Liu Jie, vice-president of Carestream Health Inc and president of Carestream’s Greater China Cluster

A1It is a practical target for the Chinese government to set GDP growth at about 6.5 percent, lower than last year’s 6.7 percent. Despite that, the economy is still maintaining medium-to-high growth.

This tremendous development potential will continue to provide momentum for the global economy.

With the acceleration of its opening-up policy, China is becoming increasingly integrated with the world economy.

Enterprises need to grasp new opportunities, resist pressures from various forces and inspire a new impetus to promote innovation and development.

A2In recent years, we have seen constantly improved efforts in China’s opening-up and the improvement of the country’s investment environment.

China is our largest market, and to better serve it, we will make a greater commitment in areas such as research and development, production and sales and services.

A3The Belt and Road Initiative is a mediumand long-term strategy that will further increase China’s global influence.

Hopefully, during the next few years, this strategy will produce great policy dividends, including investment opportunities in infrastructure construction, services and multiple industry chains.

Homegrown and multinational corporations need to expand overseas and conduct exchanges and cooperation to better complement each other’s advantages.

We expect multinationals — which hold inherent advantages in technology, standards and services — to actively take part in the initiative and drive economic development.

A4The implementation of supply-side structural reform is an opportunity, but also a great challenge for businesses.

It spells a rare opportunity for Carestream Health to pursue technological progress, adapt to the survival of the fittest and a better competitive environment, and satisfy new demand.

Meanwhile, when seeking development, we need to think outside of the box, focus on customer demand and develop industry-leading products and services to provide more humanized and innovative solutions.

A5China needs to make efforts to make the manufacturing sector “intelligent”. Mechanisms must be established to encourage small businesses to innovate and large enterprises to improve and industrialize.

The Made in China 2025 strategy will accelerate the application of big data, cloud computing and the internet of things, and drive changes in production, management and marketing patterns in traditional industries with new technologies, new business formats and new models.

China’s intelligent manufacturing will bring about a comprehensive improvement and more world-famous Chinese brands, ushering in an era of quality for economic development.