Healthcare giant's man sees bright future for China R

When Frank Pitzer first visited China, in 2000, he could tell the country was developing rapidly by looking at the infrastructure being built.

Two years ago, when he officially relocated to the country as general manager of Swiss healthcare giant Roche Diagnostics' new factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, development was still the theme, but with "tremendous changes" due to a new focus on research and development.

Pitzer joined in the Suzhou project in October 2013. He flew regularly to China for preparatory work in 2015 and moved to the city in early 2016 to break ground on the project.