Since the beginning of this year, Japanese enterprises have moved to China, and the number of Japanese enterprises in Dalian has increased by nearly 40%. The president of Omron (China) Group Co., Ltd., which wants to build the second Omron in China, said that Dalian will become the center city favored by multinational companies together with Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. 10 year 10 On October 25th, Omron Corporation of Japan set up the first Japanese electronics company, China R&D Center, in Dalian Software Park. This marks the end of the overall layout of China, the leading electronic crocodile in global sensing technology. Ji Chuan Taiping, president of Omron (China) Group Co., Ltd., said in an interview that they chose Dalian as their R&D center in China because Dalian has become an important central city in northern China, with the same status as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Omron established a wholly-owned company in Dalian on 199 1, and then set up corresponding companies in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. In April this year, the company set up the "China Headquarters" in China, second only to the Japanese headquarters, which played a leading role in the China market and created the second Omron. According to President Kikukawa Taiping of Omron (China) Group, the company has set up several centers in China. Shanghai is the headquarters of Omron China and the marketing center of Omron China. Dalian is a research and development center; Shenzhen has Omron's product processing center; In Hong Kong, Omron has its own information management fund operation center; Beijing is Omron's brand management center. Mr Kikukawa said, "China is very big, with many developed cities, much like the United States. China's territory is 26 times that of Japan. In such a big country, it is natural to set up different functions in different centers to run enterprises. As the most open city in northern China, Dalian has gradually formed a central city in the north. " In recent years, Dalian's high-tech development, especially the development of software industry, has been ahead of the whole country. In the field of new technology, Dalian is a leading city, which is one reason why Omron chose to locate its R&D center in Dalian. With the status of a central city becoming more and more obvious, Dalian's ability to attract foreign investment is getting stronger and stronger. Statistics from the Registration Branch of Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce show that since the beginning of this year, Dalian has attracted 190 Japanese-funded enterprises, accounting for 33% of newly established foreign-funded enterprises this year, an increase of 37.7% over the same period last year. It is worth noting that 64.2% of newly established Japanese enterprises entered Dalian in the form of sole proprietorship. It is understood that a large number of Japanese-funded enterprises moved to Dalian largely because of the poor domestic economic environment and Dalian's position as a central city in the north. There are more and more Japanese-funded enterprises in this land.
According to relevant statistics, by the end of 20001,Japan had actually invested $27.86 billion in China and $4.2 billion in Dalian. In other words, for every US$ 100 invested by Japanese in China, US$ 13 was settled in Dalian. There are 2054 Japanese-funded enterprises in Dalian, accounting for a quarter of the total number of foreign-invested enterprises in the city; The actual utilization of foreign capital is 42. 1 USD, accounting for 39.5% of the actual utilization of foreign capital in the city, ranking first. All this tells people with indisputable facts that Japanese businessmen are the biggest investors in Dalian.
In the first half of 2002, there were 397 Japanese enterprises investing in Dalian Development Zone, and about 180 enterprises had been completed and put into operation, including 7 1 projects with a total investment of over 1 00000 US dollars and 6 projects with a total investment of over100000 US dollars, accounting for 32% of the total investment in Dalian Development Zone, living in Dalian. Looking back on Japanese enterprises' investment in Dalian Development Zone, it began in the early 1980s. 1984 that year was the first peak year for Japanese investment in China, but not many people came to Dalian to invest. 1987 with the establishment of wanbaozhi motor co., ltd, the first Japanese enterprise in Dalian development zone, the prelude of Japanese investment in Dalian was opened. From 65438 to 0988, the Chinese and Japanese governments concluded an investment protection agreement, which ushered in the second peak year of Japanese investment in China. On August 1988, Dalian Harada Industrial Co., Ltd., a wholly Japanese-owned enterprise, was established with a total investment of 2.5 billion yen.
Interview point of view:
The core of competition is the quality of investment environment. Where the investment environment is good and competitive, more foreign investment can be attracted.
We should also pay attention to using external forces and innovating ways to attract investment, so as to achieve practical results.
It is time for Dalian to create opportunities and formulate some policies to attract more small and medium-sized enterprises to invest in Dalian.
Interview:
General manager of Dalian Harada Industrial Co., Ltd. Miyazaki Bo.
Reporter: Harada Industries came to Dalian to set up a factory in the late 1980s, which is considered as an earlier Japanese enterprise. So what kind of consideration did you come to Dalian to set up a factory?
Gong: At that time, it just happened to catch up with China's policy of reform and opening up, so Dalian's proximity to Japan was first of all a geographical location. Another point is that Dalian government officials are very enthusiastic about attracting investment. Because of their enthusiasm, we feel that investing in this place will be very beneficial to the future development of enterprises and other aspects.
Reporter: Harada Industries 1989 was officially put into production, and it has been more than ten years now. How is your production and operation in the past ten years?
Gong:1June, 1989 10 started business, and normal production began in September of the same year. Most of the products started to be produced are semi-finished products, so the products produced in Dalian are shipped back to Japan, then processed and finally provided to customers. In recent three years, because China can be said to be the distribution center of the world's manufacturing industry, our headquarters has also brought some Japanese production to Dalian according to this idea. In this case, our production in Dalian has recently been provided to Japan in the form of finished products.
As Dalian Harada Industrial Company settled in Dalian, a large number of enterprises such as Nissin, JMS, Futian, Seiko Electronics and Kong Ling Down Co., Ltd. successively settled in Dalian in the form of joint venture and sole proprietorship, which brought an important turning point for Japanese enterprises to invest in the development zone. If Japanese-funded enterprises were cautious in investment in the 1980s, after more than ten years of wait-and-see and practice, they began to let go of their hands and feet, making frequent investments and joint ventures. Dalian Toshiba Co., Ltd. is a color TV production joint venture established by Dalian Daxian Company as the sole Chinese investor and Toshiba Company of Japan on 1996. With China gradually becoming a "global manufacturing center", Dalian Toshiba Company has become one of Toshiba's most important overseas production bases. At the beginning of 200 1, they moved the production line of digital and broadband color TV to Dalian, which is undoubtedly a revolution. )
General manager of Dalian Toshiba TV Co., Ltd. Matsuura Junyi.
Reporter: Now the Toshiba factory in Dalian has not only increased the production quantity, but also transferred all the 16: 9 broadband color TVs and digital color TVs with high technical standards to Dalian for production. Does that mean that the technical level of Toshiba factory in Dalian has reached the requirements of Toshiba headquarters?
Song: If you mean the technical level, we think we have fully met the requirements of Japanese society, but we also have some shortcomings. In the past, the most important and critical printing press version of digital TV was produced by our agent in Japan and then shipped to Dalian for assembly. However, from August to September this year, we will produce printing presses in Dalian. Apart from technology, we think that we have fully met the requirements of the agency in terms of quality.
Reporter: With the first digital color TV rolled off the assembly line on March 6, it can be said that the color TV produced by Toshiba factory in Dalian has been sold in the Japanese market. What was the scale of Dalian Toshiba factory at that time?
Song: Because we are a Sino-Japanese joint venture, Dalian Co., Ltd. is our partner. They have one of our production lines, including Daxian's production line. Our annual output is 6.5438+500,000 units, 70% of which are exported to Japan.
Reporter: Has this output reached our expected standard now?
Song: At the beginning of our company's establishment, we didn't expect to transfer the Japanese production line to Dalian, so the original design capacity was 6.5438+0 million units. Now because all Japanese production lines have been transferred to our company (Dalian), the production capacity has reached 6.5438+0.5 million units, far exceeding the original goal.
(An American businessman once said: "The Japanese are very clever in running businesses. Like seagulls, they fly where there are fish. They are willing to invest and reinvest in Dalian, which shows that the investment environment here is very good and very good. " Indeed, a good investment environment has attracted shrewd Japanese entrepreneurs. 200 1, Japan Tongshitai Building Materials Co., Ltd. obtained a business license in Lianlian, with a total investment of US$ 654.38+2.826 billion. )
Tian yeshou, general manager of Dalian tongshitai building materials co., ltd.
Reporter: Tongshitai Building Materials is a wholly-owned enterprise, so why do you think of building a factory in Dalian?
Tim: First of all, there are many high-quality talents in Dalian, and there are also many people who can speak Japanese. In addition, the investment environment of the development zone is particularly superior. Director Zhou of the Development Zone Management Committee and I have known each other since Japan. We are old friends, so with his strong recommendation, we made the decision to build a factory in Dalian.
Reporter: What do you think of the environment provided by the development zone for foreign enterprises?
Tim: For example, when a foreign-funded enterprise establishes a factory in China, it is stipulated when applying for this project. If the capital exceeds $3 million, it must apply to the Beijing government. As our company, it is more difficult to do this by ourselves. Therefore, Fu, the deputy director of the Development Zone Management Committee, was on a business trip in South Korea and came back from South Korea to do this for us. We were very moved. Another thing is the contact with the water company. Because our company set up a factory to build a dormitory, there is a running water pipe under the dormitory. If we don't move elsewhere, it may have an impact on the construction of our dormitory. At this time, the Development Zone Management Committee and the water supply company gave us great care, helped us solve this problem, and made the project of our factory go smoothly.
(Among the top 500 foreign-funded enterprises in China, there are 6 Japanese-funded enterprises in Dalian Development Zone, accounting for over1%; Top 200 enterprises in China earn foreign exchange through export, and 2 Japanese-funded enterprises in the Development Zone; 200 1 year, among the top 50 taxpayers in Dalian, there are 10 Japanese enterprises in the development zone, accounting for one fifth; In the top 20 sales of industrial enterprises in the Development Zone, Japanese enterprises account for 15. It can be said that Japanese-funded enterprises have played an exemplary and leading role in the process of attracting investment in Dalian Development Zone. So what attracts so many Japanese companies and what are the characteristics of their investment in Dalian? )
(Interview: Zhong Shanen, Director of Dalian Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau)
Reporter: Dalian not only has a large number of Japanese-funded enterprises to invest, but also has a very good operating condition. Then why are so many Japanese companies gathered in Dalian?
Zhong: Because Dalian and Japan have such a historical origin, this is an objective historical reason. In addition, the distance between Dalian and Japan is relatively close, and the transportation between Japan and South Korea is convenient, so there are more Japanese talents in Dalian. Therefore, Japanese enterprises have established production enterprises and processing and export enterprises in Dalian, and the number is relatively large. Or mainly enterprises such as production, processing and export.
Reporter: What are the characteristics of their investment?
Zhong: In the early days of reform and opening up, enterprises mainly produced parts, so the parts were processed here and then returned to Japanese enterprises to assemble the whole machine. Now, with China's accession to the WTO, in recent years, the number of whole machine enterprises has gradually increased. For example, Canon is preparing to set up a production base in Dalian recently, and color laser printers are preparing to come to Dalian. In fact, in the past two years, the base construction of Toshiba color TV has taken shape, and all Japanese color TV production lines have been moved to Dalian for production.
Reporter: Have they changed their investment strategy?
Zhong: After so many years of reform and opening up, Japanese investment was mainly labor-intensive at first, so the technology content was relatively low. That may be because our domestic labor force in China is relatively cheap. Yes, this is the beginning. It mainly invests according to policies, and it thinks that China's open policy is the main consideration for its investment. However, with the strengthening of China's domestic economic strength and the gradual formation of China's opening to the outside world in recent years, Japan has now changed from the original policy-oriented investment to environment-friendly investment. Dalian's current environmental construction is also very good, and urban construction and soft environment construction are also good. Therefore, Japanese companies take this relatively high-tech and complete enterprise, as well as some large enterprises like Canon, Toshiba and YKK, and gradually expand their investment on the basis of the original investment. The investment of each enterprise is above $ 1 billion, that is, additional investment. So the production base of these large enterprises in Dalian was formed, and this base is oriented to the whole country.
(Before 1998, Japanese companies were still trying to invest in the process, and the quantity and quality were still at a low level, which was mainly due to concerns about the investment environment in China. After 1998, with the opening-up of China and Dalian and the improvement of investment environment, especially after Deng Xiaoping's southern tour speech, under this background, with the appreciation of the yen, including Japanese enterprises targeting the China market with a population of1200 million in the long term, the investment of Japanese enterprises in Dalian has undergone major changes in quality and quantity, and the investment and projects have greatly increased. In particular, the formal entry of Dalian Industrial Group has stimulated the upsurge of Japanese enterprises investing in Dalian. )
Reporter: In this Dalian Development Zone, there is a place called "Japan Industrial Cluster", where there are 46 Japanese-funded enterprises. Why did you build such an industrial cluster in the first place?
Zhong: At the beginning, this industrial cluster was established because the development zone had just started construction. In order to give full play to the role of all parties, especially Japan, in attracting investment, we have opened up industrial clusters to better attract Japanese enterprises to invest in the development zone.
Reporter: Did it attract many Japanese companies? Is it easy to implement the original situation?
Zhong: It's not easy either. It is not that there is a problem with the construction of industrial clusters. Mainly because Japanese-funded enterprises have just begun to understand China's reform and opening-up policy, or this is a process of understanding. Then it must be quite difficult to start working from the beginning. This is more difficult.
Reporter: How was your development in the first few years?
Gong: At the beginning, our output was about a quarter of what it is now. For several years in a row, the company was at a loss. Recently, especially last year, our company implemented the piecework production system. In order to improve production efficiency, as of last year, all our accumulated deficits were digested and made a profit again. Last year, we also paid taxes for the country.
Reporter: We know that in June this year, you made a capital increase of about100000 USD for this factory in Dalian, and the amount of this capital increase is relatively large.
Gong: With the strong support of Dalian Foreign Economic and Trade Commission and Development Zone Management Committee, we passed the application for capital increase. This capital increase is mainly because we will not only engage in car antennas in the future, but also produce some other electrical products in the domestic market. So as a preliminary preparation, we made this capital increase.
(Although the development zone set off an investment boom at 1988, after a few years, this boom disappeared like a bubble desert. For a time, Japanese-funded enterprises in the development zone began to decline, which made the development fall into a trough. )
Reporter: We know the development of the Development Zone in recent years. Although there is still some development, it is not ideal and not so satisfactory. What do you think is the most important reason?
Zhong: Objectively speaking, the Asian financial crisis just happened a few years ago, which had a great impact on Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. Therefore, subjectively speaking, we did not adjust our thinking in time, that is, according to the situation at that time, how to increase the intensity of attracting investment and how to do some work from other aspects. It seems that the intensity of attracting investment is not enough, and our thinking has not been fully adjusted. This is probably the main reason why we didn't keep up with our work at that time.
(Interview: Zhou, Director of Dalian Development Zone Management Committee)
Reporter: A few years ago, the development speed of the development zone was not very fast. What is the reason?
Zhou: There may be several reasons. First, there are many large enterprises entering ahead of time, and the expanding regional scope of the country should be said to be wider and wider, and there are more choices for foreign investors. So, on the one hand, the competition that our development zone faces is more and more fierce. The second is that in terms of investment environment construction, we feel that we have not kept pace with the times. Although the psychology of foreign investment is more mature, the imported industrial structure has also changed, from the past labor-intensive to high-tech or more advanced products, so the investment environment and conditions in all aspects are increasingly demanding. But during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, frankly speaking, our infrastructure was still the foundation of the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, and there was no further improvement. Another thing is that we have no new services to adapt to the development of the situation in terms of investor services.
After wandering for a period of time, the Dalian Municipal Government and the Development Zone Management Committee began to adjust their thinking and increase investment attraction again, and the once depressed development zone began to show opportunities. )
Reporter: Some people say that since last year, the development speed of the development zone has picked up in just one or two years. Some people say that this is the second climax of development. Then why do you think there is such an orgasm at this time? What has activated the development of the development zone?
Zhong: Objectively speaking, China's accession to the WTO is one of the main reasons for enhancing foreign investors' confidence in China. Then, due to the financial crisis a few years ago, some developed countries have been forced to adjust their industrial structures, so they need to transfer some industries, just these two years. Japan, America, Europe and America, especially Japan, need to transfer some industries abroad, because the outward transfer has caught up with China's entry into WTO, so naturally China is the biggest choice. So subjectively speaking, this is probably one of the main reasons why our development zone has developed rapidly in the last year or two. Subjectively, on the one hand, the municipal party Committee attaches great importance to the development of the development zone, but only says that it needs reform and decentralization, so that it can truly enjoy municipal management authority. In addition, the development zone itself has also made great efforts to improve the investment environment, including one-stop examination and approval, the construction of other supporting parks, etc., including how to create better service conditions for foreign-invested enterprises, and has done a lot of work. Then another is that the development zone and the relevant departments in the city seized the opportunity of China's entry into WTO and the transfer of Japanese industrial structure, and increased the intensity of attracting investment.
Reporter: So what are the operating conditions of these Japanese-funded enterprises in Dalian Development Zone?
Zhou: It should be said that more than 98% of this Japanese-funded enterprise in Dalian Development Zone has achieved ideal economic benefits. Statistics show that the tax payment figures of Japanese enterprises are more prominent in the whole enterprise. There are 34 industrial enterprises and more than 20 million taxpayers in Dalian, and our development zone accounts for half of them. The second sign is that foreign-funded enterprises, especially Japanese enterprises, are increasing their capital. Some, like Canon, were originally 5.6 billion yen, and after eight capital increases, they have increased to 40 billion yen. Some have built a factory and a second factory. For example, YKK has built four factories in succession, and Omron has also built two factories. There is a 1 1 joint venture with us in the development zone, that is, a completed 1 1 joint venture. Then their investment enthusiasm and increasing investment again and again show that Japanese enterprises are very successful in the development zone.
Reporter: So how much investment have you made in this specific investment attraction?
Zhou: We adopt the method of combining the investment invitation of the Corps and the investment invitation of the detachment. Then the investment promotion of Bingtuan is based on large-scale publicity activities, mainly to publicize our image, and then a team is called out to knock on the door to attract investment, that is, to conduct targeted negotiations with enterprises. We sent eight teams last year, and the effect was good. On the other hand, we also believe that it should be market-oriented. For example, we introduce projects through intermediaries and cooperate with them. Recently, we signed a joint investment agreement with the American Far East Company, the largest consulting company in the world. I think this will have a good development prospect. Because we know that the company has mastered two-thirds of the resources of Fortune 500 companies, that is, two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are its important customers, so we aim at some big projects, rely on project recommendation and have the cooperation of intermediaries. Therefore, I think our investment promotion will have a new improvement.
At present, there are not only a large number of Japanese-funded enterprises investing in Dalian, but also very good investment returns. Some enterprises increase investment and expand production. Facts have proved that through the joint efforts of the Chinese and Japanese governments, the land project of Dalian Industrial Group has been developed for ten years, and now it has been in 2. 17 square kilometers of hot land has been filled by the project. However, how to take the future road of the development zone is a profound topic in front of people. )
Reporter: As a foreign-funded enterprise, what do you think are the difficulties and difficulties in Dalian's business development for so many years?
Song: First, there are far from enough spare parts suppliers around Dalian. Another point is that if the speed of import, export and customs clearance can be improved a little, I think many enterprises will be interested in Dalian and willing to invest in Dalian.
Gong: Small and medium-sized enterprises that provide spare parts must have policy guarantees when they enter the development zone, so that they can stand on their own feet and provide them with various living environments. In that case, they will be interested in coming.
Reporter: Do you have any good suggestions in this regard?
Tim: Another thing that needs to be improved is the application of computer network system. For example, the processing of documents and invoices in import and export business can enable enterprises to communicate with government agencies such as customs and commodity inspection through the Internet as much as possible, so that the processing of these documents can be completed in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.
Zhong: Last year, especially in the first half of this year, we paid attention to the customs clearance environment. It takes us 3-4 days to import, but now it is reduced to 2-2 days. What about the quick exit? Originally 4-5 days, now it has been reduced to 2-5 days, two and a half days. However, compared with Shanghai, Shanghai can go 1 day (then we still have a gap). Therefore, we believe that if the investment environment in Dalian really keeps pace with the south and exceeds their level, foreign-funded enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises will soon choose Dalian to invest.
Reporter: So you have visited many places in China, including some big cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Do you think they are behind others compared with us? How long will it take to catch up with this gap?
Zhong: It shouldn't be long. First of all, have confidence. Although the northern region was influenced by the old planned economic system and dragged down by state-owned enterprises, our economy was relatively backward in the early stage. After all, the northeast region is rich in material resources, and its industrial base, especially petrochemical industry, heavy industry and processing industry, is very developed. The technical talent reserve should be stronger than that of the south. Therefore, in my opinion, the economic development in the north is completely superior to that in the south. As long as the Siberian tiger wakes up, I think it should be hoped that it will not sleep for too long.
Reporter: How should the development zone go in the future?
Zhou: I think we should take the investment environment as an important task to promote the development of the primary industry in accordance with our development philosophy in the future. One idea we put forward is the competition in future development zones. The core competition is the competition of environment. Only the environment is good, of course, this environment is comprehensive, not only because your city is beautiful, but also because of the government's services, changes in functions, and the ability to act in accordance with international practices. Another is social humanities. We call it three environments, one is the infrastructure environment, the other is the soft environment for investment, and the other is the social and humanistic environment that allows more foreign businessmen to come here. At the same time, life is relatively comfortable, so the environment is always an important goal for us to attract investment, that is, to make our environment more competitive. We should constantly learn and develop our modern information means. In the second half of the year, we also put forward a working goal, that is, we will greatly promote the well-off construction of our development zone and truly become the best investment zone in the country through half a year.
China has joined the WTO, and a new round of competition is about to begin. When the world focuses on China, it is no longer just a producer of cheap labor. The second barrier, Dalian is thinking and making a choice. How to win a bigger market and share a bigger cake has been placed before us without delay. The "Neusoft International Strategic Exchange Conference" held a few days ago made people see the broad prospects of Dalian's future cooperation with Japan in software projects. )
(Interview: Xia Deren, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province)
Reporter: Governor Xia, many Japanese enterprises have settled in Dalian. There are 46 Japanese-funded enterprises in Japan Industrial Complex alone. At the same time, these Japanese-funded enterprises are doing very well. So here we would like to ask you to talk about what aspects Dalian must strengthen in order to do better and attract more foreign investment in the future.
Xia: I think Dalian has made considerable achievements in attracting Japanese enterprises. I think this is a very good foundation. I think the next step should start from three aspects. On the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job of these large Japanese enterprises investing in Dalian, hoping that they can become stronger and bigger and become a very important part of their globalization strategy. Second, it is time for Dalian to create some opportunities and formulate some policies to attract Japanese SMEs to invest in Dalian. I think Japanese SMEs have two aspects. On the one hand, they provide spare parts for these large enterprises. I think these enterprises are very important to the development of these large enterprises (in this interview, many Japanese entrepreneurs raised such a question and felt that there were not enough manufacturers of spare parts). Then there are some small and medium-sized enterprises belonging to high-tech enterprises, hoping to attract some talents to Dalian and take advantage of the relative concentration of universities and talents in Dalian to transfer some industries to Dalian. I think this is the second aspect of work. The third aspect is that we have entered a new century and a new economic stage, so Japan's emerging industries, IT, software and information services, have developed very rapidly in the process of industrial restructuring. I think we should seize this opportunity, that is, Dalian should attract more IT and software companies to invest in Dalian. I think information service is oriented to Japan, which is a key point of Dalian's future development. So if these three tasks are done well, I think this Japanese-funded enterprise will make greater development in by going up one flight of stairs on the basis of its work in the past few years.
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