With 22 investment projects in 2009 (up from 17 in 2008), France aims to reach a total number of 100 Chinese investments in France, with recent announcements from both Haier (European headquarters to be transferred from Italy to Neuilly, with a 250 sqm showroom) and China National Bluestar (extension of the Bluestar Silicones factory near Lyon). This compares with around 4,000 reported French investments in China.
During the seminar co-organized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Paris and the Association of Chinese Enterprises in France, over 120 experts and decision-makers from both France and China will network and share the latest targeted incentive policies set-up by France to attract Chinese investments, including new measures to facilitate international mobility for Chinese managers. Chinese Ambassador in Paris M. Kong Quan will deliver the opening speech.