European Chamber Meeting with Minister WANG Wentao of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
2021-10-19 | Beijing
On 19th October, Minister Wang Wentao received a European Chamber delegation led by President Wuttke at the Ministry of Commerce, the first foreign business delegation he has received in person since the COVID outbreak. Minister Wang thanked the European Chamber for its hard work in helping European business to better understand China, while acting as bridge between European business and the Chinese Government. He also spoke highly of Chamber’s annual Position Paper and expressed a strong interest in addressing the concerns raised by members. President Wuttke thanked the Minister for the strong support provided to European business in China, particularly MOFCOM’s special task force for foreign business that helped many companies to resume operations after disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic.
President Wuttke believes that this meeting demonstrates China’s commitment to further open up, and hopes it will give confidence to European business community at such a difficult time. The issues he raised during the meeting include China’s power shortage, dual circulation strategy, carbon neutrality and clean energy, among others.
Minister Wang thanked the Chamber for raising these points and said that China welcomes European business to bring their expertise and advanced technology to support China in solving the challenges it faces in these areas.