Zhou Xiaochuan: Addressing non-traditional security issues is crucial for economic recovery in the post-COVID-19 era

The Boao Forum for Asia Economic Security Conference held a symposium for Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs in Changsha on October 19, with more than 70 entrepreneurs' representatives attending the forum. Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, pointed out that the response to international political security and non-traditional security issues such as public health, climate change, and cyber security is crucial to the economic recovery in the post-epidemic era.

Zhou Xiaochuan said that whether the economic recovery in the post-epidemic era is smooth, smooth and balanced, whether international political security and non-traditional security issues such as public health, climate change, and network security can be effectively dealt with, and whether trade protectionist sentiments, economic sanctions, and investment barriers can be suppressed and resolved, will have a major impact on the microeconomics, requiring the government and the market, and requiring the joint efforts of the international community. In the face of the severe impact of the new crown epidemic and the complex and severe international situation, the Chinese government adheres to the supremacy of life, strengthens epidemic prevention and control, and consolidates economic growth, stabilizes employment, improves people's livelihood, promotes high-quality development and high-level opening up to the outside world through comprehensive measures, and builds a new development pattern.

Forum members and partners made keynote speeches on behalf of Li Lei, vice president of Sabic Corporation (SABIC) and president of North Asia, Zhao Dong, deputy general manager and deputy chief engineer of Wuliangye Co., Ltd., Zhang Yue, chairman and president of Yuanda Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ma Bin, vice president of Tencent Group, and Luo Kai, vice president of Zoomlion.

The participating entrepreneurs also completed the entrepreneur confidence questionnaire on the spot. From the entrepreneurs' speeches and questionnaire answers, it can be seen that despite the continuous intertwining of the century-old changes and the century epidemic, enterprises are full of confidence in the prospects of Asia and China's economy. Entrepreneurs have said that they are actively embracing the global sustainable development agenda, accelerating green and digital transformation through investment, production, research and development, going out and doing charity, promoting inclusive development, integrating into regionalization and globalization, and achieving more competitive, better quality and safer development.