Suzhou Party Secretary Fan Bo Meets with Johnson & Johnson MedTech Executive Edward Zhou to Strengthen Strategic Collaboration

On June 18, Fan Bo, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with Zhou Mintao, Senior Vice President of Johnson & Johnson MedTech globally and President of its China region, and his delegation.

Fan Bo, on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal People's Government, addressed Johnson & JohnsonHe expressed gratitude for the care and support extended to Suzhou’s development over the past two decades. He stated that Suzhou is a key central city in eastern China, currently deeply studying and implementing the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping, deepening open-led development and reform-driven innovation, developing new quality productive forces in light of local conditions, continuously consolidating the steady and positive economic momentum, and ensuring that Suzhou remains at the forefront of high-quality development. Biopharmaceuticals and high-end medical devices are emerging industries that Suzhou is prioritizing. As a global leader in the healthcare industry, Johnson & Johnson shares a solid foundation of cooperation with Suzhou and highly aligned development directions. It is hoped that Johnson & Johnson will increase its investment in Suzhou, introduce more new businesses, technologies, and concepts, strengthen local innovation and supply chain systems, and promote the clustering of upstream and downstream industrial chains in Suzhou. Suzhou will unswervingly expand high-level opening-up.ContinuousCreate a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized first-class business environment, and deeply carry out services for enterprises, projects, industrial parks, and the grassroots level."Three Services" Special Campaign to Better Support Enterprises' Innovative Development.

Zhou Mintao expressed gratitude to Suzhou for its support and assistance to Johnson & Johnson. He stated that Johnson & Johnson is a participant, witness, and beneficiary of Suzhou's high-quality development. Settling in SuzhouOver the past two decades, Johnson & Johnson has continuously expanded its investment scale and enhanced its intelligent localization capabilities, propelling Johnson & Johnson Suzhou to become one of the most important production bases in Johnson & Johnson’s global network. With continued confidence in Suzhou’s development prospects, Johnson & Johnson will further expand its business resource layout in orthopedics and other sectors, deepen collaboration with Suzhou’s industrial, supply, and innovation chains, and support the high-quality development of Suzhou’s biomedical industry.

Shen Mi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park, attended the meeting.