Recently, Liu Yun, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with Mr. Antonio Valencia, Global Senior Vice President and President of Power Technologies and New Energy at Dana Incorporated, as well as the guests attending the "Select Shandong" Multinational Companies Industry Matchmaking Meeting in Weifang at Farrington. Vice Mayor Di Bo also attended the meeting.
During the meeting with Mr. Antonio Valencia, Liu Yun stated that Weifang has a solid industrial foundation and strong manufacturing capabilities. The city is currently seizing development opportunities to promote new industrialization and accelerate the development of a modern industrial system. Dana has maintained a long-standing and strong cooperative relationship with Weifang, and this year Mr. Antonio Valencia was named the "Investment Promotion and Talent Attraction • Golden Phoenix" Outstanding Figure of Weifang. Liu Yun expressed the hope that both parties would continue to deepen their cooperation in areas such as automotive manufacturing, drive more high-quality collaborative outcomes, and work together to achieve mutual benefits and win-win results.
During the meeting with guests attending the "Select Shandong" Multinational Companies Industry Matchmaking in Weifang, Liu Yun stated that Weifang boasts a complete range of industrial sectors, prominent agricultural advantages, rich scientific and educational resources, superior transportation networks, and a deep-rooted openness. Currently, the city is committed to thoroughly learning and implementing the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his visit to Shandong. Weifang is continuously expanding high-standard opening-up and steadily developing new quality productive forces, accelerating the building of a better Weifang. This progress cannot be achieved without the active participation and strong support of multinational companies. He said, Wifang sincerely invites everyone to invest, start businesses, and seek development together in Weifang. The city will provide comprehensive services to create a favorable environment for enterprise development.
Mr. Antonio Valencia expressed his gratitude for Weifang's support and assistance in the development of his company, stating that Dana will leverage Weifang's well-established industrial and supply chain systems to increase investment and help inject new momentum into Weifang's high-quality development. Guests from the multinational companies expressed strong optimism about Weifang's market potential and development prospects. They indicated that they would further strengthen communication and exchanges, deepen pragmatic cooperation, and promote more high-quality projects to be implemented in Weifang, contributing to the city's development into a better Weifang.