Common Opening, Sharing Responsibility and Common Development——Interpretation of Chairman Xi Jinping's Keynote Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd China International Import Expo

　　Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, November 4 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　Shanghai, China, along the Huangpu River.

The "four-leaf clover" blooms as scheduled, once again embracing the guests from all over the world.

　　"China's holding of this global trade event as scheduled under the premise of ensuring the safety of epidemic prevention reflects China's sincere desire to share market opportunities with the world and promote the recovery of the world economy."

　　"Let the Chinese market become a world market, a shared market, and everyone's market, injecting more positive energy into the international community."

　　On the evening of the 4th, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Import Expo via video, once again issuing China's initiative to promote the construction of an open world economy, showing China’s new blueprint for development, declaring new measures for open cooperation, and delivering In the new era, China is determined to deepen reforms, expand opening up in an all-round way, and share a positive signal of a bright future with the world.

"Three Commitments" to issue a Chinese voice of openness and cooperation

　　Showcasing the latest results in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, revealing the secrets of smart medical laboratories and cutting-edge medical equipment... At this year's CIIE, the 12,000-square-meter "Public Health and Epidemic Prevention Zone" attracted a large number of Fortune 500 and industry-leading companies.

　　"Under the background of the global spread of the epidemic and the severe international economic and trade situation, the scheduled holding of the CIIE has allowed the world to witness China's courage and determination to continue to promote high-level opening up." said Zhou Hong, President of Roche Pharmaceuticals China.

　　The total exhibition area has expanded by nearly 30,000 square meters compared with the previous exhibition, the number of Fortune 500 exhibitors has reached the previous scale, the exhibition area of ​​30 least developed countries has exceeded 4,000 square meters, and the number of registered purchasers has reached 400,000...The global new crown pneumonia epidemic is large In the context of fashion, the "More and Better" CIIE has once again ignited the enthusiasm of guests from Wuzhou to go to the "Oriental Pact".

　　Openness brings progress, and cooperation can achieve win-win results.

　　Today, the world's major changes unseen in a century are entering a period of accelerated evolution. The new crown pneumonia pandemic has a far-reaching impact, economic globalization is facing a countercurrent, and the outlook for the world economy is sluggish.

　　"The general trend of countries opening up and toward cooperation has not changed. We must join hands to jointly respond to risks and challenges, strengthen cooperation and communication, and jointly expand opening up." Facing the question of the times, President Xi Jinping's words are firm.

　　As the world's first national-level exhibition with import as the theme, the CIIE has always been a vivid portrayal of the promotion of economic globalization, demonstrating China's broad-mindedness.

　　At the first and second CIIE, President Xi Jinping put forward China's initiative to promote the construction of an open world economy.

At this CIIE, he once again called on all countries to actively promote open cooperation and achieve common development:

　　——We must commit ourselves to promoting mutual openness through cooperation and win-win;

　　——We must commit ourselves to promoting common openness through cooperation and sharing;

　　——We must commit ourselves to advancing the common openness of cooperation and co-governance.

　　The three "commitments" embody President Xi Jinping's profound thinking on the future development of the world:

　　"This epidemic reminds us that all countries are a community of shared destiny, and no one can stand alone in the face of major crises. Unity and cooperation are the inevitable choice to deal with challenges."

　　"Big countries should take the lead in demonstrating, major economies should lead by example, and developing countries should take active steps to promote the common development of the world through common openness and shared responsibilities."

　　"Faced with the challenges brought by economic globalization, unilateralism and protectionism should not be allowed to undermine the international order and international rules, but the global economic governance system should be reformed in a constructive manner to better seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."

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　　"We support the great concept of a'community with a shared future for mankind' put forward by President Xi Jinping. Unilateralism and protectionism are by no means the answer to the current challenges." Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Malape said.

　　"The CIIE provides an important platform for African countries and enterprises." South African President Ramaphosa said that Africa-China unity and multilateral cooperation are not only the key to defeating the new crown pneumonia epidemic, but also the key to defeating any other difficult challenges.

Accelerating the construction of a new development pattern will better benefit all countries in the world

　　Laox, a comprehensive duty-free enterprise under Suning, brings many Japanese products that Chinese consumers love; Carrefour brought more overseas brands to the show, the number of exhibits doubled, and the scale of procurement increased...

　　"The CIIE fully links the international market and the domestic market. It has not only become a stage for the concentrated display of high-quality products and services in the world, but also an important driving force for the mutual promotion of the domestic and international dual cycles." said Zhang Jindong, chairman of Suning Holding Group.

　　The new chapter of the "14th Five-Year Plan" will begin, and China is about to embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.

Entering a new stage of development and adapting to the new situation and needs, China has clearly defined the "construction drawings" for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern in the new blueprint for the next 5 and 15 years.

　　Speaking of win-win cooperation, President Xi Jinping emphasized: "We must adhere to the concept of win-win cooperation, trust instead of suspicion, join hands instead of punching, negotiate instead of verbal abuse, and focus on the common interests of all countries, and promote economic globalization toward more openness. , Inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction."

　　Speaking of the new development pattern, President Xi Jinping reiterated: "This is by no means a closed domestic cycle, but a more open domestic and international dual cycle. It is not only China's own development needs, but also will better benefit the people of all countries."

　　Dai Hegen, chairman of China National Chemical Engineering Group Co., Ltd., said that the opening-up platform built by the CIIE has injected strong momentum into China's high-quality development, provided Chinese companies with two international and domestic markets and two resources, and also provided countries around the world. The people provide a "Chinese opportunity" for development.

　　President Xi Jinping pointed out that China has a population of 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million. It is the world's most promising large market.

"It is estimated that the cumulative import value of goods in the next 10 years is expected to exceed 22 trillion US dollars."

　　"The new development pattern that China is striving to build allows us to see more new development opportunities." Siemens Greater China President and CEO Herman said, hoping to better integrate into the "internal cycle" of China's economic development and continue to use digitalization The innovative technology creates a better life for people.

　　At the CIIE, Pfizer Group, which has been in China for 31 years, displayed five innovative products and will sign a series of cooperation agreements.

　　"I hope that with the help of the CIIE, a global trade event, I can effectively integrate into China's new development pattern and jointly realize the vision of building a healthy China." said Wu Kun, chief operating officer of Pfizer Biopharmaceutical Group China.

The four measures demonstrate China's determination to expand its opening up in an all-round way and inject more positive energy into the international community

　　The CIIE is not only an exhibition for China to import goods from the world, but also a window for the world to observe China's opening up.

　　"Next, China will uphold the belief in openness, cooperation, unity, and win-win, and unswervingly expand its opening up in an all-round way." President Xi Jinping's sonorous words once again demonstrated China's broad mind in opening up to the world.

　　Practical measures-to stimulate import potential, continue to expand market opening, continue to relax market access, continue to improve the opening pattern, continue to optimize the business environment, continue to deepen multilateral and bilateral cooperation... At each CIIE, China has made a contribution to the world A solemn declaration of opening up.

　　Enormous promises-the implementation of the Foreign Investment Law, the negative list of foreign investment access has been further shortened, the pilot free trade zone has been continuously expanded, and import tariffs have been further reduced... Each of China's opening-up commitments has been fulfilled one by one and landed one by one.

　　In the new era, share the future.

　　Build a new highland of opening up, promote the innovative development of foreign trade, continue to optimize the business environment, and deepen bilateral, multilateral, and regional cooperation... President Xi Jinping revealed four measures in his speech, once again making a strong voice for opening up to the world.

　　This is a pragmatic action to create a new pattern of openness——

　　In the Lingang New Area of ​​the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, which was established more than a year ago, Tesla completed the construction of the factory to the first batch of electric cars to the store in just 11 months, and ran an amazing “Lingang speed”.

　　This is a positive measure focusing on development and innovation——

　　In the first three quarters of this year, the cumulative growth rate of China's foreign trade imports and exports turned positive for the first time this year.

During the epidemic, cross-border e-commerce import and export trade volume rose instead of falling, becoming an important force in stabilizing foreign trade.

"Digital foreign trade makes the world smaller and business bigger. We must speed up the improvement of the new digital foreign trade track to help small and medium-sized enterprises move goods globally." said Zhang Kuo, general manager of Alibaba International Station.

　　This is a strong effect of enhancing the business environment release——

　　"China continues to expand its opening up, build an open and equal business environment, and treat both domestic and foreign capital equally. This has brought more convenience to the development of multinational companies, including Schneider Electric, in China, and made us more confident in long-term planning and Development." said Yin Zheng, executive vice president of Schneider Electric and president of China, who participated in the exhibition for three consecutive years.

　　This is a positive action to join hands with the world-

　　"China's commitment to further promote economic globalization will not be limited to holding one or two exhibitions, but will be transformed into a continuous process. This is a very positive result." Former WTO Director-General Azevedo highly affirmed China's promotion of open cooperation Unremitting efforts.

　　Standing at a new starting point, China will welcome guests and friends from all over the world with a broader mind, and continue to write more wonderful stories of win-win cooperation with the world.

(Reporters Han Jie, Qi Zhongxi, Yu Jiaxin, Sun Yi, Wang Zhuolun, He Xinrong)