佛山出台投资促进办法 进一步提升营商环境与城市竞争力

Core Viewpoint - The newly introduced "Foshan Investment Promotion Measures" aims to create a market-oriented, law-based, and international first-class business environment to enhance the city's competitiveness and support high-quality economic and social development [1][2]. Group 1: Investment Promotion Measures - The measures will take effect on September 1, 2025, consisting of 40 articles focusing on attracting, facilitating, and protecting investments [1][2]. - The measures clarify the responsibilities of municipal and district governments and various departments in investment promotion, establishing a collaborative work framework [2][3]. - The measures emphasize the importance of optimizing investment services, including project approval, land transfer, environmental assessment, financing support, credit systems, talent services, tax services, and foreign investment [2][3]. Group 2: Protection of Investor Rights - The measures propose specific actions to protect investors' legal rights, addressing policy stability, agreement fulfillment, fee regulation, operational autonomy, personal and property safety, intellectual property protection, reputation maintenance, and dispute resolution [3][4]. - The measures also include innovative mechanisms to enhance the effectiveness of government investment funds, guiding social capital to support relevant industries and innovation [3][4]. Group 3: Investment Performance and Confidence - In the first half of the year, Foshan signed 391 projects with investments of 1 billion RMB or 10 million USD and a total signed investment amount of 199.118 billion RMB, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 5.24% [4]. - Foshan's business environment has been recognized as the best among provincial-level cities for three consecutive years, contributing to its ability to attract investments [4][5]. - The measures are seen as a formalization of effective practices in optimizing the business environment and are expected to enhance market participants' confidence in long-term investments in Foshan [5].