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On November 4, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled "Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World" at the opening ceremony of the Fourth CIIE.
President Xi Jinping said, "China has always believed in what it says and will do what it does. The measures to expand opening up announced by me at the third CIIE have been basically implemented. ”
This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, and in the context of the century-long changes in the world and the intertwining of the epidemic of the century, President Xi Jinping made clear in his speech the "three determinations" and "four unswerving" for China to adhere to opening up. He said that the haze of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not yet 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.
As President Xi Jinping said, "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." Public data show that gdp in the first three quarters of this year increased by 9.8% year-on-year, injecting "Chinese power" into the global economy.
"This fully reflects China's determination and commitment to unswervingly promote high-level openness, share market opportunities, and promote global economic recovery." Wang Yunfeng, president and chief executive officer of HSBC China, told the Daily Economic News that global economic cooperation is facing new opportunities and challenges, and in this context, the significance of the Expo has surpassed trade itself.
"The sea is full of rivers, and there is tolerance is great." It was Wang Hao, President of Siemens Healthcare Greater China, who had the greatest feeling about the Expo after listening to President Xi Jinping's keynote speech. He said: "The Expo has gone beyond the significance of the exhibition, but a gravitational field and source, where various international and domestic innovative enterprises and innovative resources are interconnected and empowered." Siemens Healthcare is also "boosting" the platform of the Expo, "introducing" more global cutting-edge technologies, and also helping China's innovation "go global".
Also in the medical device exhibition area, Zhou Xiaolan, President of Bayer Group Greater China, said that China has become one of the most important pillars of Bayer's global business, the world's largest market in the prescription drugs division, the second largest market in the world in the health consumer goods division, Bayer firmly supports China's economic globalization and determination to open up to the outside world, and is full of confidence in the Chinese market.
In the view of Shan Guohong, global senior vice president of Takeda Pharmaceutical, in recent years, while China has continued to expand its opening up, it has introduced a series of measures to continuously optimize the business environment, providing institutional guarantees for multinational enterprises to invest in China, creating a more perfect and optimized investment environment, and continuously increasing the confidence of enterprises to invest in China.
President Xi Jinping's keynote speech also strengthened Skechers' confidence and determination to develop and invest in China. Chen Weili, CEO of Skechers China, South Korea and Southeast Asia, said that in the 20 years since joining the World Trade Organization, the business environment in the Chinese market has been continuously optimized, providing unprecedented opportunities for the majority of foreign-funded enterprises, and with the increase of opening up and high-quality development requirements, the Chinese market will surely enter the next period of accelerated development.
"The negative list of cross-border trade in services in the Hainan Free Trade Port has been introduced and implemented, the reform and innovation of the free trade pilot zone has been continuously promoted, the access of foreign investment has been continuously relaxed, the business environment has continued to improve, the negotiation of the China-EU investment agreement has been completed, and the domestic approval of the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement has been completed first..." When Dumano, president of the Greater China Region of Essilu Lusun Tika, heard that the commitments of the third CIIE had been implemented one by one, his heart was encouraged.
"We are deeply admired for such strong execution, which reflects the integrity and pragmatism of the Chinese government." At the same time, it also allows us to witness once again China's determination to continue to promote opening up in the post-epidemic era. As an "old friend" of the Expo, this year's Essilor Lusun Tika debuted at the Expo as a new identity after the merger, Dumano said that the first exhibition of four innovative products in the field of vision health will better meet the changing vision health needs of people around the world.
CIIE is a national platform for China to promote the "double cycle" strategy and promote foreign exchanges, providing a window for multinational enterprises, including Bayer, to showcase their innovative strength and advanced technology. This year, Zhou Xiaolan is also looking forward to working with local innovative enterprises to jointly promote innovation and high-quality development in the fields of medical health and agricultural sciences, and help the times.
Facing the future, Wang Hao further said that the "four unswerving" emphasized in President Xi Jinping's speech, especially in the service industry such as medical care, unswervingly promote high-level opening up, and also let enterprises see China's unremitting efforts to "promote the medical and health innovation ecosystem and build a human health community".
As President Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech: "It is difficult for lone travelers to rise, but it is easy for many walkers to follow." "Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has provided the international community with about 350 billion masks, more than 4 billion protective clothing, more than 6 billion test reagents and more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccines, actively promoted international anti-epidemic cooperation, supported the exemption of vaccine intellectual property rights to developing countries, and fulfilled its commitments and showed its responsibility with practical actions."
In the field of medicine and health, some exhibitors have felt that China's biomedical industry is being integrated into the global innovation system. Shan Guohong said that we believe that China will become one of the world's most influential major innovation sources in the future, and Takeda Pharmaceutical is full of confidence in this and will continue to increase its weight in China, committed to introducing more world-first, best-in-class innovative drugs and breakthrough therapies into China. In the face of multiple challenges such as the epidemic, Wang Hao said that Siemens Healthcare takes it as its mission to meet the most urgent medical needs of Chinese people, and innovates and changes to make medical care more accurate, more humane and more inclusive in the future.
The holding of the Expo has injected valuable momentum into creating a dialogue platform for domestic and foreign enterprises seeking development, providing growth opportunities, promoting multilateral and bilateral cooperation, and jointly exploring innovative models. In his keynote speech, President Xi Jinping said that China will actively participate in cooperation between the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G20, APEC, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other mechanisms to promote the strengthening of trade and investment, digital economy, green and low-carbon and other fields of discussion.
As an international financial institution participating in the Expo for four consecutive years, Wang Yunfeng, President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC China, said that green and innovation are an important support for the high-quality development of China's economy and an opportunity for global enterprises to expand their business in China. China's "double carbon" goal of green business opportunities and the accelerating development of the digital economy have brought new growth momentum to international trade and investment under the impact of the epidemic.
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