Original title: Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo
Emphasize that China will unswervingly maintain true multilateralism, unswervingly share market opportunities with the world, unswervingly promote high-level opening up, and unswervingly safeguard the common interests of the world
On the evening of November 4, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo via video and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World“.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 4th. On the evening of November 4th, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo via video and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World“.
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is a great pleasure to meet the guests, new and old friends “Clouds” attending the 4th China International Import Expo. China has always believed in words and resolute in deeds. The opening-up measures that I announced at the third CIIE have been basically implemented. China has overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and promoted the innovative development of foreign trade. It was 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 supply chain and promoting the recovery of the world economy. At present, economic globalization is facing a countercurrent. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. We must grasp the general trend of economic globalization, support countries around the world in opening up, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and push mankind towards a better future. 
On the evening of November 4, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 4th China International Import Expo via video and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Let the Open Spring Breeze Warm the World“.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang
Xi Jinping emphasized that openness is a distinctive mark of contemporary China. This year marks the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Over the past 20 years, China has fully fulfilled its WTO commitments and continuously expanded its opening up, which has activated the surging spring tide of China’s development and also activated the spring water of the world economy. These 20 years have been 20 years for China to comprehensively deepen reforms, 20 years for China to seize opportunities and meet challenges, and 20 years for China to take the initiative to shoulder its responsibilities and benefit the world. China’s development and progress in the past 20 years is the result of the Chinese people’s hard work and tenacious struggle under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. It is also the result of China’s initiative to strengthen international cooperation and practice mutual benefit and win-win results. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all people from all walks of life at home and abroad who participated in and witnessed this historical process and supported China’s open development!
Xi Jinping emphasized that “seeing and knowing how to enter, and observing the past to know how to come.” For a country and a nation to be rejuvenated, it must advance in the logic of historical advancement and develop in the trend of the development of the times. China’s determination to expand high-level opening up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization toward a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction will not change.
First, China will unswervingly maintain true multilateralism. The multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core is the cornerstone of international trade. China supports the development of the WTO reform in the right direction, supports the inclusive development of the multilateral trading system, and supports the legitimate rights and interests of developing members. 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.
Second, China will unswervingly share market opportunities with the world. China will pay more attention to expanding imports, promoting balanced development of trade, adding import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones, optimizing the list of cross-border e-commerce retail imports, promoting the processing of imported goods in border trade, and increasing imports from neighboring countries. China will promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade, accelerate the construction of an international consumption center city, develop “Silk Road e-commerce”, build a modern logistics system, and improve cross-border logistics capabilities.
Third, China will unswervingly promote high-level opening up. China will further reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, orderly expand the opening up of service industries such as telecommunications and medical care, revise and expand the “Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment”, and introduce a negative list of cross-border service trade in pilot free trade zones. China will deeply participate in international cooperation such as green and low-carbon, digital economy, and actively promote its accession to the “Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement” and the “Digital Economy Partnership Agreement.”
Fourth, China will unswervingly safeguard the common interests of the world. China will actively participate in the cooperation of mechanisms such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Group of Twenty, APEC, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, promote the strengthening of discussions on trade and investment, digital economy, green and low-carbon issues, and support the globalization of key medical supplies such as vaccines. Fair distribution and unimpeded trade within the scope promote high-quality co-construction of the “Belt and Road”. China will actively participate in tackling climate change, maintaining global food security and energy security, and continue to provide more assistance to other developing countries within the framework of South-South cooperation.
Xi Jinping finally emphasized that “it’s hard to get up if you are alone, but it’s easy for everyone to go.” The new crown pneumonia epidemic has not cleared, and the world economic recovery has a bumpy road ahead. People of all countries need to help each other and overcome the difficulties together. China is willing to work with other countries to build an open world economy and let the spring breeze of openness warm the world!