开放先导

　　武汉是国家首批沿江对外开放的城市之一，一直是外商投资中西部的热点地区和首选城市之一。武汉坚持“开放先导”战略，一大批枢纽性、功能性基础设施相继建成并投入使用，极大地提升了城市综合服务功能。同时，从转变政府职能入手，对外来企业实行“一条龙”联合办公制度、市长对话会制度、受理投诉制度、投资环境责任制度等等，投资环境日益改善。 2005 年，外商投资继续保持强劲增长势头，全市新批合同外资额 19.89 亿美元，增长 65.6 ％，实际利用外资 17.47 亿美元，增长 14.5 ％。世界 500 强企业已有 60 家在汉投资，另有 300 多家跨国公司在汉设立了办事处，其中地区性、区域性总部达到 100 余家。

　　 
Magnet for Foreign Investment

As one of the first open cities on the Yangtze, Wuhan has always been a top recipient of foreign investment in central and western China . Thanks to the strategy of “let opening up be the leading strategy”, a great number of functional infrastructures have been built and put into use. As a result, the city's comprehensive service functions are greatly upgraded. As part of efforts to change government functions, a series of measures are introduced to improve the city's investment climate, including one-stop united service system for external investors, mayors' dialogue with investors, investors' complaints receiving system and investment climate responsibility system. 2005 witnessed a continued strong growth momentum of foreign investment. Newly approved committed foreign investment registered 1.989 billion US dollars, an increase of 65.6% from the previous year with an actually utilized foreign investment of 1.74 billion US dollars, up by 14.5%. 60 of world's top 500 companies have made investment in Wuhan . In Addition, over 300 multinational companies have set up offices, of which over 100 have their regional head offices located in Wuhan .