China News Agency, Changchun, March 13 (Li Yanguo, Jinqiao) - the 2017 "choose the United States" road show in China opened in Changchun on March 13. Government officials and representatives of commercial organizations from various states of the United States went to China to show potential investment projects and attract investment in the United States.
In 2011, the United States announced the launch of the "choose the United States" project, which is a project promoted by the U.S. government to attract foreign direct investment, hoping to let investors know more about the U.S. investment market.
The 2017 "choose America" China roadshow starts from Changchun and will be held in six cities in China.
Representatives of Los Angeles County, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York, Sacramento, Virginia, South Carolina, Missouri, Michigan and North Carolina governments, as well as Huamei bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank participated in the Changchun station roadshow.
Tourism and hotel services, natural gas, advanced manufacturing, finance and insurance, auto parts manufacturing and other industries have become the focus of us promotion.
Ruan Dawei, acting director of the US embassy in China, attended the meeting and encouraged Chinese companies to invest in the US. He said that the United States is a stable and reliable economy. The United States has a skilled labor force and a high level of R & D funding, which are important driving forces for investment in the United States.
According to us statistics, China's investment in the US is the fastest growing economy in the world. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, China's investment in the US reached a record of 13 billion US dollars, 18 billion US dollars and 20 billion US dollars respectively.
Jia Lina, vice mayor of Changchun, said that through the platform of "choose America", we hope to form a two-way and mutually beneficial situation. "We also want to let competitive enterprises go out, and at the same time, we also want to attract the world's top 500 enterprises with international influence, including the United States, to come in and help our urban development." (end)