STORY: Fortune 500 executives confident about China's foreign trade environment
DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:21
LOCATION: CHONGQING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of photos of CMIA attendees
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERNEST NICOLAS, Chief Supply Chain Officer of HP Inc.
3. various of Global R&D Center
4. various of cars
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FRANK MENG, Chairman of Qualcomm China
6. various of vehicle manufacturing process
7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SABRINA SOUSSAN, Chairman and CEO of SUEZ Group
8. various of views in Chongqing

STORYLINE:

Fortune 500 executives have expressed confidence in China's foreign trade environment.

They made the remarks while attending the just-concluded 17th Annual Meeting of the Chongqing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council (CMIA) in China's Chongqing.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERNEST NICOLAS, Chief Supply Chain Officer of HP Inc.
"I can tell you one of the greatest things of my visit this time is we celebrated the 400 millionth PC coming off the line here in Chongqing. It's very, very exciting. None of that could have been done without the trust and support. I'd say the environment, the creative environment where more foreign companies are open to come join, that to me is thinking about how you can ease companies' way into the ecosystem."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FRANK MENG, Chairman of Qualcomm China
"China has now built the world's largest 5G network. It also has the most 5G users in the world. I think we should embrace the intelligent network and technological revolution as soon as possible. This is very significant for every car manufacturer."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SABRINA SOUSSAN, Chairman and CEO of SUEZ Group
"China has a lot of advantages and a lot of assets in foreign trade. And I think the world has to recognize that we have to work together, not to be too interdependent from each other, but also to make sure that we work together to ensure one future in this world. We need to recognize this and we need to work together and to find a way."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China.
(XHTV)