Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference | "Hope everyone finds suitable partners in Beijing": 2026 Investment Beijing Conference signed agreements worth 61.991 billion yuan

China Economic Reporter Feng Li reported from Beijing

On the afternoon of March 25, reporters from China Business Journal learned at the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference that the “2026 Investment Beijing Conference” has completed the signing of 34 projects, with a total amount reaching 61.991 billion yuan, covering 13 major industry categories including pharmaceuticals and health, emergency safety, new generation information technology, and new materials. Both domestic and foreign investments are working together to inject strong momentum into the high-quality development of Beijing’s industries.

Beijing’s Vice Mayor Tang Wenhong introduced at the conference that Beijing’s GDP is projected to reach 5.2 trillion yuan in 2025, with a growth rate of 5.4%, entering the “5 trillion city” category, and per capita GDP is approximately $34,000, reaching the level of moderately developed countries. The research and development investment intensity in society has remained around 6% for many years, with annual technical contract transaction volumes nearing 1 trillion yuan, and the number of national-level high-tech enterprises, specialized and innovative small giant enterprises, and unicorn companies ranks first in the country. The digital economy accounts for over 44%, and efforts are underway to build the world’s leading city in artificial intelligence and robotics.

“I hope everyone can find suitable partners, ample patient capital, and vast market space in Beijing to jointly create a globally influential high-end industry cluster,” Tang Wenhong stated. The Beijing government will focus on creating a world-class business environment, fully leveraging the policy advantages of establishing a comprehensive demonstration zone for expanding the opening of the service industry and a free trade pilot zone, actively aligning with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and steadily expanding institutional openness to provide global enterprises with a more stable, transparent, and predictable institutional environment. At the same time, it will continue to deepen the “delegating power, improving regulation, and providing services” reform to offer warmer services for investors and businesses.

It is reported that this conference themed “Investing in Beijing, Winning the Future” relies on the Zhongguancun Forum platform, gathering high-quality global resources, fully showcasing Beijing’s world-class business environment, vibrant industrial vitality, and vast development opportunities, aiming to deepen international and domestic cooperation, cultivate new momentum for opening up, and inject strong driving forces into the high-quality development of Beijing’s economy and society. Over 600 key guests attended the event, including internationally renowned experts, executives from Fortune 500 companies, and partners from top international investment institutions.

The reporter noted that the conference closely aligns with Beijing’s core goal of becoming a world-class source of technological innovation. In terms of industrial layout, the signed projects are closely aligned with Beijing’s industrial development positioning, with multiple areas flourishing and key points highlighted, ensuring quality projects are accurately implemented across various industry tracks, forming an investment pattern characterized by “core tracks leading and multi-dimensional fields collaborating.” Among them, the technology service track has gathered five key signed projects covering multiple subfields such as smart supply chain, digital equipment, intelligent security, and digital new infrastructure; the pharmaceuticals and health sector has signed three benchmark projects that enhance the pharmaceutical health industry chain from the perspectives of medical devices, digital health, traditional Chinese medicine innovation, and cell gene therapy; in the emergency safety sector, China Energy Engineering Group has increased investment to establish a central enterprise emergency rescue comprehensive platform project in Fengtai District, continuously strengthening Beijing’s hard power in advanced manufacturing and emergency safety industries.

The new National Exhibition Phase III project has signed an agreement with Shunyi District, further enriching the functional support of the new National Exhibition Phase III based on the exhibition industry; Beijing BlueFocus Data Technology Group Co., Ltd. has increased its investment project in Chaoyang District, driven by technology to innovate marketing, continuing to promote the transformation of “AI + content” production and AI Native business models; in the new materials sector, Anshi Guli (Beijing) New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. has signed a project with Xicheng District, which will focus on research and production of electronic specialty materials, injecting new momentum into industrial technological upgrades.

In the cultural services sector, the International Short Drama Association has established an office in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Wang Jin, Vice President and President of Greater China of the International Short Drama Association, introduced that the association was established in the United States, and its establishment in Beijing will focus on the incubation of the short drama industry, content creation, and market expansion. Zhang Jingxuan, President of the co-operating partner Jia Hua Film Investment Co., Ltd., stated that as the Cyberspace Administration and the National Radio and Television Administration impose stricter regulations on micro and short dramas, the industry is transitioning from extensive development to standardization. This signing marks the official establishment of the International Short Drama Association in Beijing, which will engage in deep cooperation with domestic short drama operators and content providers to promote the internationalization of China’s micro and short drama industry.

Additionally, representative projects have been signed in various subfields such as integrated circuits, food processing, cultural services, new energy, and smart agriculture, further improving Beijing’s modern industrial system.

At the conference, the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Fund investment project was signed. It is reported that this fund is co-funded by the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, China Investment Corporation, eight system enterprises, relevant entities of the Bank of China, and relevant entities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with China International Capital Corporation (CICC) acting as the manager, with a scale of 50 billion yuan. The fund will leverage financial empowerment to support the development of strategic emerging industries and future industries in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

At the conference, the “Beijing Co-Built ‘Belt and Road’ Direct Train Comprehensive Service Platform for Science and Technology Innovation Going Global Reception Lounge” was unveiled. The “Science and Technology Innovation Going Global Reception Lounge” will rely on the advantages of Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Area and Haidian District’s technological innovation resources, effectively meeting the business expansion needs of science and technology innovation enterprises and achieving seamless integration of “technology innovation + going global services.”

The conference included a roadshow segment featuring six high-quality science and technology innovation enterprises from Beijing, covering cutting-edge tracks such as general artificial intelligence, AIoT security, commercial aerospace, solid-state batteries, smart fashion, and space situational awareness, gathering national-level high-tech enterprises and specialized and innovative “small giants,” focusing on tackling key core technologies and transforming innovative achievements. Company representatives took turns to showcase their technological strength.

The conference also set up 17 consultation stations for various districts in Beijing and the Economic Development Zone, divided into “one-on-one” consultation areas for intelligent manufacturing, new generation information technology, new energy, biomedicine, integrated circuits, and new materials, attracting over 80 financing-demanding enterprises and more than 150 well-known investment institutions to participate, building an efficient platform for project-capital matchmaking.

(Editor: Zhang Manyou Review: Zhu Ziyun Proofreading: Yan Jingning)

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