The World's Best Free Zone for 9 Consecutive Years: Why is DMCC an Important Springboard for Going Global in the Middle East? | Frontline of Events
On July 25, the 2025 "From 'Ingenuity' to the 'World' Overseas Expansion Conference" jointly hosted by 36Kr and Qiantang Construction and Investment landed in Qiantang, Zhejiang, discussing the "certainties" in the overseas expansion journey and helping more Chinese enterprises "go global" and "integrate".
Meanwhile, the parallel session - "Investing in BRICS" - Country Cooperation Matchmaking Meeting will be held on the afternoon of July 25. The parallel session is themed "Jointly Building a New High - ground for Open Cooperation and Jointly Forging a New Future for BRICS Development". It is planned to invite relevant units from the UAE, overseas expansion service providers, and representatives of overseas - going enterprises. The session includes links such as investment opportunity promotion in the UAE and a round - table forum on exploring experience in overseas investment cooperation models, aiming to promote exchanges and cooperation among all parties. After the meeting, all parties will focus on the UAE market for practical cooperation and matchmaking.
Event Time: July 25, 2025
Event Location: Jianghai Hall, Conference Center of Qiantang Junlan Grand Hotel
(Zhihuigu, Jiangdong Avenue, Qiantang District, Hangzhou City)
Guiding Units: Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, Secretariat of the China Cooperation Center for Special Economic Zones of BRICS Countries, Hangzhou Bureau of Commerce, Qiantang District Bureau of Commerce
Organizing Units: 36Kr, Qiantang Construction and Investment Group
01 DMCC, the Global Free Zone of the Year
Established in 2002, DMCC is a free zone and a global commodity trading center located in Dubai, UAE. It is also the only free zone in Dubai that allows foreign enterprises and individuals to purchase office spaces with permanent property rights. It has been rated as the "Global Free Zone of the Year" by FDI magazine under the Financial Times for 9 consecutive years.
DMCC is located in the prime location of downtown Dubai - Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT). It has convenient transportation and is adjacent to ports and airports. It brings together more than 20,000 registered enterprises from 187 countries, covering industries such as trade, finance, technology, manufacturing, and logistics. More than 100,000 people live and work here.
02 High - profile Matchmaking, Unlocking New Business Opportunities in Dubai for Overseas Expansion
Currently, well - known Chinese enterprises such as Hisense, Hikvision, China National Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation, Sinopec, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, Power Construction Corporation of China, and China National Chemical Corporation have settled in DMCC.
Since 2005, DMCC has successively established trading centers for bulk commodities such as gold, diamonds, tea, and coffee. The tea center processes 33.9 million kilograms of tea and 400 million tea bags annually; the coffee center processes and processes 11,500 metric tons of green coffee beans annually; the total annual trading volume of the physical gold market and the diamond trading center reaches up to 157.5 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, DMCC is also focusing on building innovation - field platforms such as an AI Center, a Crypto Center, a Game Center, a Water Center, and a Wealth Center, providing incubation and matchmaking support for enterprises in emerging industries such as the digital economy, technological innovation, and green sustainability .
This conference has specially invited Ms. Du Shanshan, the business representative of the China Affairs Department of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), as a high - profile guest to attend the event and give a keynote speech. She will introduce the core advantages and capabilities of the DMCC free zone and answer questions on - site for Chinese enterprises that want to settle in Dubai.
03 Event Agenda
13:30 - 14:00 Check - in and Admission
14:00 - 14:15 Opening Address
Address by Government Representatives
14:15 - 15:30 UAE Theme Promotion
Representatives from Abu Dhabi/Dubai/Ras Al Khaimah, etc. conduct regional promotions
15:40 - 16:30 Round - Table Dialogue
"How to Achieve Localized Operations in the UAE Market"
36Kr has a dialogue with enterprise representatives from PwC, Huizhi Group, Zemei Automobile, etc.
16:30 - 16:40 Closing and Networking
*The event agenda is subject to the actual on - site process
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This article is from the WeChat official account "Hangzhou Qiantang Enterprise Overseas Expansion Service Base". The author is Zhejiang Enterprises Going Global, and it is published with the authorization of Qiantang.
