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"I think we are seeing a transformation now in the Chinese exhibition industry," said Marius Berlemann, chief operating officer of Messe Dusseldorf Group, in an exclusive interview with China Daily Website, "that exhibitions here are really also becoming a lighthouse of each respected industry."
What will be the latest innovations? What will be the trends of artificial intelligence for each industry? What will be the sustainable goals for each sector? Exhibitions in China will play a more critical role in answering these future questions, he added.
"The Chinese market is huge and full of potential!" said Dinh Dewen, deputy-director of Sales at Viettel Post Co Ltd, during an interview with China Daily Website. He added that the company planned to expand investments in the future. Establishing logistics centers in free trade zones to slash shipping costs and bring many benefits to the people of both China and Vietnam.
Thriving China-Vietnam cooperation fuels the success of the railway transport industry. The reform and opening-up policies and Belt and Road Initiative amplify trade opportunities, with Ratraco achieving seamless rail freight between China and Vietnam. Watch the video and witness the future unfold at the forefront of this transformative partnership.
"I see it (China) as a very important market for us," said Fiona Eastwood, CEO of Merlin Entertainments, in an interview with China Daily. She also noted that Shanghai LEGOLAND will be the first LEGOLAND Park in China, as well as the biggest one in the world.
MUFG China is hitting a "sweet spot" as Chinese companies accelerate to expand their footprint in the Asian market, making China-related business increasingly crucial to the Japanese banking group's layout in the region, said an executive.
"We've been helping more and more of our clients operate and grow their business in this region in the last 12 months," Benjamin Lam, deputy president of MUFG Bank (China), said in an exclusive interview with China Daily.
Additionally, the bank is also benefiting from global investors' increasing confidence in the Chinese market, Lam said. "After strategically reviewing their business in China, a lot more multinationals are now reconfirming their commitment to developing and continuing to do business in the country."
Multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is bullish about China's role as a global innovation powerhouse, underpinned by the country's sound prospects as well as its growing innovation capability in new and emerging sectors, its top executive said.
Pascal Soriot, global CEO of AstraZeneca, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily that the company is investing more in research and development in the world's second-largest economy rather than merely in manufacturing, in order to achieve its goal of "In China, for global", which means leveraging China's supply chains to produce and export medicines, while also cooperating with Chinese partners to discover new medicines and develop them globally.
At the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, Hazem Ben-Gacem, CEO of Abu Dhabi-based asset management company BlueFive Capital, expressed his admiration for Chinese tech innovations such as DeepSeek and vowed to increase investments in China. "When people can't tell if we're a Middle Eastern or Chinese investment firm, that's when I'll know we've succeeded," he said.
This year's two sessions is a reconfirmation of the confidence that Merck has in China because the Chinese government has set the economic growth target at 5 percent, focusing more on innovation, especially on new quality productive forces, Marc Horn, EVP of Merck Group, and president of Merck China, told China Daily Website during an exclusive interview at the Boao Forum for Asia in South China's Hainan province, on March 26.
"These are all areas where we are feeling very confident to contribute to because they match very well with our healthcare, life science and electronics businesses," he added. Click the video to find more.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told China Daily that Chinese software developers' creativeness is "second to none" and more Chinese mobile applications will succeed globally with greater international influence.
China has an enormous potential to have another great year in 2025 and Vale is very excited to be part of it and continue to work with clients in this growing market. China is super important for Vale, who has been doing business here for more than 50 years, even before Brazil and China had a diplomatic relationship. Vale is committed and will continue to be committed to Chinese clients and to the China market.
"There are many areas where China can be a leader," said Ian Goldin, professor at the University of Oxford, to China Daily Website at the China Development Forum on Monday.
He noted that China still has significant room for economic growth, with an increasing number of positive market factors and a steady rise in investment. Goldin also commended China's policy of opening-up to the world. Check out this video to learn more.
The real magic of artificial intelligence is the industrial use of AI, said Sean Stein, president of the US-China Business Council, on the sidelines of the China Development Forum 2025. "AI becomes a platform to speed up the development of other critical technologies to create wealth, to develop new products, and that makes the world a better place."
"We see a very bright future here, and we are excited about it," said Stu Sayers, president of Asia-Pacific and Latin America, Cochlear Ltd, an Australian company specializing in implantable hearing solutions, in an interview with China Daily website. China is currently Cochlear's second-largest market globally, and Sayers fully expects it to become one of the fastest-growing.
"The China market is a very important market for Michelin Group, and we want to grow with China," said Wu Junyi, vice-president of Michelin China to China Daily Website at the China Development Forum on Sunday.
Having attended all 25 sessions of the forum since 2000, Michelin Group's dual focus are growth and sustainability. "Our strategy centers on three pillars – profit, planet and people," Wu noted. Check out this video to learn more.
"China is the hub of innovation," Sean Green, president and CEO of BMW Group Region China, said at China Development Forum on Sunday. Spotlighting China's innovation ecosystem exemplified by tech pioneers such as DeepSeek, he reveals BMW's "Developed in China for the global market" strategy. By co-creating with local partners to meet the world's most sophisticated consumer demands, BMW transforms China-specific innovations into global competitive advantages. Watch the video to learn more.
