Sichuan courts investors with 301 matched projects at Chengdu conference

Sichuan opened its 2026 investment promotion conference in Chengdu on June 26, pairing 301 cooperative projects with key industrial chains and releasing a new investment opportunity list. The event is aimed at speeding up industrial collaboration, strengthening supply chains and attracting capital into pillar, emerging and future industries.

Why it matters: - Sichuan used the conference to push investment into industries tied to its 15th Five-Year Plan. - The event focused on matching upstream and downstream needs, which can help investors find ready-made cooperation opportunities. - The project pipeline points to where Sichuan wants faster industrial clustering: pillar sectors, key chains and future-facing industries.

What happened: - On June 26, the 2026 Well-known Chinese and Foreign Enterprises' Visit to Sichuan Investment Promotion Conference opened at the Tianfu International Conference Center in Chengdu. - Sichuan delivered targeted investment presentations and outlined its industrial layout for the 15th Five-Year Plan. - Five representatives shared practical experience on cultivating new quality productive forces and deepening industrial chain collaboration. - Sichuan officially released the Investment Opportunity List for Sichuan’s Key Industries. - The event also unveiled a number of preliminary negotiation outcomes.

The details: - The negotiation phase produced 301 cooperative projects matched to key industrial chains. - Of those projects, 253 were in the six major pillar industries, accounting for more than 80%. - Another 185 projects were in the "15+N" key industrial chains, representing more than 60%. - A total of 127 projects were in emerging and future industries, exceeding 40%. - Twenty representative projects were showcased on site as examples for other companies to follow. - The Investment Opportunity List for Sichuan’s Key Industries focuses on three areas: resource supply, needs for strengthening, supplementing and extending industrial chains, and application scenarios. - The list includes more than 180 high-quality cooperative projects. - The Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Economic Cooperation, with support from the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province and the Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province, also released 277 industrial innovation application scenarios. - Officials selected 70 exemplary cases and compiled them into a brochure to give investors clearer project support and cooperation pathways.

Between the lines: - The heavy concentration of projects in pillar industries suggests Sichuan is steering investors toward sectors where the province already has scale and policy focus. - The inclusion of emerging and future industries shows the province is also trying to build growth areas beyond its current industrial base. - The scenario-based rollout is a practical signal to investors: Sichuan wants not just capital, but projects that can plug into specific use cases and industrial gaps.

What's next: - Sichuan is likely to use the released project list and application scenarios to drive follow-up negotiations with investors. - The showcased projects and brochure of exemplary cases give companies a menu of near-term cooperation options. - The conference sets up further matching around the province’s key industrial chains as the 15th Five-Year Plan takes shape.

The bottom line: - Sichuan is packaging industrial policy, project opportunities and application scenarios into one pitch to turn conference interest into signed investment deals.