(A closer look at China) Economic globalization meets the reverse current, why does Xi Jinping say that he wants to warm the world with openness?

  China News Service, Shanghai, November 5th, title: Economic globalization meets the headwind, why does Xi Jinping say to warm the world with openness?

  China News Agency reporter Huang Yuqin

  At the critical stage of recovery after the global economy suffered the impact of the new crown epidemic, the 4th China International Import Expo has arrived as scheduled, and the annual Oriental Pact welcomes guests again.

  At present, the haze of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not cleared, and the world economic recovery has a bumpy road ahead. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the CIIE on the 4th, expounding China's policy choices in this critical period.

He emphasized that China is willing to work with other countries to build an open world economy and let the spring breeze of openness warm the world.

  The international community has been fighting the pandemic for nearly two years, and how to achieve a stable economic recovery has become a must-answer question facing all countries nowadays.

At the same time, this year is also the 20th year since China joined the World Trade Organization.

In the 20 years since its accession to the WTO, China has demonstrated its responsibility as a great power in opening up.

From the perspective of the outside world, standing at two special time nodes, the "open spring breeze" is not only the summary of China's own development experience, but also the key to breaking the current global economic difficulties, and will bring "warmth" to the world suffering from the "cold current".

  "When a century of change was superimposed on the epidemic of the century, economic globalization encountered a countercurrent. The prospects for global economic recovery are murky, and countries are standing at the crossroads of where to go." Guo Yanjun, director of the Institute of Asian Studies of the China Foreign Affairs University, pointed out, "China is the world's second largest economy. , To hold the CIIE as scheduled at a critical moment, providing an important platform for the world to jointly explore solutions to problems."

  How to solve the problem?

"When you see it, you can enter, and when you look at it, you can learn." Xi Jinping quoted an old saying in his keynote speech to show China's answer-to advance in the logic of historical progress.

On the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, public opinion generally believes that "opening up" is the code for China to overcome challenges and develop rapidly in the past 20 years, and it has also become a distinctive symbol of contemporary China.

  The numbers may be the best proof.

Over the past 20 years, China has fully fulfilled its WTO commitments. The overall tariff level has dropped from 15.3% to 7.4%, which is lower than the WTO commitments of 9.8%; China’s total economic volume has risen from sixth to second in the world; and the use of foreign capital has become a developing country. First place; foreign direct investment has risen from the 26th to the first in the world... As Xi Jinping said, these 20 years have been 20 years for China to deepen reforms and fully open up, and 20 years for China to seize opportunities and meet challenges. It is China 20 years of taking the initiative to take responsibility and benefit the world.

  "Only opening up can achieve development. China's experience is the most powerful proof." According to analysis, Zhuang Rui, deputy dean of the Institute of International Economics, University of International Business and Economics, said that China's own development benefits from the practice of opening up, and the international community is also in China. Constantly benefiting from opening up to the outside world, the virtuous circle of two-way interaction provides the possibility of "opening up and warming the world."

  Looking to the future, "opening up" is not only a summary of China's own development experience, but also a key measure for economic recovery after the epidemic.

Since the beginning of this year, from the Boao Forum for Asia to the BRICS summit, from the G20 summit to the China International Import Expo, Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the importance of building an open world economy on important international and multilateral occasions. "The key to promoting economic recovery after the epidemic."

  "From the perspective of the development of the world economy, most countries tend to be conservative when encountering crises, but closing their doors and markets is not conducive to solving global problems." Zhong Feiteng, a researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that China is on the international scene. Constantly emphasizing openness to solve problems can help boost the confidence of countries in the multilateral trading system, and finally realize that openness and accommodation is the way to "warm the world" in the economic cold wave.

  The outside world has noticed that as far as China is concerned, it is not only an open proponent, but also an open activist.

Under the epidemic situation, China insists on building mutually beneficial platforms for companies from all over the world. The “matrix” of national-level exhibitions such as China International Import Expo, Canton Fair, Service Trade Fair, and Consumer Fair is becoming more and more abundant; The “construction drawings” are gradually becoming clearer, and we continue to create a more secure business environment for foreign businessmen in China; in the face of continued tight global supply chains and frequent international logistics jams, China’s industrial chain is operating efficiently, and China-Europe trains have opened more than 10,000 lines this year. Columns, benefiting thousands of households.

  Today, the scheduled convening of the 4th CIIE has become the latest epitome of China's open market and a win-win situation for the world.

Nearly 3,000 exhibitors from 127 countries and regions participated in the CIIE, and the magnetism of mutual benefit and win-win continued to be released.

At the opening ceremony of the CIIE, Xi Jinping once again made China's opening-up commitment with the "four unwavering" ---will unswervingly maintain true multilateralism, share market opportunities with the world, promote high-level opening up, and safeguard the common interests of the world.

  “China’s commitment to opening up has both consistent adherence and changes to follow the trend.” Guo Yanjun pointed out that the construction of the pilot free trade zone has released China’s determination to open up to the world. The opening of green, low-carbon, digital economy and other fields is in line with the world economy. The development of frontier developments and the active promotion of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) and other frameworks show that China is focusing on high-level institutional opening.

  Standing at the node of economic recovery after the epidemic and the 20th anniversary of joining the WTO, the outside world can clearly see that openness has been written into China's genes for future development.

More importantly, the open spring breeze that warms the world does not come from only one specific country. As Xi Jinping said at the end of his speech, "It is difficult for a lonely man to rise, and a crowd easy to follow."

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