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Chinese FM Qin meets Musk
–– in latest sign of China’s openness to global investors increasingly upbeat on Chinese market
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CHINESE State Councillor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Tesla
Founder Elon Musk met in Beijing on Tuesday, as a stream of foreign CEOs had visited China
This is happening as the world’s second largest economy strives toward high-level opening-up and enhance its attractiveness to foreign investment
Qin Gang said China will continue to steadfastly promote high - level opening-up and is committed to creating a better market-oriented , legal , and international business environment for enterprises from various countries, including Tesla
“ China ’ s development is an opportunity for the world A healthy, stable and constructive China-US relation is beneficial not only for China and the US, but also for the whole world,”
Qin said
Qin also used Tesla cars as a metaphor to describe the relations between China and the US, saying the two countries should “ hit the brake” in a timely manner to avoid “ dangerous driving” and push win-win co-operation
Musk said Tesla objects to “decoupling” and is willing to further expand business in China, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday
Chinese experts said along with a series of achievements China has made in attracting and stabilising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), more and more foreign CEOs chose to be “physically in China” to ink deals This shows the indisputable attractiveness of the Chinese market and the Chinese economy, despite the noises made by some Western media suggesting otherwise
Musk flew in a private jet to China on Tuesday
The CEO of Tesla, which has the Chinese market contributing nearly 21 percent of its overall revenue in the first quarter of 2023 , commissioned the Shanghai Gigafactory with a dance in the rain in Shanghai in 2019
Musk has visited China many times. In 2018 and 2019 , he was spotted by Chinese netizens eating pancake with crispy fried dough sheet, steamed buns with filling and hot pot in different Chinese cities (Global Times)
