Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the opening ceremony of Honeywell’s newly emerging market headquarters and innovation center.

It was held at the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone in Wuhan, capital city of Central China’s Hubei province, on May 19.

Premier Li said that, with importance attached to the Chinese market and production base, Honeywell maintains long-term cooperation with China, leading to mutual development.

He expected the new project in Wuhan will, in a smarter and safer way, develop and produce high quality products to meet consumer demands, and use science to improve the life of people in China and other countries as well as promote social progress.

He added that, in the face of economic downward pressures at home and aboard, the Chinese government’s determination to deepen reform and opening-up will remain firm, and the promise of encouraging foreign companies to increase investment in and cooperation with China will not change.

The government will continue efforts to build a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment, where enterprises of different ownerships, both domestic and foreign, will be treated equally, he added.

And enterprises from all countries are welcomed to grab opportunities provided by China’s expanded opening-up, to achieve win-win results.