Li Qiang attended a symposium for Chinese-funded enterprises in Brazil.

According to Xinhua News Agency, on July 8th local time, Premier Li Keqiang attended a symposium of Chinese-funded enterprises in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Local leaders of Chinese banks, Great Wall Motors, State Grid Corporation, Goldwind Science and Technology, COFCO Group, Gree Electric Appliances, Dahua Technology, and Zhongtian Technology attended the meeting. After listening to the speeches of business representatives, Li Keqiang stated that in recent years, the pace of Chinese companies' "going global" has accelerated, their international operational capabilities have strengthened, and their importance to domestic economic development has been increasing. Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese economy has withstood pressure and continued to show signs of improvement. From the performance in the first half of the year, growth has shown resilience, domestic demand has potential, and innovation has highlights. The Chinese economy is fully capable of withstanding any external shocks and achieving long-term steady growth, and will always be a solid backing for the development of overseas Chinese-funded enterprises. Government departments will provide services and guarantees to companies, further strengthen various economic and trade cooperation mechanisms and platforms, improve overseas comprehensive service systems, study and introduce more supportive policies in policy consultation, finance, credit insurance, and security protection, to create a better environment for business development and provide more convenience. Li Keqiang pointed out that the current international economic and trade situation is undergoing profound changes, with rising unilateralism and protectionism, increasing trade and investment barriers, as well as deepening rounds of technological revolution and industrial restructuring, presenting both challenges and opportunities for businesses. He hopes that Chinese-funded enterprises will follow the trend and take positive action. They should build strong brands, strengthen forward-looking layouts, and enhance the global competitiveness of "Made in China" and "Created in China". They should cultivate the local market, provide more popular products and services to consumers, radiate a broader Latin American market from Brazil as a platform, and strive for greater development. They should respect local laws and customs, conduct operations in compliance with laws and regulations, actively assume social responsibility, and strive to shape a responsible and accountable image of Chinese companies. The representatives of the attending enterprises stated that Chinese-funded enterprises will leverage their own advantages and characteristics, strengthen cooperation, effectively respond to various challenges, adhere to local roots, operate stably and lawfully, continuously expand business in fields such as finance, energy, agriculture, and technological innovation, maintain a good image of overseas Chinese companies, establish closer economic and trade investment relations between China and Brazil and other Latin American countries, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation.