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第二届进博会重庆与多家跨国企业签署20余个贸易和投资合作协议

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11月5日至10日，第二届中国国际进口博览会在上海举行。重庆市政府在进博会期间举行了“重庆投资贸易合作恳谈会”。恳谈会吸引了30余家世界500强及行业领先的跨国企业、外国机构组织、重要商协会参加。思爱普、沃尔玛、德国博世、法国达能、韩国SK等多家公司与重庆签署了20余个贸易和投资合作协议，涉及先进制造、科技创新、商务服务、现代物流、食品等领域。

2019中国（重庆）第二届长江上游城市花博会在渝举行

11月1日至7日 ，2019中国（重庆）第二届长江上游城市花卉艺术博览会在江北嘴中央商务区举行。本届城市花博会以“城市花园”为总体概念，设置“祝福祖国”“致敬未来”“美好城市”“花样生活”四大主题、十大展园，展示园艺、城市、自然与人类的和谐相融，彰显重庆“山水之城、美丽之地”的城市独特魅力。其中，不仅有来自瑞士、美国、荷兰、德国等国的知名花卉企业联手呈现上百种世界珍特花卉，更有世界公认的十大景观设计大师之一的玛莎·施瓦茨设计打造的“火锅花园”，花园的设计中并没有采用一朵鲜花，而是以国际前沿的园林景观艺术手法，让“重庆火锅”与“景观魔法”相结合，展现食材与人的美妙关系。

重庆江北国际机场新航季每周航班总量6400班

10月27日起，重庆江北国际机场开始执行2019年冬航季航班计划，每周投入的航班总量将达6400班。国内航线方面，新增到北京大兴、张家口、岳阳等地的航班。国际航线方面，新增到曼德勒、仰光、亚的斯亚贝巴、哈恩等国际通航点，恢复斯里兰卡航线，同时加密澳门、东京、大阪等客运航班频次。下一步，重庆江北国际机场有望开通至匈牙利布达佩斯、老挝万象和琅勃拉邦、日本冲绳等多条国际航线，方便旅客出行。

欧洲软件公司达索系统在渝设智能制造创新中心

10月24日，由欧洲第一大软件公司企业达索系统成立的“达索系统（重庆）智能制造创新中心”在重庆两江新区揭牌。这也是达索系统在中国首个与政府合作的公共创新服务平台。该创新中心计划将从汽车行业开始，围绕“一个平台和六个中心”，即3D体验智能制造平台，以及涵盖体验交流、公共创新实验、仿真验证、智能制造培训、工业大数据、创新孵化等功能的中心，助推重庆本土工业企业的创新和智能化进程。

重庆过境免签从72小时延长至144小时

10月23日，国家移民管理局消息，经国务院批准，浙江、重庆、四川、陕西4地现行过境免办签证政策将进行优化，延长重庆、西安航空口岸的免办签证停留时间，将浙江宁波航空口岸增设为江浙沪地区免办签证政策实施口岸，扩大成都航空口岸的免办签证停留区域。其中，重庆航空口岸过境免办签证停留时间从原来的72小时延长至144小时。延长过境免签政策将为外国人来渝旅游观光、商务洽谈、探亲访友等短期活动提供更多便利，促进重庆进一步完善航线布局，带动旅游业发展，吸引更多国际客流和中转客流。

美国江森自控公司与重庆签署战略合作备忘录

10月22日，美国江森自控公司与重庆签署战略合作备忘录，双方将进一步展开合作。江森自控公司是全球多元化技术和工业领域的领导者，总部位于美国威斯康辛州的密尔沃基市，为世界150多个国家或地区的客户服务。该公司将发挥自身技术优势，加强与重庆沟通交流，推动与重庆大学合作设立创新中心，并在智慧城市、绿色智慧办公、区域制冷、智慧医院、老旧城区改造等领域与重庆市开展全面合作。

重庆前三季度实现GDP16073.56亿元，进出口总值逾4100亿

10月22日，市政府新闻办消息，2019年重庆前三季度实现地区生产总值16073.56亿元，按可比价格计算，同比增长6.3%。分产业看，第一产业实现增加值1029.88亿元，增长3.4%；第二产业实现增加值6312.55亿元，增长6.5%；第三产业实现增加值8731.13亿元，增长6.4%。整体而言，全市经济稳中有进，符合预期。

10月21日，重庆海关消息，今年前三季度，重庆进出口总值4138.2亿元人民币，同比增长12.3%，高于同期全国2.8%的整体进出口增幅。

22家俄罗斯企业来渝寻合作机遇

10月16日，俄罗斯联邦政府驻中国商务代表处代表及来自俄罗斯的22家企业，来渝参加中俄（重庆）两江经贸合作对接会。22家俄罗斯食品、药品及进出口企业分别进行了路演推荐，寻找合作商。对接会推动了重庆两江新区与俄罗斯之间的经贸往来，为重庆企业进一步开拓俄罗斯市场打下基础。

保税港区1—9月跨境电商交易额突破23亿元

10月15日，两江新区消息，两路寸滩保税港区“保税+服务贸易”板块表现亮眼，今年1—9月跨境电商交易额已突破23亿元。其中，跨境电商进口业务实现交易额20.65亿元，出口业务实现交易额2.57亿元。依托两江新区、重庆自贸试验区及中新（重庆）示范项目等平台优势，保税港区已成功引进跨境电商平台企业32家。

重庆跨境人民币业务年结算近千亿元

人民银行重庆营业管理部消息，2019年是全国跨境贸易人民币结算试点启动暨人民币跨境使用10周年。10年来，重庆跨境人民币业务实现跨越式发展，促进了贸易投资便利化，积极助推重庆内陆开放高地建设。数据显示，全市跨境人民币实际收付结算量由2010年的不足10亿元跃升到2018年的923.1亿元，年均增速达81.9%。目前，累计结算量超过8640亿元，居全国第十一位、中西部第二位。人民币已成为重庆除美元外的第二大涉外收支货币。

Chongqing Signed More than 20 Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreements with Multinational Enterprises at the 2nd CIIE

From November 5 to 10, the 2ndChina International Import Expo was held in Shanghai. Chongqing Investment and Trade Cooperation Symposium, hosted by Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, was held during the Expo. The symposium attracted more than 30 Fortune Global 500 companies, industry-leading enterprises, foreign agencies and organizations, as well as important business associations and chambers of commerce. During the event, companies such as SAP, Wal-Mart, Bosch, Danone and SK signed more than 20 trade and investment cooperation agreements with Chongqing, covering advanced manufacturing, scientific and technological innovation, business services, modern logistics, food and other fields.

2019 Upper Yangtze River City Flower Art Expo Held in Chongqing

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From November 1 to 7, 2019 Upper Yangtze River City Flower Art Expo was held in the Jiangbeizui Central Business District. Taking "city garden" as the overall concept, the expo sets up four major themes of "blessing the motherland", "tribute to the future", "beautiful city" and "beautiful life" and ten exhibition gardens to show the harmonious integration of gardening, city, nature and human beings, depicting a sample of beautiful city life and highlighting the unique charm of Chongqing as “A Land of Natural Beauty, A City with Cultural Appeal".

Among them are hundreds of precious and rare flowers jointly presented by famous florists from Switzerland, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries, and also the “Hot Pot Garden” designed by Martha Schwartz, one of the world's ten most recognized landscape designers. Instead of using a single flower in the design of the garden, Schwartz combined “Chongqing hot pot” with “landscape magic" by using world’s cutting-edge landscape art technique to showcase the magical relationship between food ingredients and people .

Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Offers 6400 Flights Weekly for the New Season

October 27 marks the beginning of the 2019 Winter Season for Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, which offers a total of 6,400 flights per week. Domestically, routes to Beijing Daxing, Zhangjiakou, Yueyang and other places have been newly opened. For its international routes, destinations including Mandalay, Yangon, Addis Ababa and Hahn have been added, flights to Sri Lanka has been resumed and flight frequency to Macao, Tokyo and Osaka have been increased. The airport is expected to open a number of new international routes connecting to Budapest in Hungary, Laos and Luang Prabang in Vientiane, Okinawa in Japan, etc. and enable more convenient travels for the people.

European Software Company Dassault Systemes S.A. Sets up Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center in Chongqing

On October 24, the Dassault Systemes (Chongqing) Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center, set up by Europe's largest software company Dassault Systemes, was inaugurated in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing. This is also the first public innovation service platform for Dassault Systemes to cooperate with the government in China. Starting from the automobile industry, the innovation center plans to focus on "one platform and six centers", that is, the 3D EXPERIENCE intelligent manufacturing platform, as well as the centers covering the functions of experience and communication, public innovation experiments, simulation verification, intelligent manufacturing training, industrial big data, innovation incubation, etc., to advance the innovation and intelligent process of Chongqing's local industrial enterprises.

Visa-free Transit in Chongqing Extended from 72 Hours to 144 Hours

On October 23, according the State Administration of Immigration, with the approval of the State Council, the current visa-free transit policies in Zhejiang, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi would be optimized by extending the visa-free stay time at Chongqing and Xi 'an air ports, adding Ningbo air port in Zhejiang as a visa-free port in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions, and expanding the visa-free stay area at Chengdu air port. Among them, the visa-free stay at Chongqing Air Port was extended from 72 hours to 144 hours. The extension of the visa-free transit policy will provide more convenience for foreigners to come to Chongqing for sightseeing, business talks, visiting relatives and friends and other short-term activities, promote Chongqing to further improve the route layout, drive the development of tourism, and attract more international and transit passengers.

US Company Johnson Controls Signs Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation with Chongqing

On October 22, US company Johnson Controls signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation with Chongqing, and the two sides will further enhance cooperation. Johnson Controls is a global leader in diversified technologies and industries, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, serving customers in more than 150 countries or regions in the world. The company will give full play to its technical advantages, strengthen communication with Chongqing, promote cooperation with Chongqing University to set up an innovation center, and carry out all-round cooperation with the city in the fields of smart city, green and smart office, regional cooling, smart hospital and renovation of old urban areas.

Chongqing Reported RMB 1607.356 Billion GDP and RMB 410 Billion Trade for First Three Quarters

On October 22, Chongqing Municipal Information Office reported that Chongqing's GDP in the first three quarters of 2019 reached 1607.356 billion yuan, up 6.3% year on year at comparable prices. By industry, the added value of the primary industry registered 102.988 billion yuan, up by 3.4%, the added value of the secondary industry reached 631.255 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%, and the added value of the tertiary industry reached 873.113 billion yuan, up by 6.4%. On the whole, the city's economy is running steadily and acts in line with expectations. On October 21, Chongqing Customs reported that in the first three quarters of this year, Chongqing's total import and export value was 413.82 billion yuan, up by 12.3% year-on-year, higher than the 2.8% national import and export growth in the same period.

22 Russian Enterprises Seek Cooperation Opportunities in Chongqing

On October 16, the business representative office of Russian Federation in China and 22 enterprises from Russia came to Chongqing to participate the China-Russia (Chongqing) Liangjiang New Area B2B Meeting for Economic and Trade Cooperation. The 22 Russian from the food, drug and import and export sectors put on roadshows to seek partners during the event. The meeting promoted economic and trade exchanges between Liangjiang New Area and Russia and laid a foundation for Chongqing enterprises to further develop the Russian market.

Chongqing Bonded Port Area Reports Cross-border E-commerce Transaction RMB 2.3 Billion from January to September

On October 15, Liangjiang New Area reported that the "Bonded+ Service Trade" of Lianglu-Cuntan Free Port Area has been eye-catching for its 2.3 billion yuan crossborder e-commerce transaction volume from January to September this year. Of that, the cross-border e-commerce import business realized a turnover of 2.065 billion yuan and the export business saw a turnover of 257 million yuan. Harnessing opportunities offered by major platforms including Liangjiang New Area, China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity, Chongqing bounded port area has successfully introduced 32 cross-border e-commerce platform enterprises.

Chongqing's Cross-border RMB Business Settles Nearly 100 Billion Yuan a Year

According to Chongqing Branch of the People’s Bank of China,2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the pilot RMB settlement of cross-border trade and cross-border use of RMB. Over the past 10 years, Chongqing's crossborder RMB business has achieved leapfrog development, facilitated trade and investment and actively promoted the construction of Chongqing as an opening-up high land in inland China. Data show that the actual amount of crossborder RMB receipts and payments in the city jumped from less than 1 billion yuan in 2010 to 92.31 billion yuan in 2018, with an average annual growth rate of 81.9%. At present, the accumulated settlement amount exceeds 864 billion yuan, ranking 11th in the country and second in the central and western regions. RMB has become Chongqing's second largest currency for reign-related payments after US dollars.