The two-day China Development Forum 2026 opened in Beijing on Sunday, bringing together global business leaders to explore shared opportunities arising from China's high-quality development.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the forum and delivered a keynote speech.
Themed "China in its 15th Five-Year Plan period: advancing high-quality development and creating new opportunities together", the forum highlights China's role as a key engine of global development as it begins its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
It also explores avenues for shared growth in a fragmented world. Green transition, innovation, AI, consumption and global cooperation are among the major issues on its agenda.
Since its inception in 2000, the forum has become one of the country's major platforms for dialogue among Chinese government officials, global business leaders, international organizations, and scholars.
High-level forum opens in Beijing to explore high-quality development, shared opportunities
Enterprises from the United States are welcome to seize the development opportunities in China and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with the country, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Sunday.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with a delegation of the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC).
Noting that China-U.S. ties are the world's most important bilateral relations, He said it is hoped that the USCBC will continue to play its role as a bridge to promote friendly exchanges and the steady and healthy development of economic and trade relations between China and the United States.
It is also hoped that U.S. enterprises can fully seize the development opportunities in China, make good use of the potential of the Chinese market, and inject more stability and positive energy into China-U.S. economic and trade relations, He added.
Rajesh Subramaniam, board chair of the USCBC, Sean Stein, president of the USCBC, and other members from the delegation noted that the U.S. business sector is optimistic about China's economic development prospects. They expressed the willingness to further explore the Chinese market, play an active role, and continuously deepen the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
U.S. enterprises are welcome to seize development opportunities in China: vice premier
