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China to foster more unicorn enterprises: official

2024-10-14 17:41 Last Updated At:18:07

More measures will be rolled out to cultivate more unicorn enterprises in China, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Wang Jiangping said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.

Unicorn enterprises, as representatives of the new economy, business forms, and models, have emerged as a driving force behind the advancement of new quality productive forces, Wang said. And the number of unicorn enterprises in China has steadily increased in recent years, with their comprehensive capabilities significantly strengthened, leading to the emergence of numerous super unicorn enterprises, he said.

"Unicorn enterprises in sectors including high-end manufacturing, consumption, retail, high and new technology account for over 78 percent of the total. Among those that newly emerged last year, more than half are from hard and core technology fields of new energy, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors," Wang said.

"In the next step, our ministry will establish a unified national system to cultivate unicorn enterprises with cooperation between the ministry and provinces, supporting unicorn enterprises in technological innovation, encouraging and guiding them to pursue technological breakthroughs aligned with the country's strategic needs and acquire more unique know-hows. Efforts will be made to boost financial support for unicorn enterprises, leveraging industrial and financial cooperation platforms to assist their listing, merging, and reorganization. Forward-looking plans will also be made for future industries, focusing on new areas and arenas such as atomic-class manufacturing, brain-computer interface (BCI), and 6G, to promote the growth and expansion of unicorn enterprises. Efforts will be made to integrate unicorn enterprises into the global innovation network and carry out innovation cooperation," he said.

In response to issues such as insufficient orders reported by certain enterprises, Wang said in the fourth quarter, the ministry will collaborate with relevant departments to introduce another set of measures aimed at boosting consumption and expanding domestic demand, assisting enterprises in expanding their markets and unleashing vitality.

"We will focus on leveraging the impact of investment to carry out technology transformation and upgrades, as well as equipment upgrading. We will organize a series of actions centered around expanding consumption, optimizing the supply and promoting upgrades, to advance application scenarios to foster the growth and expansion of new high-quality productive forces, such as the low-altitude economy and smart manufacturing," Wang said.

China to foster more unicorn enterprises: official

China to foster more unicorn enterprises: official

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China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

2024-11-03 04:05 Last Updated At:07:17

More than six million people have checked in and out of the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center this year as of Friday, a 75 percent increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Center.

Located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center serves as a vital hub for trade and tourism between China and Kazakhstan.

The mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries took effect on Nov. 10, 2023, allowing nationals from each country to stay in the other for up to 30 days per entry, with a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period.

Twelve manual inspection channels and ten express lanes at the Center are open daily to accommodate the peak passenger flow that begins early each morning.

Data from the Horgos entry-exit border checkpoint shows that the Cooperation Center sees an average daily traffic of over 20,000 people, with peak single-day numbers reaching as high as 37,000.

Home to over 200 duty-free shops, the Cooperation Center offers a vast selection of products across tens of thousands of categories, from handicrafts and clothing to specialty foods and high-tech items.

As the largest duty-free shopping zone in western China, it also stands as the world’s first cross-border free trade and investment cooperation zone.

Thanks to the Cooperation Center's preferential policies, prices in these duty-free shops are lower than elsewhere, attracting many tourists.

China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

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