"With a population of 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million, China is the world's most potential market" and "let China become the world's market, shared market and everyone's market" China's president Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third China International Import fair, which was extremely elegant and valuable, was a heated response to the participation of foreign businessmen. A large number of foreign exhibitors told the Economic Daily that China's continuous opening-up has brought broader opportunities for China to the world. They will continue to plough into the Chinese market, seize China's opportunities, and jointly create a better and more sustainable future with Chinese enterprises at the beginning of the new journey of the "14th five year plan".
Wang Lei, executive vice president of AstraZeneca global and President of international business and China, said that the deepening of China's opening up to the outside world and the continuous improvement of business environment with high standards will provide more development opportunities for multinational enterprises. AstraZeneca will continue to explore the Chinese market, and strive to become a bridge connecting the global medical industry, promote the development of the medical industry towards the direction of interconnection, inclusive and win-win, and build an open and inclusive global medical ecology.
Rongjie, President of Henkel Greater China, said Henkel will bring global leading innovative technologies and products to Chinese customers and consumers. It is expected that China will continue to provide a good development environment for foreign-funded enterprises and create a new chapter of shared opportunities and development.
Herman, President and chief executive officer of SIEMENS Greater China, said President Xi Jinping's speech highlighted China's great power structure and mind, which is of far-reaching significance in today's global uncertain economic environment. We firmly believe that a continuously open China will bring broader "China opportunities" to the world, thus injecting new vitality into the recovery and development of the global economy. Siemens has been rooted in China for nearly 150 years and has become a localized Chinese enterprise. We are confident in the huge potential of the Chinese market. From the "new infrastructure" to the "14th five year plan", we have seen new opportunities in China's new development pattern of "double cycle".
Gu Chunyuan, chairman of ABB China, said that we are full of confidence in China's all-round opening-up and all-round innovation, and are more firm in adhering to the development strategy of "in China, for China and the world" for many years. This year is ABB's third consecutive exhibition. On this open and win-win platform, abb has demonstrated more cutting-edge technologies and launched more first-line products. We will take advantage of the east wind of the Expo, join hands with Chinese customers and partners to create a better and more sustainable future.
Xiaoze Xiushu, vice president and executive director of Canon Co., Ltd., said that China is about to usher in a new development stage of the "14th five year plan". It will bring new development opportunities for Canon and other foreign-funded enterprises to build a new development pattern with domestic large cycle as the main body and domestic and international dual circulation promoting each other. Relying on the huge potential of China's market, as well as a series of positive measures such as accelerating the construction of free trade zone and constantly optimizing the business environment, Canon's determination to invest and do business in China has also been strengthened, which can be said to have taken a "reassuring pill". Canon will spare no effort to bring better products, technologies and services to China, grow together with the Chinese market and users, and achieve win-win results.
Meng Pu, chairman of Qualcomm Corp China, said President Xi Jinping's speech reflected the determination of China to continue to increase its opening up strength and further enhanced our confidence in China's market. As a global enterprise committed to long-term development in China, we fully support China's industrial partners in product development, technology testing and business development at home and abroad at the time of 5g led innovation era. Qualcomm is willing to work with Chinese partners to achieve more efficient internal and external connectivity, continue to promote 5g deployment and application in China, create opportunities in opening up and achieve greater development in cooperation.
Novel coronavirus pneumonia has not reduced the enthusiasm of exhibitors from all China's enterprises, said Yu Fang, President of Amway (China). A lot of new products and technologies are "the world's first show and China's first exhibition" on the platform of ICIF, which makes people very impressed and excited. We are very optimistic about the prospect of the Chinese market and continue to increase investment in the Chinese market. As a member of the big health industry, we will set up an Asian health food R & D center in China this year to develop more products that meet Chinese and Asian consumers.
Qi Xin, vice president of GlaxoSmithKline and general manager of prescription drugs and vaccines in China, said that the strong magnetic force of China's market and firm confidence in China's economy have been proved by the practical actions of exhibitors from various countries. GlaxoSmithKline is one of the "beneficiaries" of the fair. This year, we have expanded the scale of the exhibition. We will not only display dozens of innovative products and medical solutions, but also sign a series of strategic cooperation agreements and memoranda with many partners to do our best to build a healthy China.
Bi Shunjie, managing partner of anyong University's business in China, said that "sharing China's opportunities and achieving world recovery" could not be more appropriate to describe this year's fair. Looking at the whole world, China's economy is on its own. The ICIF has built a bridge to share the industrial opportunities brought by China's boosting domestic demand to the people of all countries in the world, driving the global technological change and upgrading of the industrial chain. The prelude of a new round of digital economic reform may start from this.