Jon Stanton, CEO of The Weir Group PLC, poses for a photo at the Fortune Global Forum in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, Dec 6, 2017. [Photo by Lu Haoting/chinadaily.com.cn]

I think it is a very exciting opportunity for companies to expand and grow in China and work more closely together. My company is relatively small in China. But the new policies, including the Belt and Road Initiative, and the continuous transformation of the Chinese economy present great opportunities for companies like us to participate in the growth, and the opportunities will be great in the future.

China is hugely important to the global economy, in terms of domestic growth and also the way China wants to participate more internationally and share its growth with other countries around the world. Both domestically and around the world, I think the future is very exciting. It is great to be part of it.