SHANGHAI Mayor Ying Yong met Steve Mollenkopf, chief executive officer of Qualcomm Inc, last Thursday.

Ying said the China-US relationship is the world’s most important bilateral relationship. Their economic and trade ties are the cornerstone of this relationship.

He said Shanghai is China’s economic center and frontline of reform and opening. The city is taking advantage of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to increase trade and investment and promote economic globalization to a higher level.