Jan Kreibaum, regional president for greater China and South Korea, Clariant

The slowdown of China's economic growth rate is in conformity with the nation's economic development and is actually a pragmatic development. We believe this new adjustment will help to drive China to healthy, sustainable, long-term and stable development.

As a specialty chemicals company, Clariant puts more focus on capturing new and high-value growth opportunities specific to meet China's new megatrends, rather than only concerning the GDP growth rate. We have a strategy to become a true "China Insider", which means that we continuously listen to our customers and deeply understand our market.

We seek to discover current and future unmet needs, and then develop solutions accordingly, especially in supporting China's transformation to a more sustainable economic model.