(Focus on Boao) Re-release the opening signal, Boao presents "definite China"

Boao, March 3 (ZXS) -- The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 30 with the theme of "Uncertain World: Unity and Cooperation to Meet Challenges, Openness and Inclusiveness for Development" was held on March 2023, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a keynote speech. Relevant experts and participants told the China News Agency that Boao has once again released an opening signal, presenting a "definite China" for a chaotic and intertwined world.

– With many international organizations bearish on global growth prospects, China brings certainty of economic recovery.

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, and the manufacturing purchasing managers' index continued to stand above the boom and bust line. Li Qiang gave a judgment: From the current point of view, the momentum and momentum of China's economic growth are strong.

According to Wang Xiaosong, a researcher at the National Institute of Development and Strategy at Chinese Minmin University, the ultra-large market is the main source of economic certainty in China, which is unmatched by any country in the world. In the process of long-term development, China has cultivated a large middle-income group with strong purchasing power. With this as support, after the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, China's consumption has improved significantly.

Real-world scenarios are more convincing 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", and it has always been full of tourists, and the sales of duty-free goods on the outlying islands have continued to be hot. All indications highlight the resilience, potential and vitality of China's economy, and also reflect the scientific effectiveness of economic and social development policies and measures.

This is undoubtedly a big plus for the world economy. Wu Chun, Managing Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) China, said that it is true that under the background of post-pandemic recovery, uncertainty has become a common challenge facing the world. But in the face of adversity, China's strong resilience in the past few years has given a shot in the arm to the world economic recovery, "We believe that China's economy is still the main growth driver of the global economy."

– Facing the adverse current of rising protectionism and rampant unilateralism, China also brings certainty of supporting cooperation.

With nearly 60% of the world's population, nearly 40% of its economy and more than 30% of international trade, the Boao Forum is the "home" of Asia, and the promotion of regional cooperation has become the focus. Li Qiang pointed out that it is necessary to 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, and inject more certainty into world peace and development.

In many different fields, China has laid a good foundation for promoting cooperation in Asia. Taking the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which has been in force for more than a year, as an example, Wang Xiaosong observed that economic and trade exchanges between member countries have grown rapidly, which has strongly promoted regional economic cooperation. In addition, the Belt and Road Initiative has also promoted intra-regional infrastructure connectivity and pushed Asia's trade and overall industrial connectivity to a higher level.

"Asia's economy is the most dynamic and dynamic in the world, but it also faces the risk of uncertainty." Li Yong, deputy director of the Expert Committee of the China Society of International Trade, expects that in the future, China will focus on "common" efforts, build development consensus, create more development opportunities on the basis of existing cooperation mechanisms, build a stable development mechanism in Asia, and jointly promote issues of regional and global concern.

In Wu Chun's words, China is promoting Asian cooperation and becoming a new source of power for world economic recovery and development, "this is not whether people are optimistic or not, but the fact that it is happening."

——Unlike some countries that have engaged in "building walls and building barriers" and forcibly promoting "decoupling and breaking chains", China also brings certainty to expand opening up.

"No matter what changes occur in the world, we will always adhere to reform and opening up and innovation-driven." Li Qiang said 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 world prosperity and stability.

This open vision continues to translate into action. In terms of lowering the entry threshold, China has continuously reduced the service industry entries in the negative list for foreign investment access, added the service industry entries in the catalogue of industries that encourage foreign investment, and increased the comprehensive pilot project of expanding the opening up of the service industry. In terms of aligning with international high-standard economic and trade rules, China has actively promoted its accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and negotiations on joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) have also begun.

Li Yong analyzed that behind the clear attitude of opening up, China has a series of policy preparations and optimization adjustments as support. Relevant measures are more pragmatic, more targeted, and more conducive to stimulating new momentum, which will be transformed into predictable institutional guarantees. These Chinese certainties bring stable and predictable impetus and opportunities to the world economy. (End)