Investing in China means investing in long-term certainty

In the first two months of this year, China established 8631 foreign-invested enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 14%. Foreign enterprises continue to increase their investment in China and deepen their layout of the entire industry chain, continuously casting a vote of confidence in China's economic resilience and market opportunities. International figures and representatives of foreign companies in China interviewed by our reporter believe that China continues to expand its opening-up to the outside world, firmly implements the strategy of expanding domestic demand and innovation driven development, opens up broader space for the development of foreign-funded enterprises in China, and injects more stability and certainty into the world economy.

The Chinese market has become a core testing ground and value creation highland for foreign-funded enterprises to forge global competitiveness

The "2026 China Business Environment Survey Report" released by the American Chamber of Commerce in China shows that nearly 60% of the surveyed US funded enterprises plan to increase their investment in China, more than half of the surveyed US funded enterprises expect to achieve profits or significant profits by 2025, and over 70% of the surveyed enterprises have not yet considered transferring their production or procurement processes outside of China. According to a report released by the German Chamber of Commerce in China, over 90% of the surveyed German companies have no intention of withdrawing from the Chinese market, and more than half of the companies plan to increase their investment in China.

Investing in China is investing in long-term certainty. In the past year, we have strengthened the deployment of logistics networks between China and Europe, Asia, and other regions, including adding 5 new Sino French cargo flights per week, increasing capacity from China to Thailand, and increasing the number of China Vietnam cargo flights, "said Xu Baoyan, President of FedEx China." FedEx has been deeply rooted in China for more than 40 years, which is due to our trust in China's super large market, industrial supporting capabilities, and innovation potential

BASF's largest single investment project in the world, the BASF (Guangdong) Integrated Base Project, has officially started production. Eli Lilly and Company plans to invest $3 billion in China to expand production in the next 10 years. Novo Nordisk announced the expansion of its Guangzhou production base. Schneider Electric announced the construction of two new factories in Xiamen and Wuxi and the upgrade of its Beijing R&D center. Jiangsu HNA Electric and ABB's "AI+Optical Storage Direct Flexible" zero carbon demonstration park has been successfully put into operation in Yangzhong, Jiangsu. Volkswagen's first full process R&D and testing center outside of Germany has been completed in Hefei, Anhui. Retail leader M ü ller announced that its first store in Asia will be located in Pudong, Shanghai... Multinational companies have demonstrated their long-term willingness and confidence to deeply cultivate the Chinese market through practical actions, and their optimism for the Chinese market has not changed.

China is deeply implementing the strategy of expanding domestic demand and providing a certain growth anchor for foreign-funded enterprises, "said Ben Yong, Vice Chairman of the Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce." The Chinese market has become a core testing ground and value creation highland for foreign-funded enterprises to forge global competitiveness. From 'manufacturing in China' to 'innovation in China', foreign-funded enterprises have achieved greater growth in the Chinese market

Chen Guangyan, an economics professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said that the attractiveness of China's super large market lies in its rich demand levels, multiple application scenarios, and fast iteration and upgrading. Expanding domestic demand will release more increment into consumption upgrading and structural improvement, providing development space for foreign-funded enterprises in high-end brands, sustainable products, professional services and other fields. He believes that China will continue to promote the expansion of service consumption, creating more opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises to increase their layout in medical and health, elderly care, digital services and other fields.

Starting from February 1st, the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment (2025 Edition)" will be officially implemented. This is an important measure for China to attract and utilize foreign investment more vigorously. Ivan Caldillo, Chairman of the Italian China Business Development Forum, believes that China guides and optimizes the direction and regional layout of foreign investment, "allowing foreign-funded enterprises to feel the scale and maturity of the Chinese market, and strengthening their confidence to deeply cultivate the Chinese market.

Exploring space for foreign-funded enterprises to participate in cooperation in high-end manufacturing, digital economy, green and low-carbon fields

The "National Innovation Index Report 2025" released at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting shows that China's comprehensive ranking of the National Innovation Index has risen to ninth in the world. China is promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and foreign-funded enterprises have incorporated the Chinese market into their global core research and development system.

The Asia Pacific R&D center of Swiss consumer goods packaging company Amco has settled in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, and new packaging products are being introduced to the world from here. At last year's CIIE, more than half of the over 400 new consumer and medical products we showcased were developed and produced in China, "said She Xin, President of Amco Group's Greater China and North Asia regions. Thanks to China's favorable technological innovation environment, Amco's new products developed in China are highly competitive in the global market

China is at the forefront of the world in areas such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, sensor technology, and big data applications, empowering our products and the global air quality big data platform, "said Han Jingjing, Vice President of Sales at Swiss air purification information technology company Aikoeer in the Chinese market. Deep participation in Chinese innovation has significantly enhanced Aikoeer's competitiveness in the global market.

Chinese research and development, serving the world, is becoming a consensus among many foreign-funded enterprises. Jane Sihua, vice chairman of Deloitte Asia Pacific, said that China's innovation capability is improving day by day, attracting foreign enterprises to continue to increase the Chinese market. He gave an example, stating that pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has established two global strategic research and development centers in Shanghai and Beijing. The Chinese research and development pipeline is fully synchronized with the global market, delivering research and development results to the world.

China insists on leading industrial upgrading with technological innovation, not only enhancing the strength of its domestic industrial system, but also opening up space for foreign-funded enterprises to participate in high-end manufacturing, digital economy, green and low-carbon cooperation, "said Marcos Pires, a professor of political economy at S ã o Paulo State University in Brazil. China's innovation capability continues to improve, and through technology transfer, industrial synergy, and knowledge sharing, it plays a driving role in global economic growth.

Malaysian Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Regional Strategy Research Institute, Li Jiancong, has visited Chinese high-tech enterprises multiple times. In his view, China's technological innovation is highly integrated with industrial innovation, and scientific research achievements can be rapidly industrialized. "China's innovation not only serves its own development, but also promotes global energy transformation, digital economy development, and industrial upgrading, helping developing countries narrow the technological gap and achieve inclusive growth

China upholds multilateralism and free trade through practical actions, sharing growth opportunities with other countries

China is expanding its high-level opening-up to the outside world, creating a transparent, stable, and predictable institutional environment, and injecting confidence into foreign-funded enterprises to continue to deeply cultivate the Chinese market.

China's continued expansion of opening-up to the outside world is a long-term strategic choice that brings valuable certainty to global economic growth and sustainable development, "said Li Jiancong. China adheres to openness and inclusiveness, and follows the correct direction of economic globalization, which enhances the confidence of global investors and provides broader space for regional economic cooperation.

Institutional openness is a prominent advantage for China to attract foreign investment, "Pires said. China continues to reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, promote the comprehensive implementation of national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises, and promote and regulate cross-border data flow, indicating that China always welcomes and values foreign investment, and is committed to creating a fair and competitive development environment for all types of business entities. China upholds multilateralism and free trade through practical actions, shares growth opportunities with other countries, and will continue to be an important destination for global investors to achieve long-term value

Chen Guangyan believes that from a macro perspective, China's expansion of high-level opening-up, promotion of inclusive economic globalization, and continuous provision of market opportunities and cooperation platforms will help stabilize cross-border investment expectations and promote industrial and supply chain cooperation; From a micro perspective, China is striving to transform the "policy dividend" into "business convenience" and continuously enhance its attractiveness to foreign investment. The Chinese government uses clearer rules and more stable expectations to reduce the uncertainty of foreign investment and operation in China, and enhance its confidence in 'daring to invest, willing to invest, and long-term investment', "said Chen Guangyan.

Support developing countries to participate in global trade governance, promote high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", expand opening up in line with international high standard economic and trade rules, reduce tariffs and expand imports... In combination with long-term observation of China's development, Caldillo said that China takes practical actions to promote economic globalization in the right direction, creates growth opportunities for the world with its own stable development, especially provides valuable technical and experience support for the vast number of developing countries, and demonstrates the responsibility of a major country. Currently, only by reaffirming our commitment to an open, inclusive, and rule-based multilateral trading system, actively assuming international responsibilities, and engaging in solidarity and cooperation rather than zero sum games, can we promote sustainable development in the world and achieve common prosperity