Source: People's Daily - People's Daily
The 4th CIIE held the South Square of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Photo by Liu Hui, a reporter of this newspaper
President Xi Jinping's keynote speech was golden
Overcoming the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and promoting the innovative development of foreign trade, China was the only major economy in the world to achieve positive growth in trade in goods last year, making important contributions to ensuring the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain and promoting the recovery of the world economy.
Sail against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. We must grasp the general trend of economic globalization, support all countries in the world to expand opening up, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and push mankind towards a better future.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. Over the past 20 years, China has fully fulfilled its WTO accession commitments, and The total level of China's tariffs has dropped from 15.3 percent to 7.4 percent, lower than the 9.8 percent commitment to WTO accession; the Chinese central government has cleaned up more than 2,300 laws and regulations and more than 190,000 local governments, which has stimulated market and social vitality.
These 20 years are 20 years of China's deepening reform and comprehensive opening up, 20 years of China grasping opportunities and meeting challenges, and 20 years of China taking the initiative to assume responsibility and benefit the world.
Since joining the World Trade Organization, China has continuously expanded its opening up, activated the surging spring tide of China's development, and also activated a pool of spring water in the world economy.
China's development and progress in the past 20 years since china joined the World Trade Organization was achieved by the Chinese people working hard and stubbornly under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, and is also the result of China's initiative to strengthen international cooperation and practice mutual benefit and win-win results.
"Seeing out is knowing what is coming in, and looking at the past is knowing to coming." If a country and a nation want to rejuvenate, they must advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the tide of the development of the times.
China's determination to expand high-level opening up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization in a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction will not change.
China will unswervingly uphold genuine multilateralism. China will unswervingly share market opportunities with the world. China will unswervingly promote high-level opening up. China will unswervingly safeguard the common interests of the world.
"It is difficult for those who lift alone to rise, but it is easy for those who walk." The haze of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not dissipated, the road ahead of the world economic recovery is bumpy, and the people of all countries need to work together to overcome the difficulties. China is willing to work with other countries to jointly build an open world economy and let the spring breeze of opening up warm the world!
On the evening of November 4, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo by video and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Let the Spring Breeze of Opening Up Warm the World".
"We must grasp the general trend of economic globalization, support all countries in the world to expand opening up, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and push mankind toward a better future."
"China's determination to expand high-level opening up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization in a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction will not change."
"China is willing to work with other countries to build an open world economy and let the spring breeze of opening up warm the world!"
President Xi Jinping's words were sonorous and powerful, with far-reaching meanings, which triggered a warm response from people from all walks of life attending the meeting.
Argentine Ambassador to China Niu Wangdao said that Argentine President Fernandez was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Fourth CIIE and delivered a video speech, President Fernández highly agreed with President Xi Jinping's exposition on openness and cooperation, and looked forward to further strengthening cooperation between Argentina and China to jointly promote economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. More than 30 Argentine companies from different industries participated in the fourth CIIE through online and offline means, looking forward to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China. China unswervingly upholds genuine multilateralism and demonstrates the responsibility of a responsible major country.
Li Dongsheng, chairman of TCL Group, said that President Xi Jinping solemnly declared that "three will not change" and expressed China's willingness to work with other countries to build an open world economy, which makes us deeply encouraged. China has held four consecutive CIIE sessions, reflecting the responsibility and self-confidence of a big country. An open China will certainly be able to contribute more to the global economic recovery.
Xie Weibo, a member of the Danone Global Executive Committee, said that President Xi Jinping stressed that China is willing to work with other countries to build an open world economy, which will inject greater impetus into the global economic recovery and add stronger confidence to enterprises in all countries to share China's development opportunities. The pace of China's opening up is getting bigger and bigger and firmer. Danone has always been optimistic about the huge potential of the Chinese market.
Qian Jiannong, chairman and CEO of Fosun Tourism & Culture Group, said that the Expo is a big platform for China to open up cooperation and create and share with the world, and it is also a big stage for brands in various fields around the world to showcase their products and innovations to Chinese consumers. The holding of the fourth CIIE once again shows that China adheres to expanding high-level opening up and sharing development opportunities with the world.
Deloitte China Deputy CEO Jiang Ying said that in the 20 years since joining the World Trade Organization, China has handed over a bright answer sheet - China has become the world's second largest economy, the largest goods trading country, the use of foreign investment to rank first among developing countries. This is the result of China's initiative to strengthen international cooperation and practice mutual benefit and win-win results. The resilience and vitality of China's economy have played a "stabilizer" role in global economic recovery. China has demonstrated its responsibility as a major country in international anti-epidemic cooperation. It is believed that China will make greater contributions to addressing climate change and maintaining global food security and energy security.
Han Rui, vice president of JD Group, said that President Xi Jinping stressed that China will unswervingly share market opportunities with the world, which makes us feel very excited and feel the responsibility on our shoulders. The improvement and expansion of China's consumer market, openness and sharing, provide room for international brands to grow, and a large number of high-quality imported goods will better meet the needs of Chinese consumers. JD.com will work with more partners to integrate goods and services, online and offline, and contribute to the high-quality and sustainable development of China's consumer market and industrial chain.
Meng Zhu, chairman of Qualcomm China, said that China's expansion of high-level opening up will help create a more open and inclusive business environment; sharing development opportunities with the world will help activate more international innovation and cooperation; and promote economic globalization to develop in a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction, which will help promote global common development. All these will lay a more solid foundation for Qualcomm's industrial cooperation with China and be an important driving force for companies to increase investment in China.
The party secretary of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences weighed down that in his keynote speech, President Xi Jinping reviewed a series of important achievements made by China in the past 20 years since its accession to the World Trade Organization, as well as its significant contributions to the world economy. China's unswerving promotion of high-level opening up and sharing China's super-large-scale market potential and development dividends with other countries will inject strong impetus into the recovery of the world economy in the post-epidemic era.
Faberi, president of L'Oréal North Asia and CEO of China, said that every year at the Expo, I listen carefully to President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony. "Open cooperation" is the constant key word. In today's world, only openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation are the broad road to sustained and rapid development. The scheduled holding of the fourth CIIE highlights China's strong economic strength and active market atmosphere, and also shows China's great power style of leading the global economic recovery and sharing development opportunities with the world.
Yu Xubo, chairman of GM Technology Group, said that President Xi Jinping's keynote speech fully demonstrated China's confidence and determination to unswervingly promote high-level opening up, and demonstrated China's responsibility and mind for sharing development and prosperity with other countries.
LEGO Group CEO Ni Zhiwei said that President Xi Jinping's proposal that "China's determination to expand high-level opening up will not change", which further strengthens our confidence in continuing to deepen the Chinese market. We are deeply aware of China's continuous improvement in the business environment. Thanks to the high-quality development of China's economy and society, the LEGO Group's business in China has maintained double-digit growth for many years, and we are full of confidence in the future development.
Tong Jisheng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of Orient International (Group) Co., Ltd., said that the important spirit of President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Expo should be implemented. The Group will adhere to open cooperation, strengthen the "four businesses" integration function of exhibitors, distributors, direct purchasers and service providers, and take the construction of the Hongqiao Import Commodities Exhibition and Trading Center, the perennial trading platform of the Expo, as the starting point and path, and promote the reform and transformation of foreign trade.
Song Weiqun, senior vice president of Johnson & Johnson Global and chairman of China, said that President Xi Jinping proposed "four unswerving" in his keynote speech, highlighting China's determination to expand high-level opening up and share opportunities with all parties, and opening up more space for multinational enterprises to develop in China. Johnson & Johnson has participated in the Expo for 4 consecutive times, the booth area has expanded year by year, the exhibits are more abundant, and the first launch of new products continues to be made, and the harvest is full. We continue to be optimistic about the Chinese market and look forward to sharing opportunities and common development in the process of promoting high-quality development in China.
Chen Jie, secretary of the Baoshan District Party Committee of Shanghai Municipality, said that Baoshan is making every effort to build a gateway to the northern hub of Shanghai. We will thoroughly implement the spirit of President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Expo, actively promote the strong chain, supplementary chain and solid chain of the industry, give full play to Baoshan's advantages in the platform economy of bulk materials and industrial product supply chains, and actively participate in the international cooperation and sharing of green and low-carbon technologies.
(Reporters Meng Xianglin, Yang Xun, Tian Hong, Luo Shanshan, Qiang Wei, Yan Huan, Shen Wenmin, Yin Peng, Wang Ke, Gao Shi, Wang Di, Ji Peijuan, Ji Juesu)
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People's Daily (05/11/2021 05 edition)