(Focus on Boao) Xi Jinping: "Building walls" and "decoupling" are harmful to others

  China News Service, Boao, April 20. The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia 2021 Annual Conference was held in Boao, Hainan on the morning of the 20th. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech in a video format.

He emphasized that artificial "building walls" and "decoupling" violate the laws of economics and market rules, harming others and detrimental to oneself.

  Xi Jinping pointed out in the keynote speech that we must open up and innovate and create a prosperous future.

Opening up is the only way for development and progress, and it is also the key to promoting economic recovery after the epidemic.

We must promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, deepen regional economic integration, consolidate supply chains, industrial chains, data chains, and talent chains, and build an open world economy.

  Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to deepen the building of interconnection partnerships, promote infrastructure connectivity, and unblock the blood and meridians of economic operation.

It is necessary to seize the historical opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, vigorously develop the digital economy, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and modern energy, so that the achievements of scientific and technological innovation can better benefit the people of all countries.

In the era of economic globalization, openness and accommodation is an unstoppable historical trend. The artificial "building of walls" and "decoupling" violates economic laws and market rules, harming others and detrimental to oneself.

  In the keynote speech entitled "Together in the same boat to overcome difficulties, destiny and create a better future", Xi Jinping also pointed out that we must work together to create a healthy and safe future.

The war epidemic is still going on, and victory will eventually come.

We must uphold the people's supremacy and life first, strengthen information sharing and joint prevention and control, improve the level of health and medical cooperation, and give full play to the key role of the World Health Organization.

It is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in vaccine research and development, production, and distribution, and improve the accessibility and affordability of vaccines in developing countries, so that people in all countries can truly use and afford them.

  Xi Jinping emphasized the need to comprehensively strengthen global public health security governance and jointly build a human health and health community.

We must adhere to the concept of green development, jointly promote international cooperation in addressing climate change, and step up the implementation of the Paris Agreement to address climate change.

It is necessary to adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and address the concerns of developing countries in terms of funding, technology, and capacity building.

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