The Anhui Provincial People's Government recently issued "Opinions on Promoting 'Attract Investment and Talent' of New Industries and Enhancing the Quality and Efficiency of Industrial Cultivation (Version 2.0)". The "Opinions" propose 33 policy measures in seven aspects, especially making a systematic arrangement for innovating precise recruitment models, promoting the upgrading of methods, steps, and strategies in "attract investment and talent".

The "Opinions" proposes adhering to forward-thinking, forward-looking observation, and forward-acting, as well as maintaining prospective leadership and systematic planning. It aims to better leverage the synergy between an effective market and a proactive government, balance the optimization of incremental growth with the revitalization of existing resources, and promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation. Additionally, it seeks to create a first-class business environment characterized by market orientation, rule of law, and internationalization, accelerating the development of a new industrial hub with significant influence.

To achieve this goal, the "Opinions" make arrangements from seven aspects: creating new highlands for industrial agglomeration, activating new momentum in the digital economy, expanding new spaces for international cooperation, pioneering new pathways for green and low-carbon development, innovating precise recruitment models, optimizing collaborative empowerment mechanisms, and building a new ecosystem for integrated development.

The "Opinions" propose several major models, including M&A investment promotion, chain investment promotion, capital investment promotion, scenario-based investment promotion, and professional investment promotion.

Regarding M&A investment promotion, the "Opinions" suggest focusing on key industrial chains to compile a list of potential target companies for mergers and acquisitions. It supports high-quality enterprises in intensifying resource integration along the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and encourages listed companies to acquire quality assets that strengthen the chain, fill gaps in the chain, and enhance key technological levels.

Focusing on chain investment promotion, it will rely on "chain leader" enterprises to introduce supporting enterprises, upstream and downstream enterprises, and ecological partners, cultivating industrial clusters where large, medium, and small enterprises develop in an integrated manner.

The "Opinions" propose innovating the capital investment promotion model by adopting "investment banking thinking" to carry out capital capital investment promotion. It relies on market-oriented industrial incubation institutions to implement strategies of "investment leading to introduction," "coordinated investment and recruitment," and "integration of investment and incubation."

In terms of scenario-based investment promotion, a real-time online "Application Scenario Release Hall" will be created. This hall will collect and publish lists of scenario opportunities, scenario capabilities, and benchmark case studies. Regular roadshow matching activities will be organized to plan and implement a batch of major application scenario innovation demonstration projects.

For professional investment promotion, the principle is to let professionals do professional work. The "Opinions" specifically mention supporting each city in establishing market-oriented investment promotion platform companies, forming professional investment promotion teams, and implementing performance incentives. Efforts will be accelerated to attract a group of foreign-related professional service organizations. Various business associations and chambers of commerce will be utilized for entrusted investment promotion and agency investment promotion. Investment promotion consultants will be appointed to expand investment promotion channels. 

Source: Anhui Daily