▲On June 28, Shenzhen and Zhongshan held a joint investment promotion conference to invite investment globally. Photo/Xia Shengquan

The 2023 Shenzhen · Zhongshan Joint Investment Promotion Conference & Bao'an Jiuwei International Headquarters Area · Cuiheng New District Shenzhen-Zhongshan Cooperation Industrial Park Investment Fair took place in Shenzhen on June 28. It was the first time the two cities jointly invited investment from the globe. 

At the conference, Bao'an District and Cuiheng New District signed a framework agreement on high-quality integrated development, and the Transport Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality and the Zhongshan Transport Bureau concluded an agreement on transport integration. Bao'an Jiuwei International Headquarters Area and Cuiheng New District Shenzhen-Zhongshan Cooperation Industrial Park were introduced.

▲The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge will open to traffic next year. Photo/Miao Xiaojian

Zhongshan is located on the west coast of the Pearl River estuary, facing Shenzhen across the river. After the opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (or the ShenZhong Link) next year, it will take only 20 minutes to drive from Zhongshan to Shenzhen, bringing massive, convenient, low-cost flows of people, goods, capital and information between the two cities.

Since last year, the two cities have worked closely at all levels and in all aspects, with substantial results achieved in the first 44 cooperation matters. Zhongshan and Shenzhen aim to build a 66-square-kilometer Shenzhen-Zhongshan Economic Cooperation Zone based in Cuiheng New District, as well as to focus on industrial collaboration to establish and improve a long-acting mechanism for win-win cooperation.