跨国公司领导人青岛峰会由山东省人民政府和中华人民共和国商务部共同主办。2019年10月，习近平主席专门向首届峰会发来贺信，指出“举办跨国公司领导人峰会，聚焦跨国公司同中国合作，既是对跨国公司发展的展望，更是中国推动更高水平对外开放的宣示”。

Qingdao Multinationals Summit(QMS) is jointly sponsored by Shandong Provincial Government and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’ s Republic of China. At the opening ceremony in October, 2019, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the first QMS, stressing that “the QMS, focusing upon enhancing multinationals’ cooperation with China, represents China’s envision for their development and, more importantly, manifests the determination of the country to open even wider to the outside world.”