Sheffield signed a partner city agreement with Chengdu in March 2010.
CHENGDU – FAST FACTS
- Area - 12,390 km2 (4,783.8 sq mi)
- Population - 11,396,300
- Density - 919.8/ km2 (2382.3/sq mi)
- Language(s) - Mandarin, Sichuan Dialect
- Major Industries - Information Technology, Machinery Manufacturing, Pharmacy, Food Processing, Metallurgy & Construction Materials, Petrochemicals, Aeronautics & Astronautics, New Industries
- Main Export Destination - Hongkong, India, USA (2009)
- Main Import Sources - USA, Japan, Ireland (2009)
- Major Exports - Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics Components, Garments, Steel, Shoes, etc. (2009)
- Major Imports - Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics Components, Machinery Parts, Printing Circuits, Aeronautic Equipment, Steel, etc. (2009)
- Government - CPC Secretariat: Mr. Li Chuncheng
Mayor: Mr. Ge Honglin
- Governmental Divisions - 46
- County-levels - Jinjiang, Qingyang, Wuhou, Jinniu, Chenghua, Longquanyi, Qingbaijiang, Xindu, Wenjiang, Dujiangyan, Pengzhou, Chongzhou, Qionglai, Jintang, Shuangliu, DaYi, Pi Xian, Xinjin, Pujiang
Business Opportunities in Chengdu
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province, and is the most important commercial centre in Western China. This metropolis of 11 million lying 1,500 miles from China’s eastern seaboard has a market reach of 200 million consumers and is a distribution centre for southwest China. Chengdu is also the busiest aviation hub in inland China.
Sichuan Province boasts one of the most diversified industrial bases in the country, with Chengdu as an important manufacturing centre for the electronics, machinery, pharmaceutical, chemicals, metallurgy and food processing industries. Sichuan is also the national headquarters for feed grain companies.
The IT sector has been designated the top priority for growth in Sichuan Province and Chengdu is the R&D and manufacturing centre for China’s home-grown F-10 and JF-17 advanced fighter jets.
China's aviation industries have begun construction of a high-tech industrial park in the city that will feature space and aviation technology.
Sichuan is a top FDI destination in Western China in both the manufacturing and R&D sectors and is home to one of China’s four space centres.
Special industrial zones in Chengdu:
Major Stakeholders in Chengdu
Notable domestic enterprises:
- Chengdu Food Group, Sichuan Medicine Co. Ltd.,
- Chengdu Automobile Co. Ltd.
- New Hope Group
- Deyang No.2 Heavy Machinery Group
o Panzihua Steel Group
- Huiyuan Glass Fibre Telecom Group
Foreign enterprises/investors:
- HSBC
- ABN AMRO
- Intel Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd
- Lafarge Cement Co. Ltd
- Sichuan Toyota Motor Co. Ltd
- Motorola R&D Center
- Alcatel R&D Center
For more information:
Chengdu, China
http://www.chengdu.gov.cn/echengdu/index/indexnew.jsp
Chengdu Foreign Investors
http://www.investchengdu.gov.cn/investcden/
Chengdu Travel Guide
http://wikitravel.org/en/Chengdu
ChinaTravelGuide Chengdu
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/chengdu.htm
Chengdu Service Outsourcing Guide
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Business/ChengduBGdetails.aspx?subchap=20&content=99