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TOGETHER, FOR CHANGE

The 2022 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is scheduled to take place in Boao, a resort town in the island province of Hainan, on April 20-22. In separate interviews with Beijing Review reporter Tao Xing, Leon Wang, Executive Vice President, International and China President of multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, and Elizabeth Gaines, CEO of Australia-based mining firm Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), shared their companies’ plans to expand business in China. They also applauded the BFA’s success as a platform for regional cooperation. Edited excerpts of their views follow:

Leon Wang, Executive Vice President, International and China President of AstraZeneca

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