economic and Trade Cooperation and Western Development Matching,”“International Sister City Industry Promotion and Economic and Trade Cooperation,”and others, continuously deepening higher-level opening up to the outside world. At the same time, the fair focuses on the key and hot areas of opening up and cooperation in our province, and centering on actively undertaking industrial transfers from the eastern and central regions as well as extending, supplementing, and strengthening the industrial chain. We invites three of “top 500” enterprises, multinational companies, leading enterprises, and renowned business associations to attend. we also sets up activities such as the “Science and Technology Investment and Achievement Transformation Project Matching Meeting,”the “Computing Power Enabling Digital Economy Development Investment Matching Meeting,” and series of events involving central enterprises, Zhejiang businesses, Guangdong businesses, Fujian businesses, and Sichuan businesses. The direction and goals of investment attraction are clearer and more precise by these efforts.

This year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair marks its 30th edition. At the fair, we will review the glorious journey of the Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair over the past 30 years and showcase the province’s significant achievements in opening wider to the outside world, promoting investment attraction, optimizing the business environment, supporting industrial upgrading, and driving high-quality economic and social development. This will further enhance the brand influence of the Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair and attract more entrepreneurs from home and abroad to invest and start businesses in Gansu.

Q : What exhibition halls are at this year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair?

A : This year’s Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair features distinctive advantages and professionalism. Fully seizing the opportunity that o advantageous resources highly align with the national strategic emerging industries, we set up 15 professional exhibition halls covering Open Ports and Advanced Manufacturing, Modern Agriculture, Non-ferrous Metallurgy, New Materials, New Energy, Food Processing, Water Conservancy Development, Electronic Technology, Cultural Tourism and Health Preservation, Petrochemical Industry, Biomedicine, Digital and Intelligent E-commerce, Mineral Development, Ethnic Characteristics and Animal Husbandry Industry, and Gansu Liquor. Leveraging the “Lanzhou Investment & Trade Fair” Online platform, corresponding virtual exhibition halls are established to promote the unique advantages of our province in resource endowments and special industries throughout the year.