Ministry of Commerce Holds Roundtable in Shanghai with Multinational Enterprises Exhibiting at the China International Import Expo

On November 4, on the eve of the opening of the 9th China International Import Expo, Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative, chaired a roundtable meeting in Shanghai with multinational companies participating in the CIIE. More than 100 heads of multinational companies and foreign business associations attended the meeting, including Perennial, Omron, Zeiss, Sanofi, Reckitt, Boeing, ArcelorMittal, Werfen, Mercedes-Benz, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, Alcon, Boehringer Ingelheim, Emerson, Bosch, Ford, and Eastman. Ling Ji said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will comprehensively advance the intelligent, green, and integrated development of industries, with AI empowering all sectors and creating a huge incremental market that will provide broad space for multinational companies to innovate and create in China. We will safeguard the lawful rights and interests of foreign-funded enterprises, including their equal participation in government procurement, and will continuously improve and optimize the export control system, striving to create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized. We hope multinational companies will firmly continue their journey with China, make good use of open platforms such as the CIIE, and meet the diversified needs of the Chinese market with high-quality supply. The participating multinational companies said that the CIIE is an important bridge connecting global high-quality resources with China's vast market, and that China is an indispensable part of their global markets and provides them with valuable certainty. They will firmly expand investment in China, integrate into China's industrial, supply, and innovation chains, and enhance their global competitiveness.