Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 27. President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 17th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on the 27th.
Xi Jinping emphasized that in 2013, I proposed to work with ASEAN countries to build the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and jointly build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
In the past seven years, China-ASEAN relations have become the most successful and dynamic model of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and a vivid example of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
In the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the two sides watched and helped each other to overcome the difficulties.
The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the destinies of the people of all countries have never been so closely connected as they are today.
China regards ASEAN as the priority direction of neighboring diplomacy and a high-quality key area for jointly building the “Belt and Road”, and is willing to promote cooperation with ASEAN in various fields, maintain the good momentum of prosperity and development in the region, and build a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future.
First, enhance strategic mutual trust and in-depth docking of development plans.
Relying on the construction of new land-sea corridors, strengthen infrastructure interconnection cooperation, accelerate the construction of existing economic corridors and key projects, and actively build a China-ASEAN multimodal transport alliance.
Next year is the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue relations. China is willing to work with ASEAN to build a higher-level strategic partnership.
Second, enhance economic and trade cooperation and accelerate the overall recovery of the regional economy.
Further implement the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.
China hopes that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will take effect as soon as possible.
Unblock trade, promote investment, open markets to each other, and promote the deep integration of industrial chains, supply chains, and value chains.
Under the premise of ensuring the prevention and control of the epidemic, measures have been taken to facilitate the movement of people and the flow of goods.
Promote Lancang-Mekong cooperation and China-ASEAN Eastern Growth Area cooperation.
Third, promote technological innovation and deepen cooperation in the digital economy.
Create more new cooperation highlights in smart cities, 5G, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, big data, blockchain, telemedicine and other fields, and strengthen data security protection and policy communication and coordination.
Build a China-ASEAN information port and create a "digital silk road".
Fourth, to enhance anti-epidemic cooperation and strengthen public health capacity building.
Strengthen policy dialogue, information sharing and vaccine cooperation.
After the vaccine is put into use, China will actively consider the needs of ASEAN countries, provide financial support for the ASEAN Anti-epidemic Fund, train 1,000 health administrative personnel and professional and technical personnel for ASEAN, and jointly build an emergency medical supplies reserve and public health emergency liaison mechanism.
Xi Jinping emphasized that next year China will embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.
China will unswervingly expand its opening up, and the space for cooperation between China and ASEAN will be broader.
In conclusion, Xi Jinping said that he hoped that the two sides could create more business opportunities, reap more results and work together to create a more prosperous and beautiful future through this grand event.