"Invest in China" Benelux Enterprise Roundtable held in Brussels

China News Service, Brussels, November 13 (Reporter De Yongjian) The "Invest in China" roundtable for enterprises from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg was held in Brussels on the 13th. Ling Ji, China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations, chaired the meeting. Representatives from nearly 30 Benelux companies including Philips, Solvay, ArcelorMittal, and business associations such as the Belgium-China Economic and Trade Committee attended the meeting.

Ling Ji said that China's long-term stable economic development and continuous improvement of the business environment have provided precious certainty to foreign-invested enterprises. The current intelligent, green, and integrated development of China's manufacturing industry is accelerating, creating a huge new incremental market for multinational companies to invest in China and deepen their cultivation in China.

Ling Ji emphasized that China insists on carrying out dialogue and consultation with the EU and properly managing differences to maintain the stable development of China-EU economic and trade relations and enhance certainty for cooperation between enterprises of both sides. Benelux companies are welcome to combine their technological advantages in fine chemicals, biomedicine, high-end materials, green and low-carbon and other fields with China's production and supply chain, innovation ecology, etc., and achieve mutual success in cooperation.

Representatives from Benelux enterprises and business associations such as the Belgium-China Economic and Trade Committee who attended the meeting said that the Chinese market has huge potential and complete industrial supporting facilities, making it an important pivot for multinational companies' global layout. We are willing to continue to delve into the Chinese market and look forward to maintaining the stability and sustainable development of economic and trade cooperation between Europe and China through dialogue.