On 4 July Gilbert was invited by Caijing (probably the most open news medium in China) to join the Summit in China World.

Pictured are among others Li Rongrong (Chairman of SASAC) and Liu Chuanzhi, Chairman of Legend Holdings Ltd (mother company of Lenovo).
Much of the talking was of course on the economy, stimulus plan etc. The usual.
As for the topic “Cooperation and responsibilities of Transnational Companies”, of course the Chinese side requested the MNC (or you prefer here, the TNC) to “invest more in China, not to fire people, to do more R&D, to be involved in CSR”.
We all can agree on that – as long as MNC (and all other foreign companies in China” are protected for their IPR and have fair market access as a “domestic enterprise”. The EUCCC remains positive, see here the latest:
PRESS RELEASE (EUCCC)
European Chamber welcomes Premier Wen’s statement on maintaining an open market environment in China
Beijing, 3rd July, 2009. The President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Joerg Wuttke, in an address this afternoon to the Main Forum of the Global Think Tank Summit in Beijing, hailed recent comments by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that underline China’s commitment to maintaining an open market environment.
Said Mr. Wuttke: “We welcome Premier Wen’s strong statement on the 25th of June that China will not discriminate against foreign enterprises or products. European businesses in China hope to see more concrete measures to ensure this position will be well implemented across the board.”
In his remarks, Mr. Wuttke also noted that European businesses in China are eager to see a quick and comprehensive conclusion of the Doha round of WTO talks.
“We need a signal that the world is moving on, and that a stronger WTO mechanism is being put in place,” he stated.
The inaugural session of the Global Think Tank Summit opened in Beijing on Thursday and will run until Saturday evening. The event, which is organized by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), brings together political and business leaders from China and around the world to discuss remedies for the global financial crisis and the future development of the world economy.