BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping met with more than 40 representatives of the international business community in Beijing on Friday.

A key message Xi sent is that China has been and will remain an ideal, secure, and promising destination for foreign investors, and that investing in China is investing in the future.

The following are some key takeaways from this meeting.

WHO ARE THE FOREIGN BUSINESS LEADERS?

More than 40 global chairmen and chief executive officers of foreign businesses as well as representatives of business councils attended the meeting.

President of FedEx Corporation Raj Subramaniam, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG Ola K?llenius, Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi SA Paul Hudson, Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings Plc Georges Elhedery, Executive Chairman of Hitachi Ltd. Toshiaki Higashihara, President of SK Hynix Inc. Kwak Noh-jung, and President of Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser spoke at the meeting.