On September 9th,Mr. Yin Li, Vice Secretary of Sichuan Provincial Committee of the CPC and Governor of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, met with Mr. Ishrak, Global Chairman and CEO of Medtronic.

　　Mr. Yin Li said that with a large population as well as the accelerating economic and social development and aging process in Sichuan Province, there is increasing demand of medical service and great potential of pharmaceutical market here. Therefore, we are willing to open up more to welcome Medtronic and all the well-known pharmaceutical and medical equipment enterprises at home and abroad to invest and develop in Sichuan Province. Besides, we will create more favorable conditions and provide better government services to help enterprises take their roots and produce high-quality pharmaceutical products in Sichuan, thus people here can live a healthier and happier life.

　　Mr. Ishrak said that in recent years, Medtronic has made considerable progress in its cooperation with Sichuan. Therefore,they will continue to distribute resources and projects of highquality in Sichuan.With the huge opportunity of development here, Medtronic and Sichuan Province will serve for human health all over the worldby their joint efforts to seize the global medical market.

　　Mr. Zhu Hexin, Vice Governor of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and Mr. Tang Limin, Secretary General of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, attended the meeting.