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| How Multinationals and China's North-Eastern Industrial Base Can Work Together to Promote Regional Economic Growth |
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| 2005-11-03 09:02 文章来源：Dr. Tom Gorrie | | 文章类型：原创 内容分类：其它 |
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO TRAVEL TO CHANGCHUN TO BE PART OF THIS FORUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA’S NORTHEASTERN INDUSTRIAL BASE.
I HAVE TRAVELED MANY TIMES TO CHINA FOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON… AND ALSO IN MY CAPACITY AS A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA ASSOCIATION OF ENTERPRISES WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT (CAEFI), … BUT THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO CHANGCHUN.
HOPEFULLY, IT’S THE FIRST OF MANY VISITS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FORUM ORGANIZERS, CO-SPONSORS, AND MY COLLEAGUES AT CAEFI FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORUM -- AND TO VISIT A NEW PLACE IN CHINA.
J&J IN CHINA
JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN PHARMACEUTICALS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND DIAGNOSTICS AND CONSUMER HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 110,000 EMPLOYEES …MANUFACTURING AND SELLING PRODUCTS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CHINA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAVE MORE THAN 3,500 EMPLOYEES IN FACILITIES IN XIAN, BEIJING AND SHANGHAI.
WE WORK WITH 33 CHINESE-BASED COMPANIES IN 15 CITIES TO SUPPLY US WITH MATERIALS. CURRENTLY, JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL IS THE LARGEST FOREIGN DEVICE COMPANY IN CHINA, … AND XIAN-JANSSEN IS THE LARGEST FOREIGN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN CHINA.
WE ARE PROUD TO NOTE THIS JOINT VENTURE IN XI’AN HAS BEEN NAMED THE NUMBER ONE JOINT VENTURE IN CHINA FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST DECADE.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON HAS MORE THAN 200 OPERATING COMPANIES IN 57 COUNTRIES AND OUR PRODUCTS ARE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY IS BASED ON … MARKET SIZE, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, RULE OF LAW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION, SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FAIR AND BALANCED LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS FOR LOCAL AND FOREIGN COMPANIES, AND A MOTIVATED WORK FORCE.
WE INVEST FOR THE LONG TERM AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK AND LIVE.
BUILDING A STRONG ENVIRONMENT FOR INVESTMENT
IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE HEARD MUCH ABOUT CHINA’S TWO KEY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES … THE “GO WEST” POLICY AND EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE OLD NORTHEASTERN INDUSTRIAL BASE.
THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF CHINA HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, … ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, WITH ITS STRONG MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES, RICH NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PRESENCE OF A GOOD NUMBER OF LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZED STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES – OR “SOES”.
AFTER YEARS OF RELATIVELY FLAT GROWTH IN THE REGION, … CHINA’S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE NORTHEAST ARE ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF THE TYPE OF INVESTORS WHO WILL BE KEY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
POLICIES HAVE BEEN CREATED TO PROMOTE INCREASED PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES, … AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO SOE REFORM IN THE REGION.
MANY MULTINATIONAL -- AND DOMESTIC -- CORPORATIONS ARE TAKING A SECOND LOOK.
INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS WILL CLEARLY PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE REGION THROUGH ROBUST EXPANSION OF DOMESTIC CAPITAL FORMATION, … ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY, … JOB CREATION, … AND ADVANCED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
BUT IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS LINKED WITH INCREASED INVESTMENT, IT’S CRITICAL THERE BE ENHANCED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CORPORATE SECTOR.
ONE WAY TO DO THIS -- IN ADDITION TO HOLDING CONFERENCES SUCH AS THIS ONE -- IS TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF SUCH PARTNERSHIPS.
WE SEE THESE AS KEY TO BOTH FULFILLING OUR MISSION IN HEALTHCARE … AND ENHANCING OUR OWN GROWTH.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT JOHNSON & JOHNSON WHICH WAS FOUNDED OVER 119 YEARS AGO AND HAD WORLDWIDE SALES IN 2004 OF $47.3 BILLION.
OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON OUR DECENTRALIZED BUSINESS STRUCTURE, … MANAGING OUR BUSINESS FOR THE LONG TERM, … AND THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR CREDO – A SIMPLE ONE-PAGE STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES THAT GUIDED OUR COMPANY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
THE J&J CREDO STATES THAT OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OUR CUSTOMERS, … AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
OUR SECOND IS TO OUR EMPLOYEES; … OUR THIRD IS TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK; … AND OUR FOURTH IS TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS.
IF WE DO THE FIRST THREE WELL… OUR SHAREHOLDERS WILL BENEFIT.
THE CREDO CHALLENGES US TO BE GOOD CITIZENS IN THE MANY COMMUNITIES WHERE WE DO BUSINESS.
AND THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE AT JOHNSON & JOHNSON TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE DIVERSE AND FAR-REACHING GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT … ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE ON A GLOBAL BASIS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESSING ISSUES, …AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK LOCALLY, PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED CARE IN AREAS OTHERS CAN’T REACH.
WE PARTNER WITH GOVERNMENTS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, CHARITIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS ISSUES CRITICAL TO GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS… PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGNS LIKE SAFE KIDS…AND WE WORK WITH LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE HEALTH NEEDS AND CULTURAL RICHNESS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
HERE IN CHINA, WE HAVE CREATED SEVERAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE CRITICAL NEED TO REFORM CHINA’S HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
WE ARE NOW FINALIZING OUR THIRD FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AS WELL AS WITH THE STATE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
WE HAVE JUST OPENED THE BEIJING SCIENCE CENTER, WHICH WE HOPE WILL HELP TRAIN SURGEONS AND CARDIOLOGISTS IN THE LATEST HEALTH CARE TECHNIQUES.
WE HAVE ALSO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THE US-CHINA BILATERAL HEALTHCARE DIALOGUE.
MOST RECENTLY, WE HAVE BECOME A KEY PARTNER FOR THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS.
J&J ALSO WORKS WITH THE CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS … WHICH WILL BE KEY TO ATTRACTING INNOVATIVE COMPANIES WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES.
RESPONSIBILITY AND STRENGTHENED COMMUNICATION
THE U.S. AND CHINA ARE THE LARGEST SOURCES OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT WORLDWIDE.
CLEARLY THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES … AS DEMONSTRATED LAST MONTH WITH CNOOC’S FAILED BID FOR A U.S. COMPANY AND OUR ONGOING IPR-RELATED ISSUES, AMONG OTHERS.
AS SUCH, BOTH SIDES NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO CONTINUE A STRONG DIALOGUE.
HOWEVER, IT WILL BE CRITICAL TO HAVE THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN AND, FOR MANY ISSUES, HELPING TO SHAPE THIS DIALOGUE BY WORKING WITH OTHERS TO SET PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, AS A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I REMAIN DEDICATED TO BRINGING WHAT EXPERTISE I HAVE TO THE OVERALL DIALOGUE.
IN MY ROLE AS A VICE CHAIRMAN OF CAEFI, … WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE MAJOR FOREIGN INVESTORS IN CHINA AND IS CHAIRED BY MY FRIEND, SHI GUANGSHENG, FORMER MINISTER OF COMMERCE IN CHINA, … I HAVE CALLED FOR A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO LEND SUPPORT TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS EFFORTS TO EXTEND HEALTH CARE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS.
TO HELP MAKE THESE EFFORTS A SUCCESS, I WILL VISIT CHINA SIX TO EIGHT TIMES A YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS SUCH AS THESE…THAT MOVE OUR COOPERATION FORWARD.
IT WILL BE THROUGH THESE EFFORTS THAT WE WILL HELP MAKE INVESTMENTS PAY OFF FOR THE LONG RUN.
MR. SHI AND I HAVE OFTEN DISCUSSED HOW TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN FACILITATION COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SPECIFIC REGIONS OF CHINA -- SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST REGION -- AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I HOPE THIS CONFERENCE IS A FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS.
THANK YOU
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