U.S. executives, from Apple to Eli Lilly, revamp their push into the world's second-largest economy at the China Development Forum

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BEIJING — As corporate giants navigate U.S.-China tensions, more than 80 global executives, from Apple

to Eli Lilly

, traveled to Beijing this weekend for the annual state-organized China Development Forum.

The executives’ remarks reflected renewed interest in capturing the Chinese consumer, after years of uncertainty from the Covid-19 pandemic, slower growth and U.S. trade tensions.