On Tuesday, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with Joseph Bae, co-CEO of US-based KKR Investment Group, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
He stated that China’s economy has maintained stable and positive momentum this year, and the country is confident and capable of achieving its full-year growth targets. The recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) for National Economic and Social Development were adopted recently, charting a grand blueprint for China’s development over the next five years and powerfully contributing to global economic growth. "China welcomes investors from all countries to invest and do business in China and share in its economic opportunities."
Bae expressed full confidence in China’s economic prospects and a willingness to further expand investment cooperation in China during the meeting with He.
Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative and vice commerce minister, also met with representatives of a number of US companies, including consulting company Cohen Group, biotechnology company Illumina and KKR, on Monday in Beijing, during which the two sides exchanged views on a range of topics such as China-US economic and trade relations, according to statements on the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) website on Tuesday.
Observers said that the meeting between Chinese officials and US business representatives would further enhance the favorable atmosphere, demonstrating that a stable and sound bilateral relationship serves the interests of both sides, and that the US business community highly values such certainty as it plans to expand further in the Chinese market.
Li met with Craig Allen, senior counselor at Cohen Group, and Jacob Thaysen, CEO of biotechnology company Illumina, on Monday, during which the two sides exchanged views on China-US economic and trade relations, as well as Illumina’s development in China, according to a statement on the MOFCOM’s website on Tuesday.
Li also met with KKR’s Bae in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on China-US economic and trade relations as well as China’s opening-up policies, among other topics, according to another statement on the MOFCOM’s website.
During the meeting with Allen and Thaysen, Li called on the US business community to continue to play a constructive role in supporting the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
Allen and Thaysen said that the US business community has been inspired by the historic meeting between the leaders of China and the US in Busan, South Korea and the community welcomes the positive outcomes achieved by both sides in the economic and trade field.
The two US company representatives said that US enterprises are full of confidence with regard to the development of China-US economic and trade relations in 2026 and look forward to bilateral economic and trade cooperation swiftly returning to a normal track.
During the meeting with Bae from KKR, Li said that the Chinese side looks forward to working with the US side to effectively implement the relevant outcomes, injecting greater stability and certainty into China-US economic and trade cooperation and the global economy.
In response, Bae said that the US business community supports maintaining contacts and dialogue at all levels between the China and US, which is conducive to practical bilateral cooperation. KKR attaches great importance to the Chinese and Asian markets, adheres to a long-term investment strategy, and is full of confidence in China’s long-term economic performance, read the MOFCOM statement.
"Those are among the first batch of meetings between Chinese officials and US company representatives after the recent bilateral economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur," Zhou Mi, a senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
This direct communication offers opportunities for US companies to learn the latest progress in bilateral trade and economic relations, as well as "share their perspective on how the US enterprises could effectively participate in China’s future development opportunities," Zhou noted.
The positive remarks made by the US companies also underscored that they are in urgent need of stable China-US relations, under which they could effectively reduce business uncertainties and stabilize expectations, analysts said, adding that the US companies’ active engagement in the Chinese market will continue to serve as the ballast and propeller of bilateral relations.
Jeffrey Lehman, chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, told the Global Times on November 6 that the consensus reached between the Chinese and US delegations offers a stable framework for the next year.
"The period during the six months before the meeting was a period of uncertainty… Now I think there’s a lot of hope and a lot of optimism in the American business community that we will be able to make more concrete plans and to continue to expand the commercial relationship between the US and China," Lehman said.
On Monday, the US and China successively announced a one-year suspension of port fees on each other’s vessels and a parallel haltto related investigations in the shipping and shipbuilding sectors, marking the latest step in implementing the consensus reached at the recent bilateral economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
原文地址：http://en.people.cn/n3/2025/1112/c90000-20389377.html