Deputy Minister Ling Ji and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations meet with Lin Yiming, Executive Vice President of Novo Nordisk Denmark

On March 20th, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Head of the International Trade Negotiation Delegation Ling Ji met with Lin Yiming, Executive Vice President of Novo Nordisk Denmark. The two sides exchanged views on the company’s operations in China, opportunities for China’s open development, and other topics. Ling Ji stated that in recent years, China’s technological innovation capacity has rapidly improved, and the scale of the pharmaceutical and health industry has continued to expand. China is promoting high-quality economic development through new quality productivity and has become a global innovation hub. He hopes that Novo Nordisk will continue to deepen its presence in the Chinese market and contribute to building a Healthy China. Lin Yiming expressed that Novo Nordisk is optimistic about China’s enormous market potential, highly appreciates the Chinese government’s proactive measures to continuously optimize the business environment and strengthen intellectual property protection, and is willing to further increase investment in China, expand local production and R&D, and help the Chinese pharmaceutical and health industry flourish. (Ministry of Commerce)