BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai municipal government outlined multiple measures on Thursday to boost the scale and quality of foreign trade and investment, as well as to enhance support for companies going global.
Specific measures for promoting foreign trade include encouraging local businesses to diversify their export markets, strengthening financial and transportation support, and promoting modern trade forms such as intermediate goods trade, cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses.
To boost foreign investment, the city vows to sort out major foreign investment projects in 2025, as well as to promote the improvement of Shanghai-based regional headquarters of multinational corporations, supporting them to enhance their functions such as research and innovation, fund management and investment decision-making.
Meanwhile, the city is committed to deepening the construction of its comprehensive overseas service platforms to provide professional services for companies conducting global business.
(Edited by Cui Zhaona, Yu Huichen with Xinhua Silk Road, yuhuichen@xinhua.org)