(The 4th CIIE) Foreign media focus on Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the CIIE: The determination to expand high-level opening up remains unchanged
China News Service, Shanghai, November 5th. Comprehensive news: Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo by video on the evening of the 4th and delivered a keynote speech.
Many foreign media reported that the speech declared China’s determination to expand its high-level opening up.
China will unswervingly maintain true multilateralism, share market opportunities with the world, and promote economic globalization toward a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction.
"The determination to expand high-level opening up remains unchanged"
Singapore’s "Lianhe Zaobao" stated that Xi Jinping emphasized at the beginning that China has always believed in words and deeds, and the measures to expand opening up announced at the last CIIE have been basically implemented.
China was also the only major economy in the world that achieved positive growth in trade in goods last year. It has made important contributions to ensuring the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain and promoting the recovery of the world economy.
The Nikkei website reported that the speech mentioned that China "actively promoted its accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)".
According to the report, China will actively and openly participate in negotiations on topics such as digital economy, trade and environment, industrial subsidies, and state-owned enterprises, maintain its status as the main channel for international rule-making of the multilateral trading system, and maintain the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) website reported that China has reiterated its determination to actively promote its participation in the CPTPP. For this reason, China will deeply participate in international cooperation such as green, low-carbon and digital economy.
"Grasp the general trend of economic globalization"
The "Lianhe Zaobao" article pointed out that the current economic globalization is facing a countercurrent, and it is necessary to grasp the general trend of development, support countries in the world to expand opening up, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and promote mankind to a better future.
Reuters reported that China will support the fair distribution and unimpeded trade of key medical supplies such as vaccines on a global scale.
According to the report, since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, China has provided the international community with about 350 billion masks, more than 4 billion protective clothing, more than 6 billion test kits for people, and more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccines, actively promoting international anti-epidemic cooperation and supporting Exempt vaccine intellectual property rights to developing countries.
The report also said that Xi Jinping said that the multilateral trading system is facing many challenges, and China will pay more attention to expanding imports and promoting the balanced development of trade.
China will further reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, and orderly expand the opening up of service industries such as telecommunications and medical treatment.
In addition, China will revise and expand the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment."
Reuters also noted that Xi Jinping stated that China will actively participate in tackling climate change and maintaining global food security and energy security.
"Share market opportunities with the world"
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Xi Jinping pointed out that China will unswervingly share market opportunities with the world.
"China has a population of more than 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million. It imports about US$2.5 trillion in goods and services each year, and the market is huge."
Bloomberg reported that Xi Jinping said that China will actively participate in the cooperation of mechanisms such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.
According to the report, in his speech, Xi Jinping reviewed China’s achievements in the past 20 years since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. These 20 years have been 20 years for China to deepen reforms and fully open up. It is also 20 years for China to take the initiative to take responsibility and benefit the world.
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