Cooperation was also emphasized at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, which concluded on Friday. Rather than focusing solely on trade figures and policy targets, discussions at the forum underscored China's efforts to foster a more open, inclusive global economy, one that embraces innovation, strengthens supply chains and deepens cooperation in areas such as green development and digital trade.

　　Jon Abrahamsson Ring, CEO of Inter Ikea, said his company has been operating in China for more than 60 years and is planning for the next 60 years. “We are very confident in China, and China and Ikea can grow together,“ he said.

　　Sean Stein, president of the US-China Business Council, said that US companies are increasingly partnering with Chinese companies to become even more competitive in China and around the globe.

　　“For many of our companies, especially innovative ones, they recognize the investments in China will be important not just today, not just next year, but in the future,“ he said.