Let China's large market become a world opportunity

Above, American company Merck's booth at the 5th CIIE.

Picture below German company Bayer's booth at the 5th CIIE.

Photo by Economic Daily reporter Zhai Tianxue

On the evening of November 4, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 5th China International Import Expo held in Shanghai by video and delivered a speech entitled "Creating a Better Future of Openness and Prosperity". "New and old friends" who participated in the Expo said that President Xi Jinping's speech made enterprises feel very excited, and also let enterprises see China's courage and determination to continuously expand and open up, and strengthened the confidence of enterprises from all over the world to deeply cultivate the Chinese market and continue to invest in China.

Bian Xin, President of Roche Pharmaceuticals China:

Continue to increase investment in China

The 5th CIIE reflects China's strong economic vitality and high-quality development pattern, and fully demonstrates China's posture as a major country that adheres to a high level of opening up to the outside world and shares China's opportunities with the world.

The Roche Group has been associated with China for more than 90 years and China has always been an important part of Roche's global strategy. Roche pays great attention to and attaches importance to the Chinese market and is full of confidence in China's future development. In the past three years, Roche Pharmaceutical has invested more than 1.4 billion yuan in the Chinese market. In the future, we will continue to increase investment in China, accelerate the introduction of global innovative drugs, and actively explore innovative medical solutions and cooperation models with more partners to help achieve the "Healthy China 2030" goal as soon as possible."

Patrick Zhao, Chairman of PwC Asia Pacific and China:

China has demonstrated its responsibility as a major country

At the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE, President Xi Jinping put forward three major opportunities, once again demonstrating to the world China's determination to continue to promote high-level opening up and promoting high-quality development, and also demonstrating the full sincerity of sharing China's opportunities with other countries and the responsibility of a major country to promote world economic recovery.

The annual CIIE is an important event for the world to understand China and China, and an important platform for China and the world to share market opportunities and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Since the first CIIE, China has continued to fulfill its commitment to expand opening up with practical actions.

PwC is an "old friend" of CIIE, participating in the Expo for five consecutive years, and feeling the powerful spillover effect of CIIE one year better than one year at a close. As the world's leading professional services organization, we will continue to present industry insights and innovative solutions that keep pace with the times through the large platform of CIIE.

Hideki Ozawa, Chairman and CEO of Canon (China) Co., Ltd.:

Actively integrate into the new development pattern

President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE demonstrated China's confidence and determination to adhere to a high level of opening up and promote the deepening of exchanges and cooperation among the international community. The stability and resilience of the Chinese market have given foreign enterprises "peace of mind". As a platform for multi-level exchanges and cooperation, CIIE has also injected confidence into foreign-funded enterprises including Canon.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Canon China. Looking back, we have been in the same boat with the Chinese market and developed together. Canon continues to increase R&D and productivity in the Chinese market, explores and implements localization strategies, achieves "in China, for China", and actively integrates into the process of building a new development pattern in China.

In the future, Canon will continue to increase its investment in China, promote the continuous development of its business in China, and make every effort to contribute to the high-quality development of China's economy.

Amorepacific China President Yongmin Wong:

Fully demonstrate new technologies

President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE was inspiring.

As President Xi Jinping said, China "should use openness to alleviate the difficulties of development, open up and cooperate with cooperation, open up to gather innovation, and open to seek the blessing of sharing, promote economic globalization, enhance the development momentum of all countries, and make the fruits of development more and more equitable to benefit the people of all countries." The Chinese government has always adhered to its commitment to opening up, jointly building an innovative and inclusive open world economy, and working with all parties to promote coordinated development.

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea and the 30th anniversary of Amorepacific's entry into the Chinese market. The dynamic Chinese market offers great opportunities for Amorepacific's beauty business to flourish. As a pragmatic measure for China to promote a new round of high-level opening up, CIIE is not only an important window for international exchanges and cooperation, but also an excellent stage for us to showcase new technologies and strategies.

Xiao Zhang, Senior Vice President and President of Greater China of Varian Medical:

Strengthen confidence in taking root in China

President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE made my heart swell. President Xi Jinping pointed out that the purpose of holding the Expo is to expand opening up and make China's large market a great opportunity for the world.

CIIE is a "reassuring pill" and strengthens our confidence in taking root in China's development. The Expo is getting better and better, bringing "acceleration" to Varian's development. In the future, we will continue to expand local sourcing and local suppliers will also participate in the research and development of next-generation products.

We highly agree with the Chinese government's strategic position of prioritizing people's health. We hope to give full play to our advantages and help China build the world's largest cancer prevention and control system." At the same time, we will continue to support the upgrading of China's medical industry chain and strive to go global together with Chinese innovation.

Zhai Jingli, Vice President of Sinar Mas Group APP (China):

Win-win cooperation is the constant theme

President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE once again declared to the world that opening up and progress and win-win cooperation are the constant themes. In particular, "we must alleviate the difficulties of development with openness, cooperate with openness, gather innovation with openness, and seek shared happiness with openness", which has strengthened the belief of foreign-funded enterprises in China's counterparts and brought us unlimited confidence in continuing to cultivate the Chinese market.

As an Indonesian overseas Chinese enterprise, Sinar Mas Group APP has witnessed the development process of innovation and change in China. China's promotion of high-level opening up and active construction of a strong trade country are clear positive signals for enterprises.

In the future, we will continue to play the role of overseas Chinese enterprises, fulfill the responsibilities of overseas Chinese enterprises, seize China's opportunities, participate in the construction of a modern industrial system with practical actions, share new opportunities with the world, and go on a new journey of Chinese-style modernization.

Honeywell China President Feng Yu:

Work together to build a cooperative ecosystem

At the opening ceremony of the fifth CIIE, President Xi Jinping pointed out that CIIE has become a window for China to build a new development pattern, a platform for promoting high-level opening-up, and an international public good shared by the world.

As an "old friend" who participated in the first CIIE and participated in it for five consecutive years, CIIE has become an important platform for Honeywell to focus on displaying innovative technologies and mature solutions, launching flagship innovative products, expanding Chinese investment and expanding partnerships. During the first four CIIE, we showcased nearly 100 innovative technologies, products and solutions. It can be said that the Expo has witnessed our close cooperation with many Chinese partners.

As a long-term practitioner and enabler of sustainable development strategies, Honeywell looks forward to continuing to showcase our more than 100 years of technological accumulation and innovative solutions in the field of sustainable development through CIIE, an international platform to share China's opportunities and gather global cooperation forces. We look forward to working with more Chinese partners to build a cooperation ecosystem and contribute to high-quality and sustainable development."

Guohong, Shan Guohong, Senior Vice President of Takeda Pharmaceutical and President of Takeda China:

Embrace innovation opportunities

The successive successful holding of the Expo demonstrates China's determination and responsibility to continue to expand opening up and share development opportunities. As an "old friend" of the Expo, Takeda Pharmaceutical has benefited deeply from the Expo. With the help of the "Jinbo Accelerator", Takeda Pharmaceutical has run the "China speed", and Takeda's development strategy in the Chinese market has been continuously upgraded.

China's unswerving expansion of opening up, actively promoting the sharing of institutional opening opportunities among all countries, the continuous optimization of the business environment, and the successive introduction of a series of laws and regulations to encourage innovation and protect intellectual property rights make us deeply feel the bright prospects and huge opportunities for China's high-quality development. This year, we officially launched our China development strategy for the next 10 years, continuing to invest in the Chinese market and fully tapping China's potential as the world's second largest pharmaceutical market.

We are convinced that China will become a globally influential source of innovation. Takeda will actively embrace the innovation opportunities of Chinese medicine, continuously introduce global innovation achievements to China, help the high-quality development of China's biopharmaceutical industry, and show the charm of China's innovation to the world.

Huang Guoqiang, Senior Vice President and General Manager of LEGO Group China:

The Chinese market is full of energy

We are greatly encouraged by President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE. In particular, keywords such as "openness", "sharing" and "opportunity" have further strengthened our confidence and determination to continue to cultivate China's large market.

As a foreign-funded enterprise participating in the Expo for five consecutive years, we are witnesses and witnesses of the Expo. CIIE has become a window for China to build a new development pattern and a platform for promoting high-level opening-up, bringing huge market opportunities to foreign-funded enterprises in China and playing an increasingly important role.

Thanks to a high level of openness and a more business-friendly environment, our China business has achieved rapid development, which also gives us confidence in the future development opportunities in China. We will continue to cultivate China's large market full of resilience, potential and vitality with even stronger determination.

Qiu Hanhua, General Manager of Allergan Aesthetics China:

Inject impetus into the development of the industry

President Xi Jinping stressed that we must expand opening up and make China's large market a great opportunity in the world, which means that our multinational enterprises will usher in more and greater development opportunities in China.

As a biopharmaceutical company that entered China in 2009, this year, we joined hands with parent company AbbVie to participate in CIIE for the second time. As an important subsidiary of AbbVie in China, with the support of the company's global headquarters and the help of local governments, Allergan Aesthetics has maintained a good momentum of development in China, and the China business has grown into one of the important growth engines of the company's global business.

In the more than 10 years since Allergan Aesthetics entered the Chinese market, it has not only witnessed China's economy, society and culture moving towards openness, prosperity and innovation at an unprecedented speed, but also witnessed Chinese consumers' higher yearning and pursuit for a better life.

The Chinese market is one of Allergan's most important overseas markets. In the next step, we will continue to work with partners to embrace "China opportunities", continue to inject impetus into the development of the industry, and serve every Chinese consumer well."

Qiao Wei, General Manager of NI Greater China:

Grow together with CIIE

At the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE, President Xi Jinping pointed out that "we must alleviate the difficulties of development with openness, the power of cooperation with openness, the trend of innovation with openness, and the happiness of sharing with openness", demonstrating China's firm determination to expand opening up and its responsibility as a major country willing to share China's large market opportunities with the world. This makes us feel very deeply, and further strengthens our confidence and determination to cultivate the Chinese market.

In recent years, China's scientific and technological innovation and industrial development have achieved remarkable results, which have also brought valuable development opportunities for multinational enterprises.

As a "repeat customer" of the Expo, we deeply feel the "window effect" and spillover effect of the Expo. We are pleased to be able to use this platform to showcase the innovation capabilities and latest achievements of ENAI China's localization development.

We look forward to growing together with CIIE, better integrating into China's innovation ecology, empowering digital transformation in the field of science and technology with an open technology platform, serving the high-quality development of the industry and the goal of "dual carbon", running "China Speed" with industry chain partners and customers, and writing more wonderful Chinese stories and CIBO stories.

(Economic Daily reporters Chen Xuehui, Yuan Yong, Wu Jiajia, Guo Ziyuan, Liu Rong, Zhu Lin, Sun Changyue, Cheng Silu, Qin Haojun, Yu Yue, Zhang Shuo, Tong Yunfei, Zhu Shuangjian, Li Zhiguo, Li Jing)

Source: Economic Daily