Foreign Exchange Services Empower Investment Promotion: TEDA’s Specialized Training Session Delivers Practical Insights

On the afternoon of August 22, TEDA held a training session titled “Overview of Recent Domestic and International Economic Trends and Foreign Exchange Settlement Empowering Investment Attraction ”. The training aims to enhance the role of financial services in supporting the real economy and improve the efficiency of regional investment promotion. Organized by TEDA Steering Office of Investment Promotion and supported by TEDA Advanced Manufacturing Bureau, the event invited representatives and experts from the Financial Market Department of the Bank of China Tianjin Branch to provide systematic interpretations of foreign exchange settlement policies and practical operations, focusing on current economic trends and investment promotion needs. Key personnel from departments of TEDA Administrative Commission and state-owned enterprises governed by the commission attended the training.

At the event, the head of Bank of China’s Financial Markets Department provided an in-depth analysis of how current domestic and international economic trends impact investment flows, with a focus on leveraging financial instruments to help enterprises optimize foreign currency asset preservation. He noted that the current low-interest-rate environment for the RMB presents opportunities to reduce costs, improve operational conditions, and boost business confidence through financing and trading strategies. Additionally, he offered targeted guidance on utilizing foreign exchange settlement services to enhance regional investment promotion. The training session was highly engaging, with TEDA’s investment promotion team actively raising practical challenges they encountered. The expert panel addressed each question in detail, supplementing their responses with professional analysis and case-based guidance.

The event effectively enhanced the comprehensive capability of TEDA’s investment promotion team in utilizing financial tools to serve investment attraction, laying a solid foundation for further optimizing the regional business environment and supporting enterprises’ “going global and attracting investment.” In the future, Bank of China will continue to collaborate with TEDA to help the investment promotion team with precision project matchmaking, accelerate project implementation and business expansion, and contribute to the high-quality development of the real economy.