The annual meeting of the China Central Business District (CBD) Alliance took place from March 16 to 17 in Lixia district, Jinan, Shandong province.

More than 200 alliance members, experts, scholars, and enterprise representatives from all over the country gathered in Jinan to discuss new development paths of the CBD.

During the event, Jinan CBD and Beijing CBD signed a strategic cooperation agreement on business district upgrading and joint promotion, and released a dual cycle comprehensive service platform for Jinan's part of the China (Shandong) International Trade Single Window Free Trade Pilot Zone.

Based on Beijing's advantages, Jinan plans to increase interaction and exchanges in infrastructure construction, intelligent management, and resource sharing.

It also intends to establish a talent exchange platform in business districts, jointly create consumption activities such as consumer festivals and shopping festivals to stimulate market vitality, and promote the innovation of the business model and the upgrading of the business district.

At this annual meeting, many buildings in the Jinan CBD were honored, among which China Life Tower (Shandong) was officially recognized as a six-star super Grade A building, while the Science and Innovation Financial Center and Shandong Land Industry Financial Demonstration Park were recognized as five-star Grade A buildings.

In recent years, Jinan has made efforts to promote the development of the construction industry and building quality to boost the industry in the area.

In the future, the local government plans to attract more enterprises to settle in the area and speed up the development of Jinan with beneficial policies and a generous business environment.

The annual meeting of the China Central Business District (CBD) Alliance takes place from March 16 to 17 in Lixia district, Jinan, Shandong province. [Photo/WeChat account: lixiatoutiao]