US Companies Plan a Resurgence of Executive China Travel

Key Takeaways

• Roughly 50 percent of respondents’ CEOs plan to visit China in the first half of 2023, and nearly 75 percent of respondents are planning for non-CEO senior executives to return to China during that period for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
• Meetings with employees, customers, and suppliers are the most important factor in company decisions around travel.
• Meetings with the Chinese government are more of a moderate priority for travel, and attending conferences ranked lowest.