To build a new development pattern of services, enterprises need to enhance their global resource allocation capability. A total of 41 companies from 11 countries and regions, including the UK, Germany and Japan, signed contracts to build a high-functioning headquarters covering global business in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, which was officially launched in Waigaoqiao, Pudong, On Tuesday.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pudong's development and opening-up. It is a new requirement of the Central government for Pudong to develop a higher-level headquarters economy and develop both onshore and offshore businesses in a coordinated way. As the first free trade zone in China, Shanghai Free Trade Zone is the first free trade zone to implement the global operator plan, which will become an important support for Pudong to enhance its capacity of global resource allocation.

The so-called global operator refers to a high-powered corporate headquarters with operation scope covering at least two continents, operation mode covering at least one of trade, investment, allocation and research and development, facing the world and deploying the world. At the launch ceremony on The 16th, 41 domestic and foreign enterprises signed the first contract. Among them, Matsushita Procurement (China) Co., Ltd. was officially renamed matsushita Electric Global Procurement (China) Co., LTD., and was granted a business license.

"In the past, the word 'global' could only be used by panasonic's purchasing headquarters in Japan, but now it has been added to the name of our company, which is registered in China. With a clear positioning, we will further expand our import and export business covering 27 countries and regions by taking advantage of the Shanghai FREE Trade Zone." Said Tetsushi Takada, chairman of Panasonic Global Sourcing (China) Co.

Carl Zeiss (Shanghai) Management Co. 's sales in China reached 8 billion yuan in the latest fiscal year, pushing the country past the United States and Germany as Zeiss' largest market in the world, according to Foster. "Next, Zeiss Germany will gradually move some of its new global functions and programs, such as the scale microscope program, to China."

As the highland of opening to the outside world, Shanghai FREE Trade Zone has attracted more than 30,000 enterprises from 139 countries and regions. Many companies start with a representative office, grow into trading companies or processing companies, and then upgrade to headquarters in China.

"The bigger companies get, the more willing they are to allocate resources globally, but they will run into all kinds of problems, such as trade facilitation and capital settlement. Our new Global Operator programme uses a 'one business, one policy' approach to 'tailor' support solutions for businesses. Chen Yanfeng, deputy director of the Administrative committee of the Shanghai FREE Trade Zone, said that many problems could not be solved overnight. He hoped that through efforts, enterprises could find the right people and create a "hard-fought camp" for government services.