摘要
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox,China’s Foreign Trade invited several foreign commercial officials and leader from foreign companies to share their points of view on the changes seen in the last year,as well as their New Year’s wishes and their expectations for 2021.In 2020,the pandemic influenced everyone in the world,as summarized by Victor Cadena,Vice Chairman of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in China:“Our organization and member companies has been influenced by COVID-19 in different ways,as has everyone.”According to Global Economy Outlook,the global economy contracted by 4.4%in 2020.All companies were faced with the challenge of how to survive the global pandemic.A survey released by the Ministry of Commerce shows that nearly 60%of foreign companies in China had an optimistic attitude.Some of our interviewees have lived in China for more than ten years;they believed the policies and measures implemented by the Chinese government were effective.However,they also found that business opportunities continued to emerge,through online meetings,data application,and innovations in medical health.The details are as follows.