US executives extend business trip to China Looking forward to meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping Amid China's efforts, he met with leaders on Wednesday. Attract more foreign investment.
Business leaders were in Beijing to attend the China Development Forum, which was held on Sunday and Monday. 20 US executives According to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Blackstone founder and CEO Stephen Schwartzman, Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon, and FedEx president and CEO Rajesh・All of the participants, including Mr. Subramaniam, were men and met with President Xi. The ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
The meeting between President Xi and U.S. business leaders was sponsored by the National Commission on U.S.-China Relations, the U.S.-China Business Council, and the Asia Society. It lasted about 90 minutesReuters reported. All three organizations did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the details of the meeting.
During the meeting, U.S. business leaders Questions answered by Mr. Xia source told Bloomberg. The person also said Mr. Xi told executives that he wanted investment from U.S. companies and that Chinese authorities could address problems with the country's economy, which Mr. Xi said had not yet peaked.
President Xi said this. Both countries should do this. “We will seek common ground on important issues while preserving our differences on minor issues,” he said, adding that “China's reform and China's opening up will not stop,” Bloomberg reported. read out loud From CCTV News. Xi added that China will take “major steps to comprehensively deepen reform” and create a “first-class business environment.”
Official data on the Chinese economy for January and February are: Industrial output increased by 7%The country's retail sales also beat the 5.5% rise expected by analysts, but were slower than the 7.4% rise seen in the previous quarter. However, investment in real estate development fell by 9% over the same period, and sales of commercial real estate also fell.
In mid-March, the Chinese State Council announced the plan He said it would “attract and leverage” foreign investment into the country and is “an important force” for the country's economic development amid weak domestic demand. The 24 measures included in the plan include shortening the list of economic activity restrictions for foreign investment and expanding foreign financial institutions' access to the Chinese market.