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2021 Eurasian Economic Forum opens in Xi'an

source：Silk Road Dialogue Committee|Release time：2021-10-22|Number of views：

On October 18, 2021, the Eurasian Economic Forum opened in Xi'an by combining online and offline. Ba Teer, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, attended and delivered a keynote speech.
Moldova’s Deputy Speaker Batreencha, the Second Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran Abdul Reza Mesri, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Norov, and Provincial Party Secretary Liu Guozhong delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Governor Zhao Yide presided over the opening ceremony. Han Yong, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li Hui, Special Representative of the Chinese Government for Eurasian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fang Hongwei, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee and Secretary-General of the Provincial Committee, Wei Zengjun, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Yue Huafeng, Chairman of the Xi'an Political Consultative Conference attended.
Parita Kohona, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China, Elisabetta, Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia to China, Zhang Haizhou, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Azembakiyev Mulatek, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , Song Weishan, Consul General of the Cambodian Consulate General in Xi'an, Huang Liqing, Consul General of the Thai Consulate General in Xi'an, and guests from 46 countries and regions including Armenia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus attended the conference.
Ba Teer pointed out that after President Xi Jinping proposed the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, countries in Europe and Asia have responded positively, participating, cooperating, and benefiting from each other. Practice has proved that the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” has opened up new space for world economic growth and has made new contributions to enhancing the well-being of the people of all countries.
Ba Teer emphasized that the Eurasian Economic Forum is an important platform for inheriting the spirit of the Silk Road and discussing mutually beneficial cooperation. The theme of this forum is "Grasp new opportunities for cooperation and embark on a new journey of development". It is of great significance to build a platform for exchanges and cooperation between countries in Europe and Asia. It is hoped that all parties will take this opportunity to further promote the deepening and solidification of Eurasian cooperation, high-quality construction of the "Belt and Road", and contribute to the promotion of regional and global economic development and prosperity.
Liu Guozhong said in his speech that at present, Shaanxi is earnestly studying and implementing the important instructions of Chairman Xi Jinping’s visit to Shaanxi to inspect important speeches, give full play to the advantages of science and education, resources, location, and culture, and accelerate the creation of a highland of inland reform and opening up to better serve and integrate into new developments. Structure, composing a new chapter in the high-quality development of Shaanxi. We hope to take this Eurasian Economic Forum as an opportunity to deepen pragmatic cooperation with Eurasian countries in science and technology, industry, economy and trade, low-carbon, and culture, and jointly contribute to the high-quality co-construction of the “Belt and Road”.
Through extensive dialogues between politics, business, enterprises, industry, academia, and research, this forum will strengthen policy communication, and work together to grasp the new opportunities of regional coordinated development and economic recovery, further release the potential of regional cooperation, enhance the level of regional cooperation, and expand regional development Space, explore new ways to realize regional development, and work together to promote the real and deepening of Eurasian cooperation.
This forum adopts the "conference + exhibition" model, including the opening ceremony of the forum and the plenary meeting, the business leaders meeting and the economic and trade cooperation meeting and other conference activities, as well as the Eurasian Economic Forum Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo and the China (Shaanxi) Import and Export Commodities Exhibition to promote Form positive and pragmatic economic and trade results.