Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations Ling Ji Meets with Novo Nordisk Executive Vice President Lin Yiming

People’s Financial News, March 20 — On March 20, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Chief Negotiator for International Trade, Ling Ji, met with Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, Executive Vice President of Novo Nordisk. The two sides discussed topics including the company’s operations in China and the opportunities brought by China’s opening-up and development. Ling Ji stated that in recent years, China’s technological innovation capability has rapidly improved, and the scale of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry has continued to expand. China is driving high-quality economic development with new productive forces and has become a global hub for innovation. He hopes that Novo Nordisk will continue to deepen its presence in the Chinese market and contribute to building a Healthy China. Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen expressed that Novo Nordisk is optimistic about China’s huge market potential, highly appreciates the Chinese government’s ongoing efforts to optimize the business environment and strengthen intellectual property protection, and is willing to further increase investment in China, expand local production and R&D, and help the Chinese pharmaceutical and healthcare industry flourish.