[1/5] Tesla Chief Govt Officer Elon Musk walks at Shanghai Hongqiao Worldwide Airport in Shanghai, China June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Tune
SHANGHAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Govt Elon Musk departed Shanghai Thursday morning, wrapping up a two-day journey to China by which he met authorities ministers, a key battery provider and visited the automaker’s greatest manufacturing hub.
Photographs of Musk’s go to to Tesla’s Shanghai manufacturing unit late Wednesday confirmed him holding up a “Giga Shanghai” signal, flanked by tons of of employees together with head of worldwide manufacturing Tom Zhu.
“A really rewarding day!,” Grace Tao, Tesla’s China-based public affairs chief, mentioned in a social media submit with the images.
Earlier within the journey, Musk met with China’s international, commerce and business ministers in Beijing the place he additionally dined with the chairman of battery provider Up to date Amperex Expertise Co Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ).
Since his arrival in China on Tuesday morning, the U.S. billionaire has been showered with reward from the Chinese language public however Musk himself has been uncharacteristically silent and has but to make any public statements.
Little is thought of the conversations he had with Chinese language authorities officers to this point.
The business ministry solely mentioned Musk and its head exchanged views about improvement of electrical autos and related automobiles; the commerce ministry introduced he mentioned Tesla’s improvement in China with its minister.
The U.S. billionaire’s personal jet took off from Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport at 11:23 a.m. native time for Austin, Texas, the place Tesla’s world headquarters is positioned, based on flight-tracking platform Variflight.
Reporting by Brenda Goh, Zhang Yan and Nicoco Chan; Enhancing by Edwina Gibbs
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