[Chen Jining Meets with Tim Cook, Executive Chairman of Apple Inc.] On October 16, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, met with Tim Cook, Executive Chairman of Apple Inc., and his delegation. Chen Jining said that this year is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan", and Shanghai is deepening the construction of "five centers" in accordance with President Xi Jinping's strategic planning, guided by scientific and technological innovation, driven by reform and opening up, driven by major national strategies, and guaranteed by the modernization of urban governance. Currently, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating breakthroughs, and artificial intelligence technology and industrial development are advancing by leaps and bounds, bringing new opportunities for global companies, including Apple, to develop in Shanghai. Welcome to make good use of Shanghai’s advantages in reform and opening up, technological innovation, and market channels to deepen exchanges and cooperation around the supply of smart terminals, cultivation of innovative ecosystems, and healthy development of artificial intelligence, and promote more new products, new technologies, and new services to be launched in Shanghai. Shanghai will continue to optimize the market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, accelerate the improvement of the regulatory system and legal system that is compatible with high-level opening up, and support global enterprises to achieve better development in Shanghai. Tim Cook said that every time he comes to Shanghai, an outstanding city in the world, he can feel the vitality of vigorous development and the power of technological innovation. I am very happy to see new practices and new explorations of artificial intelligence technology empowering thousands of industries here. I am willing to continue to work in Shanghai and work with partners to strengthen docking and deepen cooperation around artificial intelligence development, industrial ecological construction, supply chain management, green and low-carbon transformation, etc., and play a good role as a bridge between the business community in promoting the stable and healthy development of U.S.-China economic and trade relations, so as to better achieve mutually beneficial and win-win development. (Shangguan News)