Top executives from leading U.S. companies, including Boeing, Qualcomm, and Corning, have expressed optimism about future growth in China and plan to increase their investments in the Chinese market.
During meetings with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Tuesday, these business leaders shared their confidence in the potential for development in China, following the annual China Development Forum.
Brendan Nelson, senior vice president of the Boeing Company and president of Boeing Global, reaffirmed the company's long-standing commitment to China.
"Boeing is very proud of its 53 (-percent market share) partnership with China. We are committed to China. We are committed to stay and we are committed to grow," he said.
Wendell P. Weeks, chairman and CEO of the American ceramics and glassmaking company Corning, also expressed intentions to expand investment in China.
"We are looking to invest this year another at least half a billion (U.S.) dollars," said Weeks.
Cristiano Amon, president and CEO of Qualcomm, shared a similarly optimistic outlook.
"I feel that technology is providing a lot of opportunities for companies like Qualcomm and many of our partners in China, and more than ever, I am optimistic about the opportunity for mutual cooperation," he said.
At the meetings, the message from the Chinese Commerce Minister was clear -- economic and trade cooperation based on mutual benefit aligns with the interests of both China and the United States.
The two-day China Development Forum (CDF) 2025 closed in Beijing on Monday.
US business leaders voice confidence in China's future growth prospects
The United States and Israel have committed the gravest crimes against humanity in Iran over a period of more than 40 days, said Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
Araghchi made the remark in a meeting with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who led a delegation to visit Tehran on the day.
Araghchi said at the meeting that the military aggression against Iran by the United States and Israel violates the principles of the UN Charter.
The crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel against the Iranian people - particularly attacks on the country's educational facilities, scientific research centers, historical and cultural sites, hospitals, critical productive infrastructure and residential areas - constitute grave breaches of international humanitarian law, he said.
These include attacks on an elementary school in Minab in southern Iran, massacre of Iranian children, and the assassination of Iranian leaders, said Araghchi.
Over a period of more than 40 days, the U.S. and Israel have committed the gravest crimes against humanity, he said.
Araghchi called on the international community and relevant international institutions to unequivocally and resolutely condemn the war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel, and to hand over those responsible for trial and punishment by their home states and international tribunals.
He said that Iran expects the ICRC, other humanitarian organizations and governments of countries around the world to fulfill their legal and moral obligations under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions.
Spoljaric expressed deep regret at the meeting over the casualties among Iranian civilians in the conflict and the attacks by the U. S. and Israel on Iranian civilian targets, especially schools, hospitals and residential areas.
She emphasized the necessity to protect civilians and critical infrastructure and uphold international humanitarian rights in armed conflicts.
Spoljaric said that the recent threats by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, including those to Iranian civilian infrastructure, can be regarded as war crimes.
US, Israel commit gravest crimes against humanity in Iran: Araghchi
