Boao, Hainan, 3 Mar (Xinhua) --

Guided by the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind

Inject more certainty into world peace and development

——Keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023

(March 2023, 3, Boao, Hainan)

Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang

Distinguished Heads of Government,

Distinguished heads of international organizations,

Distinguished members of the Boao Forum for Asia,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and gentlemen, friends,

It is a great pleasure to meet with you on the beautiful island of Hainan to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023. First of all, on behalf of the Chinese government, I would like to extend my warm congratulations on the convening of the annual meeting. Sincere welcome to all guests! I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for their long-term care and support for China's development!

The theme of this annual meeting is "Uncertain World: Unity and Cooperation to Meet Challenges, Openness and Inclusiveness for Development", which is in line with the current situation and the concerns of all parties, and has strong practical significance. In today's world, human society is facing unprecedented challenges, and instability, uncertainty and unpredictability have become the norm. In this uncertain landscape, people are desperate for more and more powerful forces of certainty to move the world toward a better future.

Ten years ago, President Xi Jinping first put forward the important concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, and since then, on many international occasions, including the Boao Forum for Asia, he has profoundly expounded China's proposition on building a community with a shared future for mankind, and further put forward the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, providing Chinese solutions for global development and governance. Over the past 10 years, China has taken pragmatic actions to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and achieved a series of major practical results. In particular, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has accelerated the development of developing countries and expanded new space for the world economy. At the same time, it has also made fruitful efforts in advocating political settlement of crises, resolving international hotspot issues, persuading peace and promoting talks, and turning war into peace, demonstrating the responsibility of a responsible major country. These are all vivid practices of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. Facts have proved that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has become a banner leading the trend of the times and human progress, and a source of certainty for promoting lasting peace and common prosperity in the world.

Asia and the world are now at a crossroads of historical evolution. We should hold high the banner of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, work together to build a community with a shared future in Asia, build an anchor of world peace and stability, a source of growth power, and a new highland of cooperation, inject more certainty into world peace and development, and strive to create a better future for mankind.

First, jointly safeguard a peaceful and stable development environment and inject more certainty into the chaotic and intertwined international situation. Peace is a prerequisite for development. In the past few decades, Asia's development achievements that have attracted worldwide attention cannot be separated from the overall environment of peace and stability. In order to achieve greater development in Asia in the future, we must not start chaos and wars, otherwise we will cut off our future. The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, born nearly 70 years ago, and the "Bandung Spirit" are the crystallization of the wisdom of the Asian people; The "Asian way", which is based on the important principles of mutual respect, consensus and consideration of the comfort of all parties, provides the basic guidelines for the development of cooperation between countries. The more turbulent the world situation, the more we must cherish these precious treasures and resolutely safeguard the hard-won peace. We should always uphold good-neighborliness and friendship, support ASEAN's central position in regional cooperation in East Asia, share security and danger, share common destiny, and ensure lasting peace and stability in Asia. It is necessary to implement the Global Security Initiative, adhere to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, oppose the abuse of unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction", oppose taking sides, bloc confrontation and the "new cold war", persist in resolving differences and disputes between countries by peaceful means, and jointly safeguard world peace and tranquility.

Second, work together to build a more dynamic growth center and inject more certainty into the world economic recovery. With nearly 60% of the world's population, nearly 40% of the total economy and more than 30% of international trade, Asia is the "ballast stone" and "propeller" of the world economy. We must implement global development initiatives, seize the opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, build new growth poles in cooperation fields such as digital economy and green economy, and make Asia a "power source" for world economic recovery and development. It is necessary to further promote regional economic integration, strengthen macro policy coordination, implement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with high quality, actively promote the negotiations on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Version 3.0, build a regional production division system with complementary advantages and win-win cooperation, and promote the formation of a more open regional market. It is necessary to build an open world economy, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, promote global trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, oppose trade protectionism and "decoupling and breaking chains", ensure the stability and smoothness of the global industrial chain and supply chain, and inject strong momentum into the development of the world economy.

Third, jointly expand effective ways of solidarity and cooperation, and inject more certainty into profoundly changed global governance. Today's world is a global village, the future and destiny of all countries are closely linked, and many global problems need to be solved through joint consultation. Last year, Asian countries successfully hosted the BRICS Summit, the East Asia Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, the G20 Summit and the APEC Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting, which played an important role in improving global governance. We should adhere to the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction and sharing, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, continuously deepen cooperation in food, energy, ecological and environmental protection, disaster prevention and mitigation, climate change, poverty reduction and other fields, jointly send out a strong voice of the times of peace and development, jointly release a positive signal of adherence to multilateralism, and promote the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.

Fourth, jointly promote people-to-people exchanges and inject more certainty into the integration and symbiosis of different civilizations. Not long ago, President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Civilization Initiative, which provides important guidance for promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the progress of human civilization. At the same time, Asian countries are at different stages of development, most of them are still developing countries, and each country has its own unique history, culture and specific national conditions. We are willing to work with all parties to implement the Global Civilization Initiative and strive to create a new situation of people-to-people exchanges, cultural integration and people-to-people bonds. We should adhere to mutual respect, mutual trust, openness and inclusiveness, respect the development path independently chosen by all countries, and oppose the "clash of civilizations" theory and ideological confrontation. It is necessary to carry forward the common values of all mankind, strengthen exchanges in the fields of culture, education, health, youth and the media, enhance understanding and trust through sincere communication, properly handle differences and problems in order to seek common ground while reserving differences, and create a model of integration and symbiosis among different civilizations.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends!

As the world's largest developing country, China's development itself is of world significance. While doing our best to run our own affairs well, we take the initiative to conform to the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and always be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order. China has created two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, which in itself is a contribution to the world. It can be said that in an uncertain world, China's certainty is the mainstay of safeguarding world peace and development. This is true in the past, and even more so in the future and in the present.

Never come to see that the goals and prospects of China's development are certain. The 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October last year drew up a blueprint for China's future development and clearly stated that by the middle of this century, the central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country to build a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, realize the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. The modernization that China wants to build is a modernization characterized by a huge population, common prosperity of all the people, harmony between material and spiritual civilization, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and peaceful development. Accomplishing this central task requires a long and continuous struggle. In this process, no matter what changes occur in the world, we will always adhere to the reform and opening up and innovation-driven, which not only injects new impetus and vitality into the development of the entire world economy, but also allows all countries in the world to share the opportunities and dividends of China's development. I believe that a China that is stable for a long time and dedicated to development, a China that is down-to-earth and courageous in moving forward, and a China that is confident, open and willing to share, must be a great force for the prosperity and stability of the world.

From the current point of view, the momentum and momentum of China's economic growth are strong. In the first two months of this year, China's economy showed a recovery trend, consumption, investment and other major economic indicators improved, employment prices were generally stable, market expectations improved significantly, manufacturing purchasing managers' index continued to stand above the boom and bust line, and a number of international organizations raised their expectations for China's economic growth this year. Real-world scenarios can be more telling than statistics. Taking Hainan Island, where the Boao Forum is located, as an example, the tourism industry has changed from the "Golden Week" of the Spring Festival to the "Golden Month" and "Golden Season", which has always been full of tourists, and the sales of duty-free goods on the outlying islands have continued to be hot, which fully reflects the resilience, potential and vitality of China's economy, reflects the long-term good fundamentals of China's economy, and reflects the scientific and effective policies and measures of China's economic and social development. In the next step, we will continue to adhere to the principle of steadiness and progress, consolidate and expand the economic recovery trend, and promote the sustained overall improvement of economic operation; We will organically combine the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with the deepening of supply-side structural reform, and continue to expand the scale of the Chinese market; We will introduce new measures to expand market access, optimize the business environment, and ensure the implementation of projects, and continuously optimize the institutional environment in which state-owned enterprises dare to do things, private enterprises dare to enter, and foreign enterprises dare to invest; We will effectively prevent and resolve major risks, especially to maintain the overall stability of China's financial operation and firmly hold the bottom line of no systemic risks. We are confident and capable of pushing the giant ship of China's economy to ride the wind and waves, move steadily and far, and make greater contributions to the development of the world economy.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends!

Another "Asian event" this year is that the 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou in the autumn season. The epidemic has postponed the meeting, which has also made us look forward to meeting even more. From the end of the world to the shores of West Lake, there are many beautiful places in open China, and everyone is welcome to visit and see. Where there is scenery, there must be a new economy, and there will be many mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation opportunities. I believe that as long as we join hands, unite and cooperate to meet challenges, and promote development through openness and inclusiveness, we will certainly be able to bring more certainty to Asia and the world, and will certainly be able to create a better future for human society!

Finally, I wish the Boao Forum for Asia 2023 Annual Conference a complete success!

Thank you!