World-leading innovative medicine developer Seragon (China) Co., Ltd. settled in the China World Trade Center of the Beijing Central Business District (Beijing CBD for short) on December 11. Attracted by the favorable policies of the "two zones", i.e. the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Opening up the Service Sector, the company has become the first Asia-Pacific headquarters of a multi-national corporation in the pilot free trade zone.

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In recent years, Beijing CBD continuously improved the environment for doing business and formed an industry paradigm which features international finance as the leading force, high-end commerce as the mainstay, and the cultural and media industries for agglomerated development. Beijing CBD acts as a concentrated area that highlights the image of Beijing as both a modern capital and an international metropolis.

The functional zone of Beijing CBD is home to over 10,000 foreign-invested enterprises, including 105 headquarters of transnational companies and over 200 Fortune Global 500 enterprises. The zone also brings together over 65 percent of the foreign financing institutions and more than 90 percent of the international media organizations operating in Beijing.