BEIJING : Global drugmaker AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in China that 'loves the Communist Party', its China president said at an event on Friday. Wang Lei, who is also the company's global executive vice president, made the comments at an event in the eastern city of Wuxi which the fir
BEIJING : Global drugmaker AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in China that"loves the Communist Party", its China president said at an event on Friday.
While many local companies have in recent years publicly pledged allegiance to the ruling Chinese Communist Party as President Xi Jinping strengthened the party's role throughout Chinese society and its economy, such messaging is still unusual from foreign companies.
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