2023上海外商投资指南(英文版）.pdf

2023 2023 SHANGHAI FOREIGN INVESTMENT GUIDE PREFACE The year 2023 is a pivotal turning point for China, and for enterprises’ legitimate rights and interests. As a result, industry system, Shanghai is focusing its efforts on four Shanghai in particular. As the 20th CPC National Congress Shanghai’s paid-in foreign capital reached a new high of new areas of growth, namely the digital economy, the laid out a magnificent blueprint for building a modern nearly USD 24 billion in 2022. The city’s market-oriented, green and low-carbon economy, metaverse, and intelligent socialist country in all respects and advancing China’s law-based and globally-recognized business environment terminals, to promote comprehensive digital and green great rejuvenation on all fronts by clearly detailing the has become an irresistible draw for foreign investment. transformation of the city. Being the first Chinese city to win Chinese path to modernization, this year will usher China the World Smart City Award, Shanghai has taken the lead in into a new era where high-quality development is the The city is invigorating its technology innovation building a “dual-gigabit” city with 5G and fixed broadband top priority. Meanwhile, Shanghai also stands at a new environment. In 2022, Shanghai’s total RD expenditure networks. It has made steady progress in pilot projects h