Mr Musk also met with Mr Chen Jining, Shanghai’s party secretary, on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Photos and a video of Mr Musk’s visit late on Wednesday– the automaker’s biggest production hub – showed him holding up a “Giga Shanghai” sign, flanked by hundreds of staff including Mr Tom Zhu, head of global manufacturing.
He also met Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter said. Mr Ding is the sixth highest-ranked leader in the Politburo Standing Committee, the top governing body led by President Xi Jinping.China values its relationship with Tesla and in 2019, Mr Musk had a one-on-one meeting with then premier Li Keqiang.
Little is known of the conversations he had with Chinese government officials so far. The sources, who were not authorised to speak to media and declined to be identified, did not provide details of Mr Musk’s discussions with Mr Ding or Mr Chen.
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