Deepen economic and trade cooperation and jointly build the “Belt and Road”-What I heard on the opening day of the Fifth China-Arab States Expo
2021-08-20 21:43:28Source: Guangming Daily
Author: Our reporter Fang Li, Lin Ziou, Zhang Wenpan, Wang Jianhong
On August 19, the Fifth China-Arab States Expo opened.
Heads of government, business representatives, guests and friends from countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”, with the vision of deepening cooperation and common development, gathered in Yinchuan, Ningxia through online and offline formats, to jointly write new stories of China-Arab friendly cooperation.
“China is willing to work with Arab countries to seek cooperation and development, promote peaceful development, achieve mutual benefit and win-win, high-quality joint construction of the’Belt and Road’, and promote China-Arab strategic partnership to a higher level, and work together to create a new era. A China-Arab community with a shared future!” At the opening ceremony, Chen Runer, secretary of the Party Committee of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and director of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, read out a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping.
During the special period of the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the 5th China-Arab States Expo was held as scheduled, presenting to the world a popular, influential and effective event, expressing the sincerity of “deepening economic and trade cooperation and jointly building the’Belt and Road'” desire.
Long wind wins friends like clouds
President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the China-Arab States Expo for five consecutive years, which pointed out the way forward and provided fundamental follow-up for giving full play to the role of the China-Arab Expo and deepening China-Arab economic and trade cooperation. “Chairman Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter to this China-Arab States Expo has placed new ardent expectations on China-Arab States cooperation. It has provided us with a strong force to move forward hand in hand, injected us with fearless courage to go against the wind, and strengthened our confidence in creating the future. , Will certainly make China-Arab friendship bloom more colorful flowers, and will also make China-Arab cooperation bear more fruitful results.” Chen Runer said at the opening ceremony.
The old road is long and windy, and the friends are like clouds. At the opening ceremony, guests and representatives from Morocco, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, UAE and other countries sent their sincere wishes through cloud video, expressing their expectations and yearning for China-Arab Expo and future cooperation.
“This Expo will contribute to China-Arab economic and trade cooperation and development. In order to further promote the development of China-Arab economic and trade cooperation, China has adopted a series of pragmatic and effective epidemic prevention measures, which I highly appreciate.” Saduddin Ou, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco Smanni said, “I very much agree with the theme of this expo. Under the current international situation, it is indeed necessary for China and Arab countries to deepen economic and trade cooperation and promote the continuous development of China-Arab relations.”
Since it was held in 2013, the China-Arab Expo has continued to expand in scale and rich in results. Now it has become an important platform for serving national strategies, a bridge for China-Arab cooperation and exchanges, and a “golden sign” for the construction of the “Belt and Road”. As the Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Kamal Hassan Ali, said at the opening ceremony: “The China-Arab States Expo has become one of the most important economic activities under the framework of China-Arab cooperation and is the basic platform for China-Arab relations. It is also an important platform for China to strengthen the construction of the “Belt and Road” with countries along the “Belt and Road”, especially the Arab countries. Play an active role.”
Alihan Smailov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, highly endorses the “Belt and Road” initiative. “The’Belt and Road’ initiative proposed by China in 2013 has proved to be pragmatic and successful.” He said, “Kazakhstan intends to establish joint ventures, develop emerging industries, and expand in new technologies, green energy, and green energy. Cooperation in the field of financial infrastructure. We are willing to actively participate in the establishment of a new mechanism to strengthen cooperation.”
Unlimited communication in the cloud
On the opening day, the exhibition activities of the Fifth China-Arab States Expo were officially launched.
Wandering in the ancient city of Fez for a while, strolling in the sand sea for a while… At the National Pavilion of Morocco, the guest of honor at this China-Arab Expo, the reporter experienced a VR tour. The Morocco exhibition area mainly uses a variety of high-tech means such as LED high-definition curved screens, ice screens, smart touch screens, multimedia displays, and VR experiences to showcase the achievements of Morocco’s economic and social development.
The online and offline China-Arab Expo attracted more than a thousand companies, including the world‘s top 500 companies and China’s top 500 companies, to register for the exhibition. Among them, the offline exhibition hall covers an area of 12,000 square meters, with a total of 239 companies and 532 representatives participating in the exhibition. Many companies carry new products, new technologies, and new services for the “First National Exhibition”. At the same time, they organize personnel to conduct live broadcasts and small video recordings of outstanding companies in the exhibition area to visit the exhibition anytime, anywhere, and enhance the interaction and experience.
Different from previous editions, this China-Arab Expo held an online expo for the first time. The theme of the online expo is “Digital Intelligence Cloud Expo·Unlimited Communication”, focusing on sharing new opportunities for development strategies, sharing new achievements in the digital economy, and enjoying the cloud. The Silk Road New Future realizes digital empowerment and dual-line integration in three aspects. The online expo makes full use of digital conference and exhibition methods, and relies on 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and other information technologies, through the construction of cloud exhibition halls, cloud malls, cloud negotiations and cloud signings, and actively guides domestic and foreign companies to participate online. Will participate in the exhibition, attracting more visitors to the cloud shopping exhibition and cloud procurement.
At present, thousands of companies from 31 countries and regions, 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have registered through the cloud platform, and nearly 100 global top 500 companies, China top 500 companies and industry leaders have entered the 3D Cloud Pavilion. More than a thousand companies signed the two-dimensional cloud mall.
As the theme province of this China-Arab Expo, Chongqing held the Chongqing-Ningxia Cooperation Online Matchmaking Conference and project signing event on the 19th. A total of 11 projects were signed this time, covering the strategic cooperation between the government departments of Chongqing and Ningxia, as well as the investment and trade cooperation in business, cultural tourism, ports and other fields between Chongqing and Ningxia, and between Chongqing and Arab countries. The total contract value is 7.802 billion. Yuan.
Open and cooperate to create a better future
On August 18, at the Water Resources Forum of the Fifth China-Arab States Expo, a number of guests discussed the theme of “Digital Empowerment of Water Resources Conservation, Intensive and Safe Utilization”, spreading the Chinese concept of water governance, and promoting international academic exchanges and cooperation in the field of water ；
On the same day, the China-Arab Traveling Business Conference (China-Arab Leisure Tourism Forum) was held in Ningxia, Beijing and online in the form of “online + offline”. The theme of the conference was “deepening tourism cooperation and jointly building the’Belt and Road'”. Build cooperation channels for the international tourism industry to recover strongly in the post-epidemic era.
On the opening day, the fruits of the continuous deepening of China-Arab economic and trade cooperation have begun to appear.
At the Business Summit held on the morning of the 19th, 10 guests contributed forward-looking views, shared cutting-edge market information, studied and judged market cooperation prospects, and put forward practical suggestions for deepening cooperation.
Institutions and organizations released the results report-“China-Arab Economic and Trade Relations Development Process 2020 Annual Report” was released at the Business Summit; on the afternoon of the 19th, “China and Arab Countries Economic and Trade Cooperation Development Report 2021” and “United Nations Industrial Development Organization China South-South Industrial Cooperation” The online publication of the results of the second phase of the Center’s project will help domestic and foreign companies discover new market opportunities, avoid trade and investment risks, expand new areas of cooperation, promote technology transfer and experience exchanges between China and developing countries, and help member countries better To achieve its own industrial development goals.
Chinese and foreign companies signed a batch of cooperation projects. At the “Belt and Road” Investment Promotion Conference held on the afternoon of the 19th, 13 economic and trade cooperation projects were signed, with a total amount of 3.996 billion yuan. The projects covered infrastructure construction, new energy, Modern agriculture, equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, general aviation and other fields; at the China-Arab Technology Transfer and Innovation Cooperation Conference, 18 key scientific and technological projects were signed, involving clean energy, electronic information, cultural tourism, new materials, health care, green food, Eight fields including modern agriculture.
The grand event has opened, and the future has come. With the holding of the Fifth China-Arab States Expo, China and Arab countries will join hands in high-quality construction of the “Belt and Road” and jointly promote China-Arab economic and trade cooperation to go more stable, more substantial and farther.
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