On May 22, 2019, Secretary General Zhang Mengfan, together with Deputy Secretary General Wang Yufei, and Director Liu Xilu of the Project Division, the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association, paid a visit the New Area of Meishan Economic Development Zone (Western Medical Valley) to conduct research and discussion.
After the team reached there by car, the Investment Promotion Bureau of Meishan Economic Development Zone warmly received them, and made an introduction about the overall situation of the Western Medical Valley and the general situation of its investment solicitation. Secretary General Zhang inquired in detail about the development of the Western Medical Valley and the companies settled, and visited the incubator inside.
Then the team moved to the location of the New Area of Meishan Economic Development Zone for a symposium, which was joined by Lu Mingchun, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the park, Peng Huanzhou, member of the Party Working Committee, Xie Honggang, member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee, as well as other leaders from the local side.
First, Secretary Lu Mingchun introduced that, the New Area of Meishan Economic Development Zone (Western Medical Valley) is located within the “Chengdu Half-Hour Economic Circle”, thus enjoying convenient transportation; in 2012, in line with the strategy of “One Main Industry in One Park” set by Meishan Municipal Party Committee and People’s Government, the park determined a development path with biomedicine as the leading industry; with a goal of “building the most professional medical park in West China”, combined with the development of the health industry covering medical equipment, health care products and cosmetics, the “Western Medical Valley” with a total planned area of 35.83 km2 came into being; as of today, 52 projects, including 30 biomedical and related industrial projects, have settled down in the park; along with the introduction of biopharmaceutical R&D and public platform projects such as the Efficacy Evaluation Center, the park will spare no effort to build itself into an important growth pole for China's bio-pharmaceutical industry, and realize, by 2020, a total main business income of over CNY 10 billion.
Subsequently, Secretary General Zhang Mengfan introduced the relevant situation of the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association to the hosts. She mentioned, as a first-level association supervised by the Sichuan Association for Science & Technology, the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association, under the leadership of Academician Wei Yuquan, is rapidly developing into a comprehensive medical association combining promoting academic exchanges, founding high-end international medical journals, organizing influential summit forums and exhibitions, and undertaking government-transferred functions and achievements transformation; and the vision of the Association is to become a home of medical professionals, which has its attitudes and warmth.
Later, the two sides held in-depth talks on investment promotion, project cooperation, exhibitions and other issues, and found a series of cooperation possibilities.
The talk was ended amid a pleasant atmosphere.
