China News Service, Beijing, April 2 (Guo Chaokai, Xie Yanbing) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference on April 2.
A reporter asked: Recently, the international media has paid widespread attention to the rise in China's latest manufacturing purchasing managers' index and non-manufacturing business activity index, believing that the relevant data shows that the Chinese economy has found a new growth engine. What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ comment on this?
Wang Wenbin: As you just mentioned, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), non-manufacturing business activity index and comprehensive PMI output index in March have attracted great attention from the international community. The three major indices rebounded simultaneously and are all within the expansion range, reflecting that China's economic performance continues to pick up and improve, endogenous power continues to increase, social expectations continue to improve, and high-quality development is solidly advanced. In addition to PMI data, recent indicators such as China's import and export, power generation, passenger and freight volume, and consumption during the Spring Festival have also released positive signals of economic recovery, making the outside world more expectant of China's economic performance in 2024.
The good start of China's economy this year has become a bright sight for the current world economy. Recently, more than 100 heads of multinational companies have visited China intensively. Whether it is the annual meeting of the China Development Forum or the annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia, both are packed with guests. Many business leaders attending the meeting expressed their confidence in the strong resilience and development prospects of the Chinese economy. The Chinese market still has irreplaceable value for multinational companies and they will continue to invest in China.
China's development is open development. Recently, many Chinese departments have successively released a series of important measures to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, covering cross-border service trade, cross-border data flow, financial opening and other fields. From the Canton Fair to the China International Import Expo, from the Service Trade Fair to the Digital Trade Fair, from the Consumer Expo to the Chain Expo, China's door to opening up is opening wider and wider, and China's big market is increasingly becoming a big opportunity for the world. We believe that foreign companies that invest in China and develop deeply in China will also win in China. (over)