Hello! I’m the Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric. I’m really so happy to be back with the community of the China Development Forum in person, soon in Beijing.
The key words today for China’s modernization are high-quality development and opening-up at a higher level.
我认为，中国现代化的关键词是“高质量发展”和“更高水平的对外开放”。
Starting with high-quality development, this requires more innovation and more collaboration. China is already known for its high-level innovation. We’ve seen gigantic progress in Artificial Intelligence, big data, software and other cutting-edge technologies. This has empowered the upgrade and transformation of industries.
A Chinese Modernization will certainly come with opening-up at a higher level. International collaboration is critical to both R&D and manufacturing. We admire China’s progress over the past years on its openness. With this evolution, we believe that the potential of both domestic and international markets will be tapped into further and, innovation of the country be unleashed to a greater extent.
Schneider Electric entered China 35 years ago. Thanks to the opening-up policy, we’ve been continuously expanding our footprint. Today the Chinese market has become our second largest market.
With the opening up at even higher standard, foreign partners could play a more important role in meeting the increasing demand of the huge domestic market and being a bridge to the international market. With this, we remain confident in China being a critical driver for the 2023 world economy with its all-round recovery and its resiliency.
