Samsung Chairman Meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang for the First Time in 19 Years... Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Also in Attendance

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee JeYeon met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 26th. Li, who visited Korea for the Japan-China-Korea summit,
The prime minister met with Samsung Electronics, the only Korean company to hold a separate meeting. The meeting was attended by Samsung Electronics's recently appointed head of semiconductor business, Chon Young-hyun, the company's president and CEO.
Samsung Electronics's Roh Tae-moon, head of the mobile experience division (president) of the device experience division, and Samsung Electronics' Park Hak-kyu, president of the management
In addition, Samsung SDI CEO Choi Yun-ho, Samsung Display CEO Choi Ju-seong, and Samsung
Also in attendance were Samsung China President Yang Geol and Samsung Electronics President and CEO Kim Won-kyung of Global Public Affairs.
From the Chinese side, Secretary-General of the State Council Wu Zhenglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli, and Foreign Minister Ma Chaoxu
The meeting between Chairman Lee and Premier Li was the first in 19 years since 2005. Premier Li also met with then-Zhejiang Provincial Secretary Xi Jinping during his visit to Korea in 2005.
During his visit to Korea, he also met with Chairman Lee for the first time in 19 years.
Chairman Lee told Prime Minister Lee on the same day, "Samsung and its
"We are deeply grateful to our partners for their support in helping us overcome the crisis," he said.
Permission to operate charter flights for Samsung Electronics' personnel traveling to China; prevention of interruption of production at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor factories during the trial blockade; early approval of Samsung SDI Battery's core partner during the Shanghai blockade
Prime Minister Lee also said that Samsung Electronics has been managing the Samsung Electronics booth every year since the first China International Import Expo was held in November 2018.
The China International Import Expo is an exhibition of imported products attended by more than 3,000 foreign-funded companies. In particular, Prime Minister Li visited Samsung's booth at last year's event and offered words of encouragement.
Samsung is the only company that has visited our booth for six consecutive years since the first fair. I hope that Samsung will continue to develop further in China in the future. Samsung is already an excellent company, but
"We will achieve even greater success through our activities in China," he said. Meanwhile, Samsung is not only expanding its business in China, but also continuing to implement various social contribution programs that contribute to social development.
Samsung has ranked first in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assessment of foreign-invested enterprises in China published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for 11 consecutive years since 2013.
Samsung has been providing training to middle and high school students in China since 2013 with the aim of cultivating human resources in the science and technology fields.
The university also hosts a science competition called "Solve for Tomorrow" for high school and university students.
To this end, the company is running the Samsung STEM Girls Program for female students aged 12 to 16. In addition, since 2015, the company has been working with the China FuPu Foundation to support rural tourism.
The city is also promoting the "Sharing Village Project" to encourage self-reliance in the local community.