I. China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial Park project research team go out to acquire others’ experience in construction of industrial parks
China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial Park project research team left for Foshan Sino-German Industrial Service Zone, Taichang Sino-German Medium-sized and Small Enterprises Cooperation Model Zone from January 15 to 16, 2013 and acquired some good managing experience about infrastructure construction, operation management and company service.
In addition to application of the acquired managing experience to practice, the research team holds Cuiheng New Area should take full advantage of the opportunity and promote Zhongshan products to Switzerland and Europe through the platform while introducing Swiss and European China-oriented products and services to the industrial park. Then the park will take advantage of the imported products distribution center on the Chinese market and expand its business nationwide.

II. The operation platform built for China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial Park
According to the essence of the mayor office meeting (No. 67 Meeting Minutes (2014)), Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone is the organizer, responsible for the park construction, investment attraction, park planning and other specific work while Cuiheng Investment Company is the investment, construction and operation management body and a special subsidiary company is set up to provide the management and service for the park.
Cuiheng Investment Company reported “Proposals on Formation of Zhongshan China-Switzerland Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.” and Zhongshan China-Switzerland Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (ZCSSTD) completed the business registration and tax registration procedures in 2014 after the report was approved by Cuiheng New Area Party Work Committee in September. ZCSSTD is a limited liability company with sole proprietorship, subordinated to Cuiheng Investment Company. The legal representative is Liu Rong. The registered capital is RMB 3 million yuan. Its business range includes investment and technology promotion service, cultural event planning, property management, industrial space rental, commercial space rental, office rental and conference and exhibition services.

III. The Initiating Area first started in China-Switzerland Industrial Park
China-Switzerland Industrial Park is positioned as a biopharmaceutical cluster for pharmaceuticals, food and essences and a manufacturing cluster for instrumentation equipment, textile machinery and electrical equipment. The planned area covers over 1600 acres land while the initiating area covers 250 acres. Cuiheng New Area is working on the formation of ZCSSTD at present and sends a team to Switzerland for project attraction. It has come into the investment attraction work. China-Switzerland Industrial Park has introduced a knitting equipment project from the Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM) and a German CO precision fiber project. The preliminary preparations for the leased plants of the projects have been complete. It is expected that the plants will have been completed by next January.
Swiss SSM is one of the few textile machinery manufacturing companies that master the air texturing technology. It designs high-performance textile machines and provides maintenance, repair and technical support for clients from 62 countries. It owns three factories in Switzerland, Italy and China and sets up a complete sales and service system. As a market leader in the area of winding technologies in the line of textile machinery, SSM that has long upheld the idea that “technological advance is the core of development while human resources are the sources of development,” puts in a lot of manpower and material resources for product research and development.

IV. Actively participating in the investment attraction and promotion activities and promoting Swiss companies to get involved in the construction of China-Switzerland Industrial Park in Cuiheng New Area
Consul General of Switzerland in Guangzhou Didier Boschung and Chairman of Swiss Chamber of Commerce Guangzhou Branch Rene Foster arrived to meet Mayor Chen Liangxian on September 23 for investigation into the construction process of China-Switzerland Industrial Park in Cuiheng New Area. Cuiheng New Area sent a team to participate in Guangdong Investment Promotion in Switzerland organized by Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and Zhongshan People’s Government late October to promote the investment environment and policies of Cuiheng New Area to Swiss companies for the purpose of attracting Swiss high-end technologies and advanced management experience.