Shanghai Once Again Gathers Global Attention

In the golden autumn, Shanghai once again gathers global products, global services, global wisdom and global vision.

Tonight, the third China International Import Expo will open in Shanghai as scheduled. President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony for the third time in a row in the form of video; from "four leaf grass" to both sides of the Pujiang River, and from physical exhibition to online space, the melody of openness, innovation, inclusiveness, cooperation and win-win will be stirred again.

Because of the spread of the new pneumonia epidemic, the dramatic changes in the global economic and political pattern, as well as the superposition of many unstable and uncertain factors, it is particularly special to hold the third Expo. After all kinds of variables and challenges, the ICIF will come as scheduled and as scheduled, which shows a kind of ability and determination: under the condition of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, China and Shanghai have the ability to coordinate epidemic prevention and development; under the environment of increasing external impact pressure, China and Shanghai have a firm determination to open up to the outside world.

The form of the Expo under the epidemic situation has been adjusted, but its attraction is not reduced: the business exhibition area of enterprises is further expanded than that of previous years, and the quality of participating enterprises is higher. The return rate of world top 500 and industry leading enterprises exceeds 70%, and the exhibition area increases by 14% compared with the previous one. Nearly 50 world top 500 enterprises and industry leading enterprises have participated in the exhibition for the first time this year, and dozens of enterprises have signed contracts for the next three sessions, which will be quite a few A hundred new products, new technologies and new services will be launched in the world and exhibited in China.

We have already seen the hope from the information that the fair should not only be held every year, but also be up to standard, effective and better.

What's more, every Expo is a reaffirmation, emphasis, deepening and starting of "opening up". This is a great pioneering work in the history of Global trade development, another important platform for international cooperation in the new era, and a pragmatic measure taken by the Chinese government to adhere to reform and opening up and take the initiative to open up the market to the world. No matter how the external environment changes, no matter what kind of "reverse flow" of globalization encounters, no matter how the closed conservative trend of thought rises, no matter how the artificial interruption of supply and blockade occurs openly, China's attitude towards the firm expansion of opening-up and the maintenance of multilateral trade is always firm, and China's will to actively promote international cooperation, actively integrate into the world and build a community of shared future for mankind has always been firm As one.

Two years ago, we heard the declaration that "China's economy is a sea, not a small pond", and that "the door of China's opening up will not be closed, it will only open wider and wider"; One year ago, we heard the invitation that "China will open its arms to provide more market opportunities, investment opportunities and growth opportunities for all countries, so as to realize common development". We also heard the proposal of "holding hands" instead of "letting go" and insisting on "breaking down walls" instead of "building walls".

Through this special platform, we have repeatedly realized why "if we are interlinked, we will advance together; if we are closed, we will retreat"; and why "no one can stop the momentum of the great rivers rushing forward". This is an irresistible historical trend. However, a responsible country, a promising city, will firmly, soberly and resolutely stand on "historical correctness" no matter what the environment On the other side. ".

Today's China is entering a new stage of development and is striving to build a new development pattern. We must always adhere to the new development concept. The Central Committee has repeatedly reiterated that taking the domestic big cycle as the main body and promoting the domestic and international dual circulation mutually are not "internal circulation" closed door. It is precisely through the reform and opening up of greater strength, higher level and deeper level, to further strengthen and smooth the dual cycle.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) just concluded clearly stressed the need to implement high-level opening-up, open up a new situation of win-win cooperation, adhere to the implementation of opening up to the outside world in a wider range, wider fields and deeper levels, and rely on China's advantages in the big market to promote international cooperation and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. As an international procurement platform, investment promotion platform, people to people exchange platform and open cooperation platform, ICIF provides more market opportunities, investment opportunities and growth opportunities for all countries in the world. On the other hand, it brings new products, new technologies and new opportunities to China, injects vitality into the huge Chinese market and grasps the strategy of expanding domestic demand Important measures of the base point. It is in this sense that CIFIT can and should become a real win-win platform, a gravitational field and power source belonging to the world and China.

As in previous years, we should cherish and make good use of this special platform in the next six days, the next 365 days, and a longer period in the future. We should try our best to make it safe, successful, wonderful and productive, so as to release the spillover effect to the greatest extent and promote long-term development. As the host of the fair, Shanghai, which has always been open-minded, has a greater responsibility to fully demonstrate its self-confidence and ability of opening-up and cooperation. In the process of hosting the grand event, it radiates to the surrounding areas, serves the whole country, and integrates with the whole world. In the process of opening up to the outside world at a higher level, it can enhance the city's energy level and enhance its core competitiveness. In the process of giving full play to the spillover effect of the Expo's large platform, it is more firmly to create openness New highland, better serve the whole country, build a new development pattern, and strive to be at the forefront of a new round of development.

To be firm and open is not only a kind of vision and mind, but also a kind of standing position and pattern, as well as the values that a country and a city should uphold in its continuous development. Always standing on the right side of history, history will certainly give a reward. I believe that the upcoming ICIF will become an important witness. I sincerely wish the 3rd China International Import Expo a complete success!