By fully tapping the technologies in logistics and supply chain management, the shops can bring down the product price by an extra 10 percent to benefit the chain's member customers, said Mark den Butter, chief operation officer of ochama.

ochama首席运营官Mark den Butter表示，通过充分利用物流和供应链管理方面的技术，这些商店可以将产品价格额外降低10%，使连锁店的成员客户受益。

"At a time of incredible disruption in retail landscape across China, it's vital to have a digital savvy, innovative leader to continue the remarkable work Yuen has done over the past few years heading up our business in China," said Dirk Van den Berghe, Walmart's EVP, Global Sourcing and Regional CEO - Asia.

Van den Berghe said: "From the moment we first learned of the novel coronavirus threat, Yuen poured himself into the response effort, first ensuring the health and safety of our associates, then working with government officials to keep our retail units open so that customers could access essential goods and services.

"Even it costs more than usual, we will not increase the product price," said Roy Van Den Hurk, general manager of product of Milk New Zealand Dairy.

Dirk Van den Berghe, executive VP and regional CEO of Walmart Canada & Asia, said: "As Project Gigaton gains momentum, it will not only have a substantial impact on sustainability in China, but will also help our suppliers improve their competitiveness and deliver more innovative products to consumers in China and to export markets worldwide.

The owners of eight businesses from Britain and other parts of Europe got the chance to pitch their ideas to a group of superrich Chinese investors at London’s Mansion House on Tuesday in a competition that was similar to the TV show Dragons’ Den.

Ollie Shiell, founder of Asiability, equates the event to the popular reality television show Dragons’ Den, in which business owners compete for investment from a panel of wealthy venture capitalists.

"We've tasted the sweetness at the CIIE, and we certainly can't miss such a great opportunity," said Roy van den Hurk, general manager of Theland Global R&D at Milk New Zealand Dairy, an "old friend" to the CIIE.

Thousands of miles away, Roy van den Hurk, general manager of Theland Global R&D at Milk New Zealand Dairy, is busy applying for his visa to attend the coming 2022 expo.

"China's huge consumer market helps foreign trade enterprises like us to find opportunities in the green food industry and promote global economic recovery," said van den Hurk, who has participated in the event three times before.

The expo has helped the New Zealand company to embark on the "fast track" of development in China, van den Hurk noted, as Theland products are now even available on the shelves of supermarkets in small counties in central and western China.

"China's huge consumer market helps foreign trade enterprises like us to find opportunities in the green food industry and promote global economic recovery," said van den Hurk, who has participated in the event three times.

The expo has helped the New Zealand company to embark on the "fast track" of development in China, van den Hurk noted, as Theland is now even available in supermarkets in small counties in central and western China.

"We see huge potentials in the trade between the two countries," said Dany van den Heuvel, representative of NCHK.

Bob in den Bosch, senior vice-president of global sales at the Shanghai-based startup, said: "We want to see our cutting-edge lidar technology adopted by leading automotive makers and become a mainstream component in series-production vehicles.

Among them, Luc Van Den Hove, president of the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), and Rob Van Kranenburg, founder of the European IoT Council, hailed China's progress in developing the technologies and expressed wishes to cooperate with local enterprises via videos.

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