We are excited and inspired by President Xi Jinping's speech – in particular, his clear message that the Chinese Market is a world market, a shared market, a market for all, and that the opening-up measures announced at last year's China International Import Expo (CIIE) have been implemented to the full.

Looking ahead, Henkel will continue to invest in China to bring the best of our global innovations, brands and technologies to our consumers and customers, while growing with the nation together. We are also looking forward to the establishment of a "dual cycle" development pattern, whereby domestic and foreign markets can boost each other, to provide a better environment for the development of foreign enterprises in China and open a new chapter of shared opportunities and development in the post-pandemic era. By building end-to-end capabilities to better serve the China market, and implementing business initiatives under our strategic framework of Purposeful Growth, Henkel will continue contributing to the industrial upgrading and development of China.