China News Network, March 3 (Zhongxin Financial Reporter Song Yusheng) "The positive signals released by the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress this year are very encouraging. Recently, Deng Jianmin, global senior vice president and general manager of Greater China, said in an exclusive interview with Zhongxin Financial Reporter that China's opening up has shifted from the original factor opening and market opening to institutional opening, and has been unremitting exploration and breakthrough on the road of high-level opening-up. China is an irreplaceable hotspot for global enterprises.

"Feel China's determination to expand high-level opening-up"

According to data released by China's Ministry of Commerce, the amount of foreign funds actually used in China in the first month of 2023 was 1276.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%. Deng Jianmin bluntly said that this shows that China is still a hot land for foreign investment and business, and it is also a manifestation of international institutions and foreign-funded enterprises in China optimistic about China's economic development prospects with practical actions.

The many signals released by the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress this year have made foreign-funded enterprises truly feel China's determination to insist on expanding high-level opening up.

The government work report pointed out that it will actively promote the accession to high-standard economic and trade agreements such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and take the initiative to steadily expand institutional opening up in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, management and standards.

In recent years, the Chinese government has introduced a number of policies to stabilize and encourage foreign investment. The Catalogue of Industries Encouraged for Foreign Investment (2023 Edition), which came into effect on January 1, 1, clearly encourages and guides foreign investors to invest in specific industries, fields and regions.

"China not only opens up its market, but also points out the direction for the development of foreign enterprises in China, which is exciting and motivating."

Deng Jianmin expects that these measures will help the Chinese market to continuously open up to the outside world and inject new momentum into the world economic development. "We believe that China's economy will remain the main engine of global economic growth and will burst out with greater vitality, bringing more market opportunities and development dividends to the world."

"More confidence and motivation to cultivate China"

Hand in hand with high-level opening-up and complementing each other, is China's continuously optimized business environment.

After its debut at the fifth CIIE last year, a number of new products of Bedi Medical were launched in China this year. "In just a few months, the exhibits have become commodities", and Deng Jianmin was impressed by the speed of approval.

Bedi Medical has witnessed the development of China for nearly 30 years. Deng Jianmin also called his company "a first-hand experience and beneficiary of China's reform and opening up and high-quality development."

He told reporters that taking Qiantan in Pudong, Shanghai, where the headquarters of Biti Medical Greater China is located, as an example, Shanghai has issued an action plan to optimize the business environment for six consecutive years; In February this year, Pudong New Area formulated the "Pudong New Area Action Plan for Strengthening Integration and Innovation to Create a Comprehensive Demonstration Zone for Business Environment", which clearly focuses on promoting marketization, rule of law and international business environment and continuously optimizes it, and strives to create a best practice place for business environment.

The government work report also proposed to "implement the national treatment of foreign-funded enterprises". Deng Jianmin believes that this means that the Chinese government clearly supports fair competition between domestic and foreign enterprises, and encourages foreign-funded enterprises to work with state-owned enterprises and private enterprises to jointly promote China's high-quality development. "It also gives us more confidence and motivation to deepen our efforts in China."

He believes that a better business environment will inevitably attract first-class enterprises and talents, activate innovation power, and further promote China's high-level opening up and achieve high-quality development.

Cast a "vote of confidence" with practical actions

In recent years, Bedi Medical has continuously increased its efforts to cultivate China's local production and local innovation, and has cast a "vote of confidence" for China's economic prospects with practical actions.

"China is one of the most important markets for BITEC Medical in the world." Deng Jianmin introduced that Bect Medical not only has three production bases in Jiangsu Province, China, but also established the "R&D dual-center strategy" with Shanghai as the innovative design center and multi-functional laboratory, and Suzhou as the laboratory engineering center. At the same time, the "Bect Medical Greater China Innovation Center" has been located in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and is expected to open to the public this year.

This layout stems from the fact that foreign-funded enterprises are "confident in China's economic development prospects". He bluntly said, "In recent years, the world situation has changed, but China's economy is resilient, potential, full of vitality, and the long-term good fundamentals have not changed." ”

As a result, Deng believes that companies can reach larger platforms through China.

"This not only provides more opportunities for enterprises, but also puts forward higher requirements." He said that Becta Medical will further strengthen the company's localization innovation capabilities in China, rely on the company's innovative technology, digital capabilities and professional training resources, further strengthen China's localized industry-research cooperation and talent training, and work with all parties in the industry to empower the high-quality development of China's medical industry by building an open medical innovation ecosystem. (End)

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