Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining Meets AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot Amid Strategic Collaboration Talks

This morning, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, met with a delegation led by Pascal Soriot, Global Executive Director and CEO of British AstraZeneca. Chen Jining stated that biomedicine is one of the three leading industries that Shanghai focuses on developing. Since last year, several innovative policies have been introduced successively to provide strong support for enterprises in terms of R&D facilitation, market entry of innovative drugs and medical devices, and clinical trials, promoting new breakthroughs and enabling the public to enjoy better healthcare benefits. As a globally leading pharmaceutical enterprise, AstraZeneca is welcome to seize development opportunities and combine its own advantages more closely with Shanghai's market strengths, scientific innovation strengths, clinical strengths, and talent strengths based on existing good cooperation. It should continuously increase investment and layout efforts, deepen the connection of innovative project collaborations, and strive to provide higher-quality healthcare products and services. We will make every effort to create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, providing comprehensive high-quality services for global enterprises and talent teams to deeply cultivate and develop in Shanghai. (Shanghai Observer)