瑞典前首相約蘭·佩爾松率經貿代表團訪渝

1月17日，瑞典前首相約蘭·佩爾松率領瑞典經貿代表團訪問重慶。代表團的主要目的是了解重慶投資環境，為瑞典著名重型卡車制造商——斯堪尼亞公司建立全球范圍內的第三個工廠選址。

“重慶發展速度快的經濟特點，地處渝新歐鐵路運輸線起點的地理優勢，還有歡迎外資企業的開放態度，是吸引我們想來重慶投資的原因。”約蘭·佩爾松告訴記者，重慶是一座快速發展的城市,汽車產業基礎雄厚，環境保護措施得力,顯示出巨大發展潛力。相信瑞典與重慶開展相關合作是不錯的選擇。

斯堪尼亞公司執行副總裁亨里克松·亨里克稱，斯堪尼亞汽車集團是世界制造重型卡車的領先者，同時擁有一套世界領先的高效率物流系統，此次來渝訪問旨在考察重慶投資環境，希望能在重慶建立斯堪尼亞公司在世界范圍內第三個生產基地。2012年至今，該集團委托的考察小組已五次來渝。

重慶市外經貿委主任徐強介紹：“重慶汽車制造業2013年產量為216萬，位居全國第二。”據悉，汽車摩托車產業在重慶各行產業值中占據第一位，已有230家世界500強企業入駐重慶，其中，瑞典在渝企業有10家，主要涉及汽車零部件、通信、商品批發零售等，如知名企業宜家家居和愛立信通信等。

Former Prime Minister of Sweden Visited Chongqing

On January 17, former Prime Minister of Sweden led Swedish trade delegation to visit Chongqing. Delegation's main purpose is to understand the investment environment in Chongqing and help choosing site of the third factory worldwide of Sweden leading heavy truck manufacturer--Scania.

"Fast development and economic characteristics of Chongqing, geographical advantage of locating in the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe railway, openness of welcoming foreign-funded enterprises are reasons attracting us. ”Goran Persson said, Chongqing is a rapidly developing city with strong and solid automobile industry base,also the environmental protection measures are effective, which is showing great development potential. He believed it would be a good choice to develop cooperation between Sweden and Chongqing.

Henrik Henriksson,Executive Vice President of Scania said, Scania Automotive Group has a world-leading manufacturer of highly effi cient logistics system,currently they are checking the investment environment in Chongqing, hoping to establish the third production base in the world. The Group has been to Chongqing fi ve times since 2012.

There are 10 Swedish enterprises in Chongqing, relate principally to the automotive, communications, wholesale and retail industries, such as IKEA and Ericsson communications.