WHAT DID FOREIGN BUSINESS LEADERS SAY?

The foreign business representatives commended China for achieving steady economic growth through deep, comprehensive reform and high-standard opening up under the leadership of President Xi.

From "Made in China" to "new quality productive forces," China has empowered industrial transformation and upgrading through innovation, and is set to realize higher-quality and more sustainable development. The outlook of the Chinese economy is strong, they said.

Amidst growing protectionism, China has continuously expanded opening up, injecting stability into the global economy, and has become an oasis of certainty and a hot spot for investment and entrepreneurship, they said.

They said China's development is the core driving force of the global economy, and offers exciting, vast opportunities and growth potential.

They applauded the Chinese government's efforts to create a fair and enabling environment for foreign businesses and expressed readiness to expand investment cooperation with China, cultivate the China market, actively participate in Chinese modernization, and build bridges for China's exchanges and cooperation with the world.

They also expressed readiness to support an open global market, uphold international free trade, and contribute to the development of the world economy.