Bengbu is a city with beautiful natural sceneries. Geographically speaking, Bengbu sits on the south-north dividing line of China in the northern part of Anhui Province. Sitting on the bank of Huaihe River, Bengbu is abundant in mussels and pearls from long ago, and has been historically recorded as a “pearl-fishing port”. There are continuous mountains and rivers in Bengbu. Longzi Lake, Caoshan Mountain, Zhuizishan Forest Park and Huaihe River have made thousands tourists linger on.

Bengbu is a city with a long history. Huaihe Culture was born here which is represented by “Shuangdun Culture” and “Dayu Culture”. Shuangdun Site on the north bank of Huaihe River is the carrier of a culture with a history 7,300 years. Being one of the birthplaces of Chinese Civilization, 4000 years ago, Bengbu was the place where Yu, together with his vassals, successfully unblocked Huaihe River by breaking open mountains and where Liubang won the decisive battle against Xiangyu. Huagudeng, representing Han nationality in a unique art form, was praised as “Chinese Ballet” and considered as the symbol of Bengbu Culture for its passionate, elegant, ingenious and neat expression.

Bengbu is a city with a full passion. In recent years, economic and social development has accelerated a lot in Bengbu. From 2006 to 2009, the GDP increased by 12% average annual, above-scale industry by 18%, investment in permanent assets by 50%, and revenue by 18.6%. In the first part of this year, Bengbu’s economy and society continue to keep a steady and rapid growth. Investment in permanent assets was 20.4 billion, added by 33.2%, and total retail sales of social consumer goods were 12.7 billion with an increase of 18.0%. Bengbu has been ready to speed up in the future, striving for a crucial stage and a new era of development.

Bengbu is a city with great potential. Bengbu has the largest port of Huaihe River and is a Grade A station of Beijing-Shanghai Railway. Bengbu has the first-class large scale cargo marshalling station and the largest container pool in East China. Beijing-Fuzhou Express Railway and Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway under construction both have a station here. Bengbu also has convenient highway systems: No.104 and No. 206 National Highway, together with Beijing-Taipei Highway and Nanjing-Luoyang Highway, link Bengbu closely to the outside.

Bengbu has 5 national scientific research institutes and 91 local scientific research institutes, together with 3 national engineering research centers, 15 provincial engineering research centers, 3 mobile stations for post-doctors and 2 provincial scientific and technological innovation service centers. The 10 institutions of higher learning in Bengbu, together with the 34 various vocational schools in Bengbu, contribute over 20,000 graduates and 23,000 skilled workers each year.

Bengbu is a city with a wide investment space. Bengbu has abundant investment fields, hence with huge development space and potentials. Projects of the manufacturing field: compressors, fire engines, cranes, ships and environment-friendly equipment; projects of glass deep processing: float glass and resistance touch screens; projects of fine chemical engineering: citric acid, bio-ethylene and biological medicines; projects of new materials and new energy: solar power generation and new electronics; projects of light industry: tobacco, food, brewing and textile. As for the development of modern agriculture, projects engaged in include the large commodity grain base, deep processing of agricultural products, the agricultural technology park and the sub-district for standardized cultivation of livestock and poultry; as for modern services, there are a number of tourism development projects focused on Da Yu, Shuangdun and Chu-Han Culture. Other projects include curios and jade markets, glass article markets, agricultural machinery markets, pig trade markets, as well as financial and insurance services.

In the year of 2009, through various investment explanation sessions and meeting intending to invite outside investment, Bengbu has successfully hold lots of investment activities, such as “Beijing Investment Week” and “Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang Investment Week”, and foreign investors from Europe, America and Japan were also introduced into this city. These enterprises, while contributing tremendously to the economic and social development in Bengbu, have been earned generous investment return. Over 559 projects were contracted in the past year, with foreign investment of 268 million dollars and domestic investment of 24.9 billion RMB, respectively increasing by 15.5% and 38.3%.

Dear friends, 2010 was a very important year for Bengbu to speed up the economic development in the new century. With the leader of Bengbu Municipal Committee of the CPC and Bengbu People’s Government, the economy and society are stably and quickly developing.Now, we warmly welcome you respected friends from Malaysia[mə'leiʃə]. Being more open-mined, we promise to offer better services and more preferential policies. Therefore, we firmly believe that each investment will regard Bengbu as a treasured place, and this beautiful city will concurrently offer you generous rewards.