Xi Jinping invites you to gather in the "cloud" feast

　　In the late autumn, on the banks of the Huangpu River, many merchants gathered, and the Fourth China International Import Expo was in full swing. On November 4, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech by video at the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo, extending sincere wishes to the visitors gathered in the "cloud": "Hello everyone! I am very pleased to gather with you on the occasion of the opening of the 4th China International Import Expo. First of all, on behalf of the Chinese government and the people of Chinese, and in my own name, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all guests! To all new and old friends, I would like to express my sincere greetings and best wishes!"

　　Words must be believed, and deeds must be fruitful. Xi Jinping pointed out: "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. The negative list of cross-border trade in services in the Hainan Free Trade Port has been introduced, the reform and innovation of the pilot free trade 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. 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. "As the world's first import-themed national exhibition, CIIE, a pioneering move in the history of international trade development, is a major decision made by China to promote a new round of high-level opening up, and a major measure for China to take the initiative to open its market to the world." It has successfully held three sessions of the Expo, and the benefits brought by each session are enormous. The total exhibition area of this expo was further expanded, reaching 366,000 square meters, a total of 58 countries and 3 international organizations participated in the national exhibition, and nearly 3,000 exhibitors from 127 countries and regions appeared at the enterprise exhibition, and the number of countries and enterprises exceeded the previous session. Exhibitors spanning five continents, covering developed, developing and least developed countries, and countries along the "Belt and Road" have participated enthusiastically... Chinese has always paid attention to honesty, and idioms praising the spirit of honesty, such as standing wood for faith, one word for nine dings, one promise for thousands of gold, and one word that is difficult to chase, all reflect the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation that are engraved in the bones. As the host, China has fulfilled its promises with practical actions, sent the expanded opening list of "full of dry goods" to all countries in the world, created new opportunities for the development of global trade in services, and boosted confidence in the recovery and development of the global economy.

　　Expand opening up and break through the predicament. Xi Jinping stressed: "At present, the century-old changes in the world and the epidemic situation of the century are intertwined, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and economic globalization has encountered adverse currents. Relevant studies have shown that the 'World OpenNess Index' has been declining in the past 10 years, and the global consensus on openness has weakened, which deserves great attention. 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. "For the world economy, which is still shrouded in the haze of the new crown epidemic, the Expo will bring special value to countries around the world." In the first three quarters of this year, China imported nearly $2 trillion, an increase of 32.6% year-on-year, and the scale hit a record high. According to the latest data from the WTO, In the first half of this year, China's import international market share increased by 0.7 percentage points year-on-year, reaching 12%, contributing 15% of the global import increase... This figure fully illustrates the importance of opening up wider to the outside world. China firmly believes that the general trend of countries moving towards opening up and cooperation has not changed and will not change. We must stand on the correct side of history, stand on the side of human progress, and constantly accelerate the pace of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

　　Embrace the world, establish yourself. Xi Jinping pointed out: "Openness is a distinctive symbol of contemporary China. 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 China's total tariff level has been reduced from 15.3% to 7.4%, which is lower than the 9.8% WTO accession commitment; China's central government has cleaned up more than 2,300 laws and regulations, and local governments have cleaned up more than 190,000, which has stimulated market and social vitality. Since the outbreak of covid-19, 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 past 20 years, China's total economic volume has risen from the sixth place in the world to the second place, the trade in goods has risen from the sixth place in the world to the first place, the trade in services has risen from the eleventh place in the world to the second place, the use of foreign capital has steadily ranked first in developing countries, and the outward direct investment has risen from the twenty-sixth place in the world to the first place." 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. "In the 20 years since joining the WTO, we have shouldered our responsibilities and created greater contributions to the world while developing ourselves. As Xi Jinping said in his speech, "Since joining the World Trade Organization, China has continuously expanded its opening up, activating the surging spring tide of China's development and activating a pool of spring water in the world economy." "China's development and progress in the past 20 years since joining 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." Under the strong leadership of the Party, China, the world's largest developing country, has gradually leapt into the world's second largest economy after reform and opening up, creating a miracle of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that is rare in the world. China has developed together with the world in the course of opening up, and has continuously given back to the world in the course of opening up. China's contribution rate to world economic growth has been about 30% for many consecutive years, and China's opening up and development has brought important opportunities to all countries, injected strong impetus into economic globalization, and made important contributions to world economic growth.

　　Four firm, showing determination. Xi Jinping pointed out: "'Seeing out is knowing what is coming in, and looking at the past is knowing what is coming.'" If a country and a nation are to be rejuvenated, 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. "The Expo is a bridge to promote global economic development and a big platform to promote economic cooperation and exchanges among countries, for this reason, Xi Jinping has put forward the "four firmnesses" to show China's unswerving confidence and determination to promote high-level opening up. "First, China will unswervingly uphold genuine multilateralism." "Second, China will unswervingly share market opportunities with the world." "Third, China will unswervingly promote high-level opening up." "Fourth, China will unswervingly safeguard the common interests of the world." Word by word, it shows the style of a big country in which China leads the global economic recovery and shares development opportunities with the world, and reveals its unswerving determination to expand opening up in an all-round way and its ambition to expand cooperation with other countries to achieve win-win results. Proceeding from the responsibilities of major countries, we strive to advocate that all countries safeguard the overall situation of economic globalization, adhere to multilateralism, improve global governance, unswervingly expand opening up, work with all parties to create an open and inclusive open linkage, and build an open pattern of land, sea and domestic linkage, all-round mutual benefit, so as to promote international cooperation and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

　　Hand in hand with peers to grow together, against the trend to create brilliant. As Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech: "'It is difficult for those who move alone, but it is easy for those who do it.'" '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!" (Text/Learning Army, November 6, 2021) WeChat public account: Learning Army WeChat id: xuexidajun