Source: People's Daily
On May 18, President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit, putting forward four suggestions for joint efforts to defeat the epidemic, revitalize trade and investment, adhere to innovation-driven, and improve global governance, and reiterated China's determination and important measures to adhere to expanding high-level opening up. International sources interviewed by this reporter believe that President Xi Jinping's speech has pointed out the direction for global economic recovery and trade cooperation, and China has insisted on expanding opening up, promoting win-win cooperation, and demonstrating the responsibility of a responsible major country.
"Pointing the way for the current world economic recovery"
"It is necessary to support the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core, maintain the security and stability of the global industrial chain supply chain, enlarge the cake of cooperation, and make the development results better benefit the people of all countries." These propositions point the way to the current world economic recovery. Tang Longgong Wu Sen Tilangu, deputy director of the Thailand-China "Belt and Road" Cooperation Research Center, said that in today's economic globalization, international economic and trade exchanges and cooperation are very frequent. Only by adhering to the multilateral trading system and promoting the transformation of the world's economic momentum, mode change, and structural adjustment can the world economy embark on the track of healthy and stable development.
Nasser Busheba, President of the Moroccan Association for China-Africa Cooperation and Development, said: "In the current complex and changeable situation, President Xi Jinping's 4-point proposal is heartening. China's overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and economic development and sharing opportunities with the world are particularly important for the vast number of developing countries. ”
Yu Shougen, president of the Korea-China Global Association of South Korea, said that China has formulated appropriate epidemic prevention policies according to its national conditions, which has guaranteed the life safety and physical health of Chinese people to the greatest extent. At the same time, China actively provides vaccines to developing countries and promotes the building of a community of human health. China's anti-epidemic achievements have not only promoted its own steady development, but also contributed to the steady recovery of the world economy.
"China is the main provider of anti-epidemic materials around the world and has provided great help to developing countries, including Sudan, in fighting the epidemic." Sultan's Minister of Health, Haisam, said that China has made outstanding contributions in the fight against global solidarity against the epidemic. "China sent a team of medical experts to help us establish an epidemic prevention medical system. It is hoped that in the future, we will strengthen cooperation with China in the field of health, jointly defeat the epidemic and promote economic and social development. ”
Felix Valdivieso, director of the Center for China Studies at IE University in Spain, said that China's global development initiative is conducive to the common development of all countries in the world. At the same time, China firmly supports the improvement of global governance and the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which are crucial.
"Creating a more equitable, united and innovative environment for cooperation"
Scientific and technological innovation is an important engine for the development of human society and a powerful weapon for coping with global challenges. President Xi Jinping pointed out that we should adhere to innovation-driven. It is necessary to tap the potential of innovation and growth, jointly strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, formulate rules on the basis of full participation and consensus, and create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for the development of science and technology.
"Global public health events and the changing international environment have made people think about new ways of development and cooperation and explore new economic growth points. Among them, the digital economy and digital technology have become an important driving force for economic and social development. Fernando Reyes, director of the Center for Latin American China Studies at the University of Andrés Bello in Chile, said that countries and regions around the world need to work together to break down barriers and "create a more equitable, united and innovative cooperation environment."
The deputy governor of the Hungarian Central Bank, Bautaoi Mihaj, said that China has made amazing development achievements in the field of green economy and digital economy, playing a stabilizing role in the recovery of the world economy, "scientific and technological innovation is the driving force of world economic growth, and China will make greater contributions to the world in these fields."
Benjamin Magna, editor-in-chief of the international edition of The Guardian in Tanzania, said That China is at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation and shares the fruits of its development with other countries. "In Africa, Chinese companies are actively developing clean energy, helping the development of the local digital economy, and helping the construction of talent teams through various forms of online and offline training, benefiting many African countries."
"Demonstrates China's determination to continue to promote global governance"
"President Xi Jinping once again reiterated the practice of the global governance concept of consultation, co-construction and sharing, demonstrating China's responsibility as a responsible major country and showing China's determination to continue to promote global governance." Masam Oha, president of the Nepal Chinese Society, said that today's world is in a major change unprecedented in a century, and economic and trade development must be based on mutual trust, inclusiveness and fairness, and all countries need to work together to cope with global challenges.
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, Gorzegorz Kołodko, said that multilateralism and economic globalization are an unstoppable trend, and China has a clear understanding and clear policy on this. The fight against the epidemic has made the world further realize that we should devote more energy to jointly addressing global challenges such as climate change, and unite and cooperate to coordinate economic activities. "Only dialogue, joint efforts and shared responsibility are pragmatic and desirable." China's smart economic policies will play a more important role in reinvigorating the world economy. ”
Pierre Picard, a professor at the University of Paris VIII in France and an expert on China issues, said that China continues to expand high-level opening up and continue to optimize the business environment, which is good news for the global economic recovery. "China has always practiced multilateralism with practical actions. In the current situation, it is all the more necessary for all countries to cooperate in addressing risks and challenges, practicing multilateralism through consultation and dialogue, and achieving common development and prosperity. ”
Paulo Robert, a researcher at the BRICS Policy Research Center in Brazil, said that at a time when the global epidemic is repeated and economic inflation is high, pragmatic cooperation is a necessary option for countries around the world to achieve economic recovery. This year is the "Year of China" of the BRICS countries, through years of pragmatic cooperation, the brics countries have increasingly expanded the influence of multilateralism in the international arena, providing a platform for cooperation and development for the vast number of developing countries. "It is hoped that the BRICS countries will play a greater role in upholding and practicing genuine multilateralism, promoting global economic recovery and sustainable development, and moving towards a better future together!"
(Beijing, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, Warsaw, Cairo, Seoul, Brussels, Paris, Brasilia, Johannesburg, Khartoum, May 19, reporters Yan Huan, Zhao Yipu, Li Xiaoxiao, Yu Yang, Zhou Hui, Ma Fei, Niu Ruifei, Liu Lingling, Shao Shijun, Yan Yunming, Su Hang)
People's Daily ( 2022-05-20 02 edition)