India, June 30 -- The first three regional conferences attracted investment proposals worth about Rs.13.30 lakh crore through 9,499 memorandums of understanding (MoUs), Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel said on Monday as he inaugurated the fourth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), pitching central Gujarat as the state's next manufacturing and innovation hub.

Patel said the two-day conference would showcase the industrial strengths of 10 districts in Central Gujarat before domestic and global investors while fostering new partnerships for industrial growth.

"I urge industrial leaders, investors and entrepreneurs to work together to transform the discussions held during VGRC into decisions, ideas into projects...