Premier Li Keqiang delivered a video speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on the afternoon of November 13.
Li Keqiang said that the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic has posed a serious threat to the lives and health of people in all countries, and the world economy is experiencing the worst recession since World War II.
As a close neighbor and important partner of China, ASEAN's trade and investment have grown against the trend in the context of the global economic downturn. The trade volume has increased by 5%, and China's investment in ASEAN has increased by 76.6% year-on-year.
ASEAN has become China's largest trading partner, and both sides have closer economic ties and closer industrial ties.
Li Keqiang briefly introduced the current economic situation in China. He said that we coordinated the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic development, and timely and decisively introduced effective and reasonable macroeconomic policies to respond to the impact of the epidemic.
After hard work, China's economy resumed positive growth in the first three quarters and stabilized the basic market.
This is not easy for a country with a population of 1.4 billion.
Li Keqiang pointed out that our policy of helping enterprises to relieve difficulties and stimulating the vitality of market entities focuses on small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in order to stabilize employment and stabilize the economic fundamentals.
Stabilizing employment depends on market players.
We continue to promote tax and fee reductions, deepen the reform of “delegating power, regulating services,” improving the business environment and stimulating the vitality of hundreds of millions of market players.
China's daily new market players have returned to the level of the same period last year.
It is precisely because of the preservation of hundreds of millions of market entities that employment and people's livelihood are effectively guaranteed.
The Chinese people are resilient, and China's market players have firm confidence in the future.
It is now safe to say that China's economy can achieve positive growth this year.
Among the world's major economies, China has taken the lead in achieving recovery growth.
Li Keqiang pointed out that we are soberly aware that we still face many difficulties and challenges, not only the economic recession and the shrinking trade, but also the continued rise of protectionism.
We will uphold the concept of a community with a shared future, continue to promote cooperation with ASEAN countries, safeguard multilateralism and free trade, and safeguard world peace and development.
-Resolutely maintain a peaceful and stable development environment.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations.
President Xi Jinping pointed out at the general debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly that the theme of peace and development has not changed, and the people of all countries have stronger expectations for peaceful development, cooperation and win-win results.
Over the past 75 years, Asia has gone from turbulence to peace, from confrontation to cooperation, and from poverty to prosperity.
We are well aware of the importance of maintaining regional peace and stability. This is not only a requirement for business and investment development, but also helps shape long-term stability and improvement expectations.
-Efforts to promote regional economic integration.
China has always advocated promoting free trade under the framework of the World Trade Organization, promoting economic integration at the regional level, and letting the "two wheels" turn together.
Since the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area ten years ago, the content has been continuously enriched and the level has been gradually upgraded.
It is expected that the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) will be signed during the East Asian Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, which will send a positive and clear signal to regional economic integration and economic globalization.
We are willing to strengthen the convergence of development strategies with ASEAN countries on the basis of mutual benefit and win-win results, and promote cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road".
-Fully promote the recovery of the regional economy.
For many years, East Asia has played an important leading role in the world economy. Under the current background, we should still shoulder this responsibility.
All countries must work together and work together to promote regional economic recovery and development, towards prosperity, which will also inject strong impetus into the recovery of the world economy.
In this process, we must not only carry out advanced technology and cooperation among large enterprises, but also create new cooperation highlights in the fields of small, medium and micro enterprises.
Li Keqiang pointed out that next year will usher in the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN.
"Thirty-year-old", the year that China-ASEAN relations entered into existence, they have already "established". I believe they will become more mature, and they will develop together in the direction of mutual benefit and win-win, and constantly create new prospects for business and investment cooperation, and further benefit China. And the people of ASEAN countries will also help maintain regional and world peace, stability and prosperity.