According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on January 17, according to preliminary calculations, China's GDP in 2022 will be 121,020.7 billion yuan, an increase of 3.0% over the previous year at constant prices, and the economic growth is faster than most major economies. body.
At the same time, China's total population declined last year.
Will China still be both the world's factory and the world's market in the future?
How will the global epidemic, geopolitical competition, and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States affect the views and plans of Chinese and American companies on each other's markets?
China News Agency's "East-West Questions·dialogue" invited Zheng Yi, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and Hu Run, the founder and chief researcher of "Hurun Report", to have a dialogue on related topics.
Zheng Yi believes that American companies will definitely continue to regard China as their primary strategic market.
China has a world-class infrastructure and ecosystem, and its manufacturing capabilities are very competitive.
China will continue to play the role of "world factory" and "world market" for many years to come.
Hurun said that foreign companies still have a strong interest in investing in China.
These companies have very long-term strategies because China is an important market for them, not a place where I make a quick buck and walk away.
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]