On 23 October, Chargé d’Affaires Xie Yongjun was invited to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of Haier’s Australia-New Zealand Regional Headquarters and Fisher & Paykel’s Global Headquarters and deliver remarks. Participants included Nicola Willis, Minister of Finance; Penny Simmonds, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology; Liu Pengxiang, Vice Consul General of the Chinese Consulate-General in Auckland; Li Huagang, CEO of Haier Smart Home; Daniel Witten-Hannah, CEO of Fisher & Paykel, as well as representatives of parliament members of New Zealand’s major political parties.

Chargé d’Affaires Xie congratulated the successful inauguration of the Headquarters. He noted that China-New Zealand partnership is evolving - moving beyond traditional trade into technological innovation, green transformation, and future - focused industrial collaboration. As China and New Zealand prepare to celebrate the 55 years of diplomatic relations next year, we look forward to working together to leverage the development prospects offered by the 15th Five-Year Plan of China to nurture mutual trust and cooperation, empower industrial growth, improve people’s well-being, and jointly to pioneer smarter, greener and more sustainable ways of living.