China’s MIIT Vice Minister Xiong Jijun meets AmCham China delegation in Beijing

The choice of MIIT as the venue, and of NEVs, IT and AI as the topics, signals that Beijing is keeping the industrial-policy door open to foreign business even as broader trade tensions persist. For AmCham members in autos and tech, this is a channel worth noting, since ministry-level engagement often precedes concrete regulatory treatment. What remains unstated is whether this is routine dialogue or the start of something more substantive; whether follow-up meetings or working groups emerge is the open question.