The 2025 "Fortune" Global 500 Summit consultation event will be held in Guangzhou. Sun Zhiyang will host and welcome enterprises to invest in Guangzhou, deepen their roots in Guangzhou, and promote Guangzhou.

On September 25, 2025, the Fortune Global 500 Summit was held in Guangzhou. During the summit, Sun Zhiyang, the Mayor of Guangzhou, hosted the "City and Enterprise Joint High-Quality Development" consultation event in Guangzhou, and had discussions with some guests. Peng Haowen, Chairman of the Fortune Media Group, attended the event. Sun Zhiyang welcomed all the entrepreneurs on behalf of the municipal party committee and government, introduced Guangzhou's strategic planning and development opportunities, and carefully listened to everyone's opinions and suggestions on Guangzhou's "15th Five-Year Plan". He said that Guangzhou is currently seizing the strategic opportunities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and becoming an international consumer center city, focusing on the "6+4" urban nature and core functions, fully building a "12218" modern industrial system, achieving integrated development of production, life, and ecology, providing broader space and better environment for the development of global enterprises, investment institutions, and talents. He sincerely welcomed enterprises to invest in Guangzhou, deepen their presence in Guangzhou, and promote Guangzhou, to become industrial leaders, innovation partners, value investors, and city partners. Guangzhou will further create a favorable business environment, increase efforts to reduce institutional transaction costs, expand institutional openness, and achieve mutual empowerment, mutual movement, and win-win cooperation between the city and enterprises. The leaders of companies such as Fortune Media Group, Volvo Group, Capogroup, agriculturally, Danaher, BCG, Innovate Future, Cloud Boat Biology, introduced their development direction and business situation respectively, and made suggestions on Guangzhou's "15th Five-Year Plan". Everyone mentioned that Guangzhou has strong economic strength, innovative vitality, large industrial space, and good business environment, which has always been the preferred place for investment and innovation. They are willing to further deepen cooperation with Guangzhou in the fields of biomedicine, advanced manufacturing, urban construction, etc., and achieve high-quality development through mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation.