2005年末的一天,投资广州国际论坛在花园酒店隆重举行。该论坛由广州市国际投资促进中心主办、联合国贸发组织(UNCTAD)、世界投资促进机构协会(WAIPA)、商务部投资促进局等47个支持单位协办。这次活动是本年度华南地区规格最高、影响最大的投资论坛之一,也是2005年“投资广州”系列活动阶段性的高潮,来自近30个国家和地区的300多家跨国企业、国际投资促进机构、在华各大商会的500多位高层人士共聚一堂,就如何塑造和宣传区域形象、进一步加强全球投资促进机构合作、如何改善广州投资环境 One day in late 2005, the Guangzhou International Forum for Investment was held at Garden Hotel. The forum was sponsored by Guangzhou International Investment Promotion Center and co-organized by 47 support units such as UNCTAD, WAIPA and Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce. This event was one of the highest-profile and most influential investment forums in South China this year. It is also the climax of the “investment in Guangzhou” series of activities in 2005, with more than 300 multinational corporations from nearly 30 countries and regions, the International Investment Promotion Organization , More than 500 senior officials from major chambers of commerce in China gathered together to discuss how to shape and promote the regional image, further strengthen the cooperation between global investment promotion agencies and how to improve the investment environment in Guangzhou