- "The biggest risk is not being in China and therefore losing global competitiveness."

- "In China, you need to be innovative and also powerful. We need to get it more efficient."

- "We have the confidence that China continues the way of opening up, of developing a high-quality economy and step up."

On China's investment appeal, Xinhua's Zheng Kaijun talked to some German businesspeople in China for their digests and observations on the ground over the years. Across industries, many of them say that China is where multinational companies can keep a faster pace and stay at the forefront.

Produced by Xinhua Global Service