CGTN: 5th CIIE: China's door will further open after 20th Party congress
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BEIJING, Nov. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
As the first prominent international exhibition following the 20th National
Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the 5th China International
Import Expo (CIIE) will once again help the world better understand China's
high-standard opening-up and win-win approach.
Echoing his report to the 20th CPC National Congress, Chinese President Xi
Jinping Friday reiterated China's commitments to promoting high-standard
opening-up.
"Openness is a key driving force behind the progress of human civilizations and
an intrinsic path toward global prosperity and development," Xi said when
addressing the opening ceremony of the 5th CIIE via video.
This year's expo is slated for November 5-10 in China's economic hub Shanghai
and expects to welcome participants from 145 countries, regions and
international organizations.
Institutional opening-up
In his address, Xi said that China will work with all countries and all parties
to share the opportunities from its institutional opening-up. The importance of
expanding institutional opening-up is also highlighted at the report to the
20th CPC National Congress in terms of promoting China's high-standard
opening-up.
As the Chinese president vowed on Friday, China will steadily expand
institutional opening-up with regard to rules, regulations, management and
standards.
He further noted China will implement the strategy to upgrade pilot free trade
areas, accelerate the Hainan Free Trade Port development, and tap into their
role as pilot platforms for comprehensive reform and opening-up.
The pilot free trade zones (FTZ) in China enjoy greater autonomy in
facilitating the country's institutional innovation, which all implemented the
foreign investment law to improve the foreign investment promotion system, the
foreign investment information reporting system, and the system of regulation
in process and afterwards, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of
foreign investors.
For instance, The Shanghai pilot FTZ took the lead in introducing a slew of
financial innovation measures in institutional reform, including enlarging
cross-border use of RMB and establishing a free trade account system. The
system has been introduced to pilot FTZs in Tianjin Municipality, Guangdong
Province and other regions in China.
In less than 10 years after China launched its first pilot FTZ in Shanghai in
2013, the number of such zones has surged to 21 with a total of 278
institutional innovations having been formulated and replicated nationwide,
demonstrating China's firm determination to open wider.
Opportunities for all
According to the expo's organizer, enterprises from all the member states of
the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest
free trade deal to date, will be involved in the business fair.
Nicaragua, Djibouti, Mauritania, Comoros, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Iraq and Iceland will for the first time be at the country exhibition
of the six-day expo.
Thus, a total of 284 Fortune 500 companies will join the enterprise exhibition,
with nearly nine out of 10 being repeat exhibitors.
The four previous editions of the CIIE launched more than 1,500 new products,
technologies and services, with a total expected turnover exceeding $270
billion.
The CIIE's development in the past five years has vividly shown that "the CIIE
has become a showcase of China's new development paradigm, a platform for
high-standard opening-up, and a public good for the whole world," as Xi put it
at the address.
He also stressed China will work with all countries and all parties to share
the opportunities in its vast market as well as share the opportunities from
deepened international cooperation.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a bright spot showing how China's
opening-up endeavors are sharing China's development opportunities for all.
Up to now, China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents with 149
countries and 32 international organizations under the BRI, and cumulative
trade in goods between China and countries along the Belt and Road is about $12
trillion (as of June 2022).
Wrapping up his speech, Xi said "China is ready to work with all countries to
practice true multilateralism, build more consensus for openness, jointly
overcome the difficulties and challenges confronting global economic growth,
and make sure that our commitment to openness will bring about broad prospects
for global development."
SOURCE: CGTN
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