The capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province is planning huge investments to establish itself as an international influence in innovation and business startups.
Chengdu has introduced a package of startup and innovation personnel policies for foreigners with promising startup projects or outstanding research achievements to lure top international personnel to the Southwest China city.
One of the largest cities in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chengdu has a tradition of ecological conservation and is known as a pleasant city in which to live.
Many viewers of the movie Kung Fu Panda 3, which was released in China and the United States on Friday, are interested in the fictional Panda Village to which hero Po returns with his long-lost father, especially those who live in or have traveled to Sichuan province in southwestern China.
The capital of Sichuan province hosted a forum on Saturday that was planned to be the first of an annual financial workshop for western China.
Since 2013, when Chengdu became the fourth Chinese city to host the Fortune Global Forum, the city government has shown its ambition to become a center of financial agencies, financial innovation, market trade and financial service in west China.
The passenger throughput of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport reached 40 million by Dec 10, making it the fourth airport on the Chinese mainland to handle more than 40 million passengers a year, after Beijing Capital International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, according to official data.
When consumers think of famous shopping destinations, they often think of New York, Paris or Hong Kong. They soon might be adding Chengdu to that list.
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, has become the first city in western China to adopt tax-refund policies for overseas travelers. Its adoption of the policy, which went into effect on Jan 1, follows Beijing and Shanghai as one of the second batch of cities in China to offer the refunds.
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