1. LOWER SILESIA

2. www.dolnyslask.pl (LOWER SILSIA)

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4. AREA 19 948 km2 (6,4 % of Poland’s total area Population (updated: 31 XII 2010): 2877,8 thousand (7,5 % of population of Poland Region: 169 municipalities 29 poviats Share in national GDP– 8,2% (2009) GDP dynamics in the region 6,8% (2009) GDP per 1 citizen in Poland 35,2 thousand PLN 8 546 EUR) GDP per 1 citizen in Lower Silesia 38,4 thousand PLN 9319 EUR) Ranked second in Poland Unemployment rate (February 2012) : 13,6% (country average 13,5%) Economic entities (February 2012) : 327,1 thousand (including foreign capital- 6,7 thousand) www.dolnyslask.pl

5. INDUSTRY  Mining and extraction (lignite, copper, rock raw materials)  Production of automobiles  Production of electric devices  Production of machines and components SERVICES  Trade  Transport and logistics  Finance services and insurance  ICT  Housing market services www.dolnyslask.pl

6. 3,5% exports – to China biggest exporters to China from Lower Silesia:  Faurecia Wałbrzych – metal components of automobile seats  KGHM Polska Miedź S.A Lubin – copper  PM Poland Jelenia Góra – designing and constructing machines for paper production 10,8% import – from China

7. www.dolnyslask.pl 41% of Polish exports to China come from Lower Silesia’s enterprises! (Lower Silesia)

8. Wałbrzych SEZ Kamienna SEZ Legnica SEZ Tarnobrzeg SEZ

9. www.dolnyslask.pl 4% of companies with foreign capital in the region comes from Asian countries presence of companies with Chinese capital (12 economic entities)

10. www.dolnyslask.pl high level of education and good conditions for foreign students, over 2 thousand foreign students obtain education in Lower Silesia’s Institutes of Higher Education (1,2% of all students), their biggest share is obtaining educated at the University of Wrocław, Medical Academy, and Wrocław University of Technology cooperation of universities in Lower Silesia and China – partnership agreements students from China are already present at Lower Silesia’s Institutes of Confucius Institute at the Wrocław University was officially open in December 2008. The institute organizes chinese language courses, film viewings and cultural evenings.

11. (Lower Silesia)

12. www.dolnyslask.pl comfortable connection with the west (A4 highway) broad offer of the Wrocław airport after its expansion – new flight destinations, direct connections with key airports in Europe

13. www.dolnyslask.pl Institutes of Higher Education:  38 Institutes of higher education  166 thousand students  Around 40 thousand graduates a year Human capital on the labor market:  1,2 mln employed  28% employed with higher education  28% employed with secondary and vocational education

14. www.dolnyslask.pl future infrastructural investments in the region– possibility to cooperate for companies from the construction and energy sector:  roads  solutions supporting the use of renewable sources of energy (photovoltaics, biogas plants, hydro power, waste management)

15. www.dolnyslask.pl Lower Silesia’s institutes of higher education open for cooperation with regard to exchange of students/PhD students as well as cooperation with regard to R&D activity.

16. www.dolnyslask.pl Learning Chinese at schools and an offer of language courses Learning about traditions, customs and cuisine The concept of a Chinese Garden in Wrocław – joint project of Polish and Chinese architects prepared at the Wrocław University of Technology Fryderyk Chopin Music Festival in Duszniki Zdrój

17. www.dolnyslask.pl