A: Since the start of 2026, leaders including President Lee Jae-myung of the Republic of Korea, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo of Finland, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom have led delegations to China. These visits have further enhanced mutual understanding and trust, opened broad horizons for bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and strengthened multinational corporations’ confidence in investing in and deepening their presence in China. In 2025, the Republic of Korea’s manufacturing investment in China grew by 14.1%; Canada’s investment in China’s high-tech sector increased by 11.7% year-on-year; Finland’s manufacturing investment in China rose by 21.7% year-on-year; and the United Kingdom’s investment in China grew by 15.9% year-on-year. Recent survey reports by organizations such as the Canada China Business Council, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the British Chamber of Commerce in China, and the American Chamber of Commerce in China indicated that the majority of multinational enterprises still list China as a primary investment destination and continue to increase their investment.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, China will steadily advance toward high-quality development, continuously expand high-standard opening up, and firmly uphold the multilateral trading system. By strengthening equal and mutually beneficial economic and trade relations with all countries, China will provide a favorable outlook for long-term development of foreign-invested enterprises.

Going forward, we will deepen institutional reforms to promote foreign investment, steadily expand institutional opening up, further improve the business environment, and accelerate the fostering of new advantages in attracting foreign investment, making China’s vast market a great opportunity for the world, so that more foreign investors will come, stay and thrive in China as important participants in Chinese modernization.