State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony of the 5th Silk Road International Expo and China East West Cooperation, Investment and Trade Fair
The opening ceremony
On May 11, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Silk Road International Expo and China East West Cooperation, Investment and Trade Fair in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
Wang Yi said that the theme of this Silk Road Expo is "interconnection, co construction and sharing", it aims to promote the coordinated development of Eastern, central and western regions of China, speed up the Belt and Road with high quality. Promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The Chinese side welcomes all new and old friends to attend the meeting to discuss the way of win-win cooperation and build a road of joint development.
Wang Yi said that Belt and Road initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013, China has signed cooperation documents with 140 countries and 31 international organizations and jointly carried out a large number of practical cooperation projects, building a "Belt and Road" is continuing to move forward along the direction of high quality development. Since 2020, the novel coronavirus pneumonia has been impacted by the epidemic. China and the Belt and Road cooperation partner including Central Asian countries have been watching each other, making efforts to cope with difficulties, increasing trade contacts, deepening investment cooperation and improving the mechanism platform. Belt and Road construction is going ahead, and a series of not easily won new progress and achievements have been achieved. With our joint efforts, "Belt and Road" is becoming a cooperative way to unite and meet challenges, to maintain the health of people's health and safety, to promote the recovery of economic and social recovery, and to release the growth potential of development potential.
Wang Yi said President Xi Jinping delivered keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia, we will also push one new goal of building Belt and Road with high quality. For the new situation Belt and Road and another direction, has been pointed out in a clearer and clearer direction. At present, all countries are faced with the arduous task of fighting the epidemic, stabilizing the economy and protecting people's livelihood. It is more necessary to work together to overcome the difficulties, Belt and Road cooperation will be further strengthened and the world economy will recover and grow at an early date. Wang Yi puts forward four points for this:
First, facing the challenge of the epidemic situation and comprehensively deepening public health cooperation. "Belt and Road" partners should strengthen solidarity, carry out information sharing and joint prevention and control, strengthen international cooperation in vaccine research, production and distribution, and achieve the accessibility and affordability of vaccines in China.
Second, focus on connectivity and consolidate the foundation for higher level linkage development. "Belt and Road” run parallel partners should speed up the "easy access" and "green channel" for freight transport, and strengthen the "hard link" of infrastructure such as railways, highways and ports, and go all the way to promote the "soft link" of rules, deepen cooperation in digital interoperability, and create a new pattern of interoperability for all directions.
Third, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win situation and build a higher quality platform for economic and trade cooperation“ "Belt and Road" partners should jointly uphold the multilateral trading system, promote the construction of free trade zones, build an open world economy, accelerate cooperation in emerging fields such as cross-border electricity suppliers, cloud exhibition and so on, and continuously improve the quality and level of economic and trade cooperation.
Fourth, focus on green development and create a model project for sustainable development"Belt and Road" partners should jointly seek the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and strengthen cooperation in green infrastructure, green energy, green finance and other fields, and create more pragmatic cooperation results, and make more contributions to the realization of sustainable development.
Wang Yi stressed that this year is the beginning year of the implementation of the "14th Five Year Plan" in China, and the beginning of a new journey for building a socialist modernization country in an all-round way. China will accelerate the construction of a new development pattern with the domestic and international double cycles as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles promoting each other, the Belt and Road, and the other way of building a stronger power, larger space and better path. The potential of China's super large market will be further fully released, creating more demand and opportunities for the world. Shaanxi is the starting point Belt and Road and one important link. Belt and Road is becoming an important window for China to open to the outside world in an all-round way. We welcome friends from all sides to fully grasp the new opportunities of Shaanxi's opening up and cooperation and China's deepening reform and opening up, discuss cooperation and seek common development, and jointly create a bright future of mutual benefit and win-win results.
The First Vice Premier and Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic of the host country, Sulk, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic of the host country, the Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Karzakabayev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Mohiridin, Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Melidov, and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Kamilov, attended the opening ceremony by video and delivered speeches respectively. Foreign guests highly appreciate Belt and Road and another, which has made great achievements.Belt and Road, is expected to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields and strengthen international cooperation in anti epidemic efforts, so as to promote the early recovery of the regional and world economy.
Wang Yi, together with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, held an online opening ceremony for the Central Asia Pavilion of the 5th Silk Road International Fair and visited the Exhibition Hall of the Fair.
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