Daimler chairman: Competition benefits companies, customers

Dieter Zetsche is chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

Apart from economic development, what progress in other fields have you witnessed in China in the past 40 years?

China's successful economic development has paved the way for the country's remarkable progress in many fields over the past years. The country's ever-increasing innovative power can especially be seen in the field of artificial intelligence. And what impresses me personally is the people driving this transformation. From what I experienced, the Chinese are eager to adapt to change and embrace it - and that is something I can definitely relate to. When it comes to our work here, we do not focus on technologies only.