President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo
On the evening of November 4th, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo via video and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 4th. On the evening of November 4th, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo via video and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World".
President Xi Jinping pointed out that it is a great pleasure to meet all the guests and old and new friends attending the 4th China International Import Expo “The Cloud”. China has always believed in words and resolute in deeds. The opening-up measures that I announced at the third CIIE have been basically implemented. China has overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and promoted the innovative development of foreign trade. It was the only major economy in the world that achieved positive growth in trade in goods last year. It has made important contributions to ensuring the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain and promoting the recovery of the world economy. At present, economic globalization is facing a countercurrent. Traveling against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. We must grasp the general trend of economic globalization, support countries around the world in opening up, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and push mankind towards a better future.
President Xi Jinping emphasized that openness is a distinctive mark 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 commitments and continuously expanded its opening up, which has activated the surging spring tide of China's development and has also activated the spring water of the world economy. These 20 years have been 20 years for China to deepen reforms and fully open up, 20 years for China to seize opportunities and meet challenges, and 20 years for China to take the initiative to take responsibility and benefit the world. China's development and progress in the past 20 years is the result of the Chinese people's hard work and tenacious struggle under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. It is also the result of China's initiative to strengthen international cooperation and practice mutual benefit and win-win results. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all people from all walks of life at home and abroad who participated in and witnessed this historical process and supported China's open development!
President Xi Jinping emphasized, “Seeing to know how to enter, and viewing the past to know the future.” For a country and a nation to rejuvenate, it must advance in the logic of historical advancement and develop in the trend 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 toward a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction will not change.
First, China will firmly safeguard true multilateralism. The multilateral trading regime with the WTO at its core is the cornerstone of international trade. Right now, the multilateral trading regime faces challenges. China supports the WTO reform in moving in the right direction. We support the inclusive development of the multilateral trading regime, as well as the legitimate rights and interests of the developing members. China will take an active and open attitude in negotiations on issues such as the digital economy, trade and the environment, industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises, uphold the position of the multilateral trading regime as the main channel for international rules-setting, and safeguard the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
Second, China will firmly share market opportunities with the rest of the world. China has a population of over 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million people. Our annual import in goods and services is valued at around US$2.5 trillion. All this offers an enormous market. Going forward, China will lay more emphasis on expanding import, and pursue balanced development of trade. China will open more demonstration zones for creative promotion of import trade, optimize the catalogue of retail imports via cross-border e-commerce, encourage the on-site processing of imported goods from trading between border residents, and increase imports from neighboring countries. China will better integrate its domestic and foreign trade, speed up the development of international consumption center cities, promote Silk Road e-commerce, build modern logistics systems, and shore up the capacity of cross-border logistics.
Third, China will firmly promote high-standard opening up. China will further shorten the negative list for foreign investment, and expand the opening of telecommunication, healthcare and other services in an orderly fashion. China will revise and enlarge the encouraged industry catalogue to guide more foreign investment toward sectors such as advanced manufacturing, modern services, high and new technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, and toward the central, western and northeastern regions. China will conduct stress tests for high-standard opening up in pilot free trade zones and the Hainan Free Trade Port, and will release a negative list for cross-border trade in services in the pilot free trade zones. China will deeply engage in international cooperation on green and low-carbon development and the digital economy, and work actively for joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA).
Fourth, China will firmly uphold the common interests of the world. China will take an active part in cooperation within the United Nations, the WTO, the G20, APEC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other institutions, and promote more discussions on such issues as trade and investment, the digital economy, and green and low-carbon development. China will support the fair distribution of and unimpeded trade in vaccines and other key medical supplies across the world. China will promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation so that more countries and peoples will benefit from its development opportunities and real outcomes. China will actively join in global efforts to tackle climate change and safeguard food and energy security, and provide more assistance to fellow developing countries within the framework of South-South cooperation.
President Xi Jinping finally emphasized, as a Chinese proverb reads, “The going may be tough when one walks alone, but it gets easier when people walk together.” As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc and the global economy faces a bumpy recovery, it is all the more imperative that people around the world pull together to tide over this difficult time. China stands ready to work with all countries to build an open world economy so that the spring breeze of openness will bring warmth to all parts of the world.
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