International business leaders at the ongoing 2025 China Development Forum (CDF) have underscored the willingness to expand their presence in China, highlighting the country's market attractiveness and growth potential.
The two-day CDF opened in Beijing on Sunday, under the theme "Unleashing Development Momentum for Stable Growth of Global Economy", attracting over 100 foreign guests, including 86 official representatives of multinational companies from 21 countries.
Oliver Zipse, CEO of German carmaker BMW, praised China's comprehensive approach to new energy vehicle (NEV) development, stressing that his company seeks to get involved.
"I think the NEV policy in China here -- consisting, perhaps, of long-range plug-in hybrids, range extenders and also hydrogen -- is, I think, the best whole set-up for developing the NEV policy. BMW sold last year 100,000 NEV vehicles here in China. So we are participating in the market. And at the end of this year, we will introduce our new platform, it's called the Neue Klasse. It's a pure electric car, which is partially developed here in China, and we're looking forward to that," he said.
Shane Tedjarati, vice chairman of Prologis Global, a world-leading industrial real estate company headquartered in San Francisco, also spoke highly of China's role in global supply chains.
"Obviously a lot of global companies are in China and we serve them globally everywhere and we want to serve them seamlessly here. Increasingly, China's consumer economy is growing, so a lot of Chinese companies have their supply chain needs and we help them with their supply chain needs here," he said.
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