CCTV News: The 2025 annual meeting of the China Development Forum is held in Beijing. This year, the forum’s “circle of friends” continues to expand, and the number of multinational companies participating in the meeting for the first time hits a new high. The guests at the meeting said that the "magnetic suction" of China's openness continues to increase, allowing more and more foreign-invested enterprises to invest more firmly in China.

This China Development Forum, the number of multinational enterprises participating in the forum for the first time hit a new high. 17 enterprises from 8 countries sent official representatives to the forum for the first time this year, accounting for 20% of the total number of enterprises.

Many heads of multinational companies have brought the latest plans to expand investment, establishing R&D centers in China and accelerating the layout of high-tech and high-value-added links is becoming a common choice for many foreign-funded enterprises.

In the two-day forum, Chinese and foreign guests had in-depth exchanges on current hot topics such as expanding institutional opening, green and low-carbon, artificial intelligence, and boosting consumption. The guests at the meeting said that the release of positive signals such as expanding domestic demand in all aspects, cultivating and strengthening emerging industries and future industries, and expanding international cooperation space in expanding opening up will allow more and more foreign-invested enterprises to invest more firmly in China.