Elon Musk wrapped up his first visit to China in years. Here’s what the Tesla CEO was up to

Elon Musk left Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a whistle-stop tour of China in which the billionaire met with top officials, praised the country’s technology development and visited Tesla’s Gigafactory.

China is one of Tesla’s most important markets for sales and production and Musk, over the years, has offered lots of praise for the world’s second-largest economy.

Musk’s visit to China, his first in three years, comes as the country looks to portray a friendly environment for foreign business amid geopolitical tensions with the U.S. and following years of strict Covid controls that have made the...