Dialogue with Chongqing Government: Supportive Policy for Foreign Companies to Work Resumption on the COVID-19 Outbreak

2020-04-09 | All chapters

Dialogue with Chongqing Government: Supportive Policy for Foreign Companies to Work Resumption on the COVID-19 Outbreak

On 9th April, the European Chamber Southwest Chapter, joined hands with Chongqing Municipal Government, held a webinar to introduce the supportive policies to help foreign companies work resumption on the COVID-19 outbreak and newly investment promotion policies. Mr. Li Bo, Vice Mayor of Chongqing Government, and Mr. Joerg Wuttke, National President of European Chamber, gave welcome speeches to briefly present the Chongqing Government’s and European Chamber’s efforts on the COVID-19 outbreak.

Mr. Paul Sives, Chairman of European Chamber Southwest Chapter, and Mr. Dominik Widmer, Vice Chair of European Chamber Southwest Chapter gave speeches afterwards. Representatives from Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, and Chongqing Economic and Technological Development Zone shared the supportive policies for foreign enterprises to work resumption which are participants’ most concerns, and newly investment promotion policies.

More than 70 companies and organizations attend the webinar. Three questions from our member companies were asked to Chongqing Government, Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce and Chongqing Health Commission gave answers respectively. Mr. Dominik Widmer, Ms. Sally Huang, and Mr. Marko Murtonen, GM of BASF Chongqing, also answered three questions from Chongqing Government.