Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

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Q4 While China is expanding opening-up, some are concerned that geopolitical tensions, rising protectionism and global supply chain adjustments may weaken China's attractiveness to foreign companies. Our investments in China are in line with BASF's strategy of producing where our customers are and where there is market growth. Zheng: Illumina continues to see China as a crucial part of our global strategy, due to its significant market potential and population, as well as the region's talent and scientific strengths. Our strategy is to deepen our integration into the Chinese market, shifting from a product-centric to a customer-centric approach, which means understanding and addressing the unique needs of our customers across various sectors and embedding our solutions deeper into their workflows.

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More companies make beeline for Shanghai
4 days, 5 hours ago

More companies make beeline for Shanghai

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A robot attracts delegates during the Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Conference 2025 held on Tuesday. Their investment commitments came during the Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Conference 2025 held on Tuesday, which also marked the beginning of a weeklong business soliciting activity named "Invest in Shanghai". Among the newly signed projects were a new production facility and the regional headquarters of …

China to further stabilize foreign investment in 2025: commerce ministry
1 week, 2 days ago

China to further stabilize foreign investment in 2025: commerce ministry

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BEIJING -- China will work to further stabilize foreign investment in 2025, implementing measures to open up more fields and improve the business environment, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The ministry will also step up efforts to make China a favored destination for foreign investment, the spokesperson said, adding the country is also preparing a series of promotion …

Global firms foresee fairer biz environment
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Global firms foresee fairer biz environment

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From left to right: Ma Jun Senior, vice-president of Volvo Group, and president of Volvo Investment Co Ltd; Yu Yongjian, TotalEnergies China country chair; Ian Shih, president of Rockwell Automation China; Hideki Ozawa, executive vice-president of Canon, and president & CEO of Canon China. MA: The recently released 2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment is a strong signal of …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 5 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

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In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of trade in services, with the total …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

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In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of trade in services, with the total …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

China Daily  

In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of trade in services, with the total …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

China Daily  

In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of trade in services, with the total …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

China Daily  

In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of trade in services, with the total …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

China Daily  

english.gov.cn | Updated: Mar 3, 2025 In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of …

More measures in pipeline to expand opening-up
1 month, 1 week ago

More measures in pipeline to expand opening-up

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The skyline of Beijing. In the action plan released on Feb 19 to stabilize foreign investment in 2025, China rolled out a series of measures to further expand opening-up. The plan encouraged the pilot regions to explain and implement policies concerning foreign access to value-added telecommunications services, biotechnology and entirely foreign-owned hospitals, and carry out dedicated services for foreign-related projects …

Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms

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-- China is renewing its efforts to attract foreign businesses, pledging more engagement and unveiling an action plan to ease restrictions after inbound investment tumbled last year to its lowest in over three decades. The plan released by the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday is looking to stabilize foreign investment by vowing to remove all market access restrictions in the manufacturing …

Inviting policies whet investment appetites
2 months, 1 week ago

Inviting policies whet investment appetites

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An aerial drone photo taken on Sept 26, 2023 shows the Tesla Gigafactory in Lingang new area of the China Pilot Free Trade Zone in East China's Shanghai. China's continuously optimized business environment is boosting its attractiveness among foreign enterprises operating in the country, and they are indicating a higher willingness to increase investments in China, trade promotion officials said …

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization
3 months ago

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization

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LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Emphasizing that opening-up is a defining feature of Chinese modernization, President Xi Jinping has said that Chinese modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization. International cooperation in technology enhances China's innovation capabilities, and by expanding technological opening-up and collaboration, it can attract top global talents and institutions, thus facilitating the formation of cross-border research teams …

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization
3 months ago

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization

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LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Emphasizing that opening-up is a defining feature of Chinese modernization, President Xi Jinping has said that Chinese modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization. International cooperation in technology enhances China's innovation capabilities, and by expanding technological opening-up and collaboration, it can attract top global talents and institutions, thus facilitating the formation of cross-border research teams …

Corporations aim for more China presence
3 months ago

Corporations aim for more China presence

China Daily  

Multinational corporations have vowed to deepen cooperation with their Chinese partners and seize the huge opportunities presented by China's sharpened focus on bolstering technological innovation and industrial upgrade, reaffirming their long-term confidence in the world's second-largest economy. Shih said he appreciates China's various measures to boost opening-up, including the deepening of reforms in foreign investment, adding that "the supportive business …

Expanding high-level opening-up benefits China and world
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3 months, 1 week ago

Expanding high-level opening-up benefits China and world

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The National Immigration Administration announced on Tuesday that as of that day it would relax and optimize the transit visa-free policy, extending the stay period of foreigners with transit visa-free status from the original 72 hours or 144 hours to 240 hours. As the world's second-largest economy, China is committed to promoting economic globalization and international cooperation through unilateral opening-up, …

Expanding high-level opening-up benefits China and world
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3 months, 1 week ago

Expanding high-level opening-up benefits China and world

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A traveler from Poland takes photos at the Yuyuan shopping center in Shanghai on Dec 4. As the world's second-largest economy, China is committed to promoting economic globalization and international cooperation through unilateral opening-up, which is also conducive to promoting its own high-quality development and the building of an open economy. Expanding unilateral opening-up is also China's consistent policy toward …

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

A container ship leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province. China will continue to advance institutionalized opening-up, broaden market access for global businesses and advocate free trade agreements, fueling its economic growth and bolstering multilateralism in 2025, market observers and business executives said on Sunday. Noting that China gave the green light earlier this year for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals …

'Investing in China is investing in our future'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Investing in China is investing in our future'

China Daily  

Visitors check large aircraft parts from Swedish technology group Hexagon AB at its booth during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 5. And that 'investing in China is investing in our future'," Jean-Paul Agon, chairman of L'Oréal Group, told me during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai last month. Furthermore, China's outbound direct investment …

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

China will continue to advance institutionalized opening-up, broaden market access for global businesses and advocate free trade agreements, fueling its economic growth and bolstering multilateralism in 2025, market observers and business executives said on Sunday. Noting that China gave the green light earlier this year for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in selected cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, Liu …

'Investing in China is investing in our future'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Investing in China is investing in our future'

China Daily  

Visitors check large aircraft parts from Swedish technology group Hexagon AB at its booth during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 5. And that 'investing in China is investing in our future'," Jean-Paul Agon, chairman of L'Oréal Group, told me during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai last month. Furthermore, China's outbound direct investment …

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries

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An employee operates a touch panel in a workshop at a foreign-funded electronics manufacturing enterprise in Rongcheng, Shandong province, on Feb 23. "China's international fairs are really great platforms for African enterprises to find new opportunities, and purchasers usually consider our agricultural products to be good value for the money, thanks to China's zero-tariff treatment on most of them," said …

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries

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An employee operates a touch panel in a workshop at a foreign-funded electronics manufacturing enterprise in Rongcheng, Shandong province, on Feb 23. "China's international fairs are really great platforms for African enterprises to find new opportunities, and purchasers usually consider our agricultural products to be good value for the money, thanks to China's zero-tariff treatment on most of them," said …

Firms urged to sharpen global strategy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Firms urged to sharpen global strategy

China Daily  

Report says companies should explore new growth drivers in overseas markets As the global trade landscape continues to evolve, Chinese enterprises making forays into overseas markets should strengthen localized production and operation, and optimize the layout in global supply chains, while pooling more resources into technological innovation, to navigate challenges from escalating trade protectionism and geopolitical tensions, said experts and …

Beijing boosts foreign investment via business environment optimization
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing boosts foreign investment via business environment optimization

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. "Beijing has consistently prioritized improving its business environment as a crucial strategy to transform government functions, boost the vitality of enterprises, and strengthen the internal drivers of economic growth," Beijing's Deputy Mayor Sima Hong said. Tetsuro Homma, executive vice president of Panasonic Holdings Corporation and group chief executive for China & Northeast Asia, told Xinhua that …

Global firms mark up expectations of China
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Global firms mark up expectations of China

China Daily  

By CHENG YU | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-02 10:20 Delegates watch and take photos of a dancing humanoid robot during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 6. However, at the China International Import Expo, a major international event held in Shanghai in November each year, the brand growth cycle that used to be measured in …

Global firms mark up expectations of China
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Global firms mark up expectations of China

China Daily  

By CHENG YU | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-02 10:20 Delegates watch and take photos of a dancing humanoid robot during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 6. However, at the China International Import Expo, a major international event held in Shanghai in November each year, the brand growth cycle that used to be measured in …

Global firms mark up expectations of China
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Global firms mark up expectations of China

China Daily  

By CHENG YU | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-02 10:20 Delegates watch and take photos of a dancing humanoid robot during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 6. However, at the China International Import Expo, a major international event held in Shanghai in November each year, the brand growth cycle that used to be measured in …

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
4 months ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

By ZHONG NAN| China Daily| Updated :2024-11-28 When discussing the pace of innovation in China, Matthew Ye, the local head of French tire and mobility company Michelin, offers a perspective that differs from many senior executives in other parts of the world. "As a result, I must spend more time to push our local, European and Japanese engineers in China …

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
4 months ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

When discussing the pace of innovation in China, Matthew Ye, the local head of French tire and mobility company Michelin, offers a perspective that differs from many senior executives in other parts of the world. "As a result, I must spend more time to push our local, European and Japanese engineers in China to accelerate their innovation efforts," Ye said, …

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
4 months ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

WANG YANGYANG/FOR CHINA DAILY When discussing the pace of innovation in China, Matthew Ye, the local head of French tire and mobility company Michelin, offers a perspective that differs from many senior executives in other parts of the world. "As a result, I must spend more time to push our local, European and Japanese engineers in China to accelerate their …

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
4 months ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

When discussing the pace of innovation in China, Matthew Ye, the local head of French tire and mobility company Michelin, offers a perspective that differs from many senior executives in other parts of the world. "As a result, I must spend more time to push our local, European and Japanese engineers in China to accelerate their innovation efforts," Ye said, …

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
4 months ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

WANG YANGYANG/FOR CHINA DAILY When discussing the pace of innovation in China, Matthew Ye, the local head of French tire and mobility company Michelin, offers a perspective that differs from many senior executives in other parts of the world. "As a result, I must spend more time to push our local, European and Japanese engineers in China to accelerate their …

China pivotal to MNCs' global biz strategy
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4 months, 1 week ago

China pivotal to MNCs' global biz strategy

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Visitors check large aircraft parts from Swedish technology group Hexagon AB at its booth during the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 5. "As China's manufacturing sector undergoes transformation and upgrading, high-end manufacturing has become a key area for attracting foreign investment," Ji said. Apart from showcasing the latest products and technology solutions at its 600-square-meter booth, …

China pivotal to MNCs' global biz strategy
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4 months, 1 week ago

China pivotal to MNCs' global biz strategy

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Visitors experience lens products from German optical systems company ZEISS Group at its booth during the seventh CIIE in Shanghai on Nov 9. Highlighting that this grand event has established itself as a premier venue for global product debuts for seven years, Arnold Li, senior vice-president of Ingersoll Rand Inc, a US industrial goods manufacturer and seven-time participant at the …

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. On top of the national level import-themed expo, China has recently unveiled a series of initiatives, including broadened visa-free policies and eased investment restrictions, to open its doors even wider to foreign visitors, investors and business doers. This year's CIIE, running on Nov 5-10 in China's commercial hub of Shanghai, brings together participants from 152 countries, …

Shanghai's Pudong New Area to further open doors for foreign firms
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shanghai's Pudong New Area to further open doors for foreign firms

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A view of Shanghai's Pudong New Area. Continued opening-up in Pudong New Area of Shanghai will help to provide more business opportunities to multinational companies, said officials and companies' top executives. Zhu Zhisong, Party secretary of Pudong New Area, said at the meeting that Pudong will further promote institutional opening-up and better align with the international high-standard economic and trade …

China shines on opening up, as world openness level degrades
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China shines on opening up, as world openness level degrades

China Daily  

SHANGHAI -- The World Openness Index, gauging the openness levels of 129 economies from 2008 to 2023, shows that China remains one of the bright spots in a globally declining landscape of openness. The index was included in the World Openness Report 2024, which was released on Tuesday at the seventh Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai. "Various forms of …

Opening-up brings opportunities for foreign enterprises and talents
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opening-up brings opportunities for foreign enterprises and talents

China Daily  

This photo taken on Nov 4, 2024 shows the National Exhibition and Convention Center, the main venue for the 7th China International Import Expo which will be held from Nov 5 to 10, in East China's Shanghai. They said China's further efforts to deepen reform, expand opening-up, and promote high-quality development will bring more development opportunities to all enterprises, including …

Shanghai's Pudong New Area to further open doors for foreign firms
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shanghai's Pudong New Area to further open doors for foreign firms

China Daily  

A view of Shanghai's Pudong New Area. Continued opening-up in Pudong New Area of Shanghai will help to provide more business opportunities to multinational companies, said officials and companies' top executives. Zhu Zhisong, Party secretary of Pudong New Area, said at the meeting that Pudong will further promote institutional opening-up and better align with the international high-standard economic and trade …

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. On top of the national level import-themed expo, China has recently unveiled a series of initiatives, including broadened visa-free policies and eased investment restrictions, to open its doors even wider to foreign visitors, investors and business doers. This year's CIIE, running on Nov 5-10 in China's commercial hub of Shanghai, brings together participants from 152 countries, …

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment

China Daily  

Foreign companies are expressing strong interest in investing in China, with 90% of surveyed firms rating the business environment as satisfactory or higher. The country's economic growth and institutional openness are key drivers of this interest, with foreign companies planning to increase their investment in China by 2.07 percentage points from the previous quarter. The primary areas of investment include …

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest

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A view of CBD area in Beijing on June 20, 2023. China's ongoing progress in market openness, product innovation and business model transformation will secure its position as a strategic priority for multinational corporations, creating long-term financial returns, said market watchers and corporate executives on Thursday. According to a report released on Thursday by the China Council for the Promotion …

Trade, opening-up surging over years
6 months ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

In the early stages, foreign companies sent their managers, sales experts and engineers, along with product samples, to cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province to establish representative offices and test the viability of the Chinese market — particularly during the 1980s. With products manufactured in China being supplied to both domestic and international markets, foreign enterprises like France's …

Trade, opening-up surging over years
6 months ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

In the early stages, foreign companies sent their managers, sales experts and engineers, along with product samples, to cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province to establish representative offices and test the viability of the Chinese market — particularly during the 1980s. With products manufactured in China being supplied to both domestic and international markets, foreign enterprises like France's …

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

Q5 The plenary session has stressed that reform tasks laid out at the meeting shall be completed by the time the People's Republic of China celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2029. We have a firm belief in the market potential and future development of China and are encouraged by the country's shift toward a high-quality and sustainable growth model. Zheng: …

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

Left: Jens Hildebrandt, Vice-president of government relations at BASF Greater China. Editor's Note: These interviews with CEOs of major foreign firms gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2024 and beyond, in the wake of the momentous resolution adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China …

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

Left: Jens Hildebrandt, Vice-president of government relations at BASF Greater China. Editor's Note: These interviews with CEOs of major foreign firms gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2024 and beyond, in the wake of the momentous resolution adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China …

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

Left: Jens Hildebrandt, Vice-president of government relations at BASF Greater China. Editor's Note: These interviews with CEOs of major foreign firms gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2024 and beyond, in the wake of the momentous resolution adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China …

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

Q5 The plenary session has stressed that reform tasks laid out at the meeting shall be completed by the time the People's Republic of China celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2029. We have a firm belief in the market potential and future development of China and are encouraged by the country's shift toward a high-quality and sustainable growth model. Zheng: …

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