QUERÉTARO:DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER OFMÉXICO

EUA

MX

EUA

MÉXICO

Querétaro

Acapulco

Querétaro

San Miguel

Cd. de México

nationally

nationally

nationally

“QUERÉTARO IS VERTIX AND COMPASS, CROSSROAD AND AFINITY CENTER.”GOVERNOR CALZADA

MORE THAN 45 MILLION INHABITANTS IN A 217 MILES RADIO

Surface no. 27

Budget no. 22

22nd place considering inhabitants number

GDP: $26,162 MDD

GDP Per Capita: $14,310 USD

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QUERÉTARO

ECONOMICENVIRONMENT

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420,000 411,335

EMPLOYMENTWORKERS INSURED AT THE IMSS

Querétaro occupies the 1st place in national employment growth with 31.6%, while the country’s employment growth is 16.0%

OUR CLUSTERS

6 TELCOM 7 BIOTECHNOLOGY5 ITC’S

1 FOOD AND BEVERAGES 2 APPLIANCES3 AUTOMOTIVE 4 AEROSPACE

QUERÉTAROLEADER

QUALITY OF LIFE

SECURITY

DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENT

IDENTITY EDUCATION

GOBERNABILITY

ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT

GDP average growth during the last 10 years(5.5%)Job creation (percentage) 2009-2012

Business Infrastructure Scienti�c and technological forum 2012

Business establishment growth(ITESM 2010)

1st

1st

1st

1st percent of manufacture components in R&D centers (SEP 2009)

ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT

• The most dynamic economy in the country (OECD)

• The only region in Mexico with a global investment degree (Standard and Poor's)

• More than 900 Foreign Companies in the state

• 225% Growth forecast of the Aerospace Sector

45 Research centers

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

3rd Place in Technological Infrastructure (ITESM 2010)

1st Companies with intensive braches of knowledge. Specialized trainning of human capital (in engineering and technology) (ITESM 2010)

3rd International site with FDI (Financial Times 2013)

Best city to do business (“América Economía”)

Economically Active Population (ITESM 2010)

3rd

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

7th Metropolitan Area of the future in Latinamerica (FDI 2011)

1st GDP growth since the NAFTA signature (1994)

4th Most steady economy in Mexico.

Metropolitan area with the highest economic potential in North America (only one located in Mexico) (IMCO 2008)

4 World Heritage Sites by UNESCO • Santiago de Querétaro, Historical Downtown • Franciscan Missions of the “Sierra Gorda” • Memory and traditions of the Otomí people • “Camino Tierra Adentro”

4 Magic Towns: • Bernal • Jalpan • Cadereyta • Tequisquiapan

Querétaro, one of the 13 best preserved architecturalWorld Heritage Sites in the world.

IDENTITY

In Querétaro México got started... in 4 occassions: 1. Here the independence �ght began (1810) 2. Here the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty was signed (1848) 3. Here the Republic was restored (1867) 4. Here the1917 Constitution was promulgated

1°Less kidnaps registered (Citizen Institute of Insecurity Studies 2009).

2°Safest state(Delictive incidence and violence index CIDAC).

2°Security Perception 67.3%Nationally 28.3%(INEGI 2011)

SECURITY

Intentional Homicides for each100 thousand inhabitants:New Orleans, United States: Washington, United States: Sao Paulo, Brazil:Winnipeg, Canada:Querétaro:

5622115

4.5

22%Of the country species (SEDESU 2012)

36%Of protected natural areas(SEDESU 2012)

3.5Times below the average in poundsof CO2 per unit of GDP(SEDESU 2012)

ENVIRONMENT

Sierra Gorda BiosphereThe country’s most bio-diverse reserve

12 million planted trees

Superior level institutions(21 public,50 private)

Postgraduate educationoptions(45 specialities,120 masters and19 doctorates)

Research centers

71

184

46

EDUCATION

Political and functional system(IMCO 2010)

Stable Public Finances(AREGIONAL 2010)

Government investment(IMCO 2010)

E�cient and e�ective government(IMCO 2010)

Trustworthy and e�ective legal system(IMCO 2010)

GOVERNABILITY

1st

1st

2nd

3rd

3rd

1er Best Quality of Life in México Quality of Life Index (Incav 2012)

QUALITY OF LIFE

STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE OFQUERÉTARO

Querétaro’s International Leaders Network

Cooperation with Leader Regions

UN Global Compact

Clinton Global Initiative

National Governors Association

Plataform of NGO’s

Heartland Initiative

International Agendas for Economic Promotion

International Media Broadcast

INTERNATIONAL LINKING MODEL - LEADING PRINCIPLE: A SOCIAL DIPLOMACY

INTERNATIONALJOINT RESPONSIBILITYAGENDA

UNIVERSITIES CHAMBERS

GOVERNMENTBUSINESS

NGO’S

MEDIA

MUNICIPALITIES

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

CENTERS

FOREIGNCOMMUNITY

INTERNATIONAL ACTORS