[998 regional headquarters of multinational corporations in Shanghai] Jinshi Data reported on October 17 that the reporter learned from the 2024 Shanghai Foreign Investment Enterprises Top 100 Conference that Shanghai, as a concentrated area of ​​regional headquarters of multinational corporations, has cumulatively recognized 998 regional headquarters of multinational corporations. "Shanghai is one of the most attractive hotspots for foreign investment in the world. Foreign-funded enterprises gathered in Shanghai are an important engine for promoting industrial upgrading, an important subject for promoting scientific and technological innovation, and an important force for improving urban functions." Liu Ping, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Government, said that now, there are more than 75,000 foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai, and the actual use of foreign capital has reached 350 billion US dollars. Foreign-funded enterprises have created nearly 60% of Shanghai's imports and exports of goods, 40% of industrial output value, 1/3 of taxes, 1/4 of GDP and 1/5 of employment. Liu Ping said that in the future, Shanghai will further deepen reforms in an all-round way, continue to make efforts in three aspects: improving the level of opening up to the outside world, investment promotion efforts, and service capabilities for enterprises, and create a new high ground for opening up to the outside world. (Shanghai Securities News) (Reprinted from: Jinshi Data)