2023-09-04 02:58:00
This is an international economic and trade event of open cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win——
On September 2, the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services opened in Beijing, injecting confidence and impetus into the recovery of the world economy.
“This year marks the 45th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. China will persist in promoting high-level opening up, comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and provide new opportunities for countries to open up and cooperate.” President Xi Jinping delivered a video to the Global Service Trade Summit of the Service Trade Council The speech aroused enthusiastic responses from the guests at home and abroad. Everyone said that the speech was high-level and thoughtful, fully affirmed the important role of the Service Trade Fair, and announced China’s important measures to deepen the high-level opening up of the service sector, which will definitely have a significant and far-reaching impact on promoting the development of global service trade and the expansion of China’s service industry. Impact.
Build a broad cooperation platform to seek prosperity and development of service trade
The theme of this year’s Service Trade Fair is “Openness Leads Development, Cooperation and Win-Win Future”, attracting more than 80 countries and international organizations to set up exhibitions, and more than 2,400 enterprises participated in the exhibition offline. It will continue to play the role of expanding opening up, deepening cooperation, and leading innovation It serves as an important platform to build consensus, enhance confidence, and gather strength for the development of the global service industry and service trade.
This is the exterior scene of the China National Convention Center taken on September 1.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
“Global service trade and cooperation in the service industry are developing in depth. The process of digitalization, intelligence, and greenization is accelerating. New technologies, new formats, and new models are emerging in an endless stream, injecting new energy into promoting economic globalization, restoring the vitality of the global economy, and enhancing the resilience of the world economy. Strong impetus.” President Xi Jinping emphasized in his speech.
At present, the century-old changes are accelerating, and the recovery of the world economy is insufficient. The guests at the meeting said that President Xi Jinping’s speech was very encouraging and provided guidance for the recovery and growth of the global economy.
This is the scene taken on September 2 in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
Kentao Tao, Chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific and China, said that President Xi Jinping’s speech was deeply touching. For a long time, the Service Trade Fair has been an important platform for China to launch major reform and opening up policy measures, build consensus on global cooperation, and promote international exchanges and cooperation. It is hoped that through the diversified platform built by this Service Trade Fair, exchanges and cooperation in the field of professional services will be deepened, and wisdom will be contributed to China’s high-quality development.
The UK is the guest country of this year’s CIFTIS. Located in the UK Pavilion in the comprehensive exhibition area, a scaled-down version of Tower Bridge stands in the center, implying that China and the UK have built a bridge of cooperation for smooth trade.
The British Pavilion, the guest of honor, was photographed at the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 CIFTIS on September 2.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Weitong
“It is a great honor for the UK to be invited to participate in the 2023 CIFTIS as the guest of honor. I hope to make full use of this important exhibition platform to focus on the UK’s service fields such as creative industries, sports, education, technology, energy, medical care and finance. vitality.” Du Tao, the British trade envoy to China, said.
Zhou Bing, vice president of Intel Corporation and general manager of corporate affairs of Intel China, said that we are deeply encouraged by President Xi Jinping’s deployment around “creating a more open and inclusive development environment” and “strengthening the development path driven by innovation”, which will help We will make better use of our innovation expertise, promote the coordinated development of digitalization and greenization, and promote further development in China.
This is the scene taken on September 2 in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
“This grand event fully proves that the global economy is constantly changing, and the service industry has great potential.” UNCTAD Secretary-General Greenspan said in his speech at the summit that service trade will be a key factor in promoting global economic growth, creating jobs, and bridging the gap between A powerful engine of the North-South development divide.
Adhere to a high level of openness and promote inclusive growth of the world economy
Entering the Achievement Exhibition in the comprehensive exhibition area of the CIFTIS, the top of the exhibition hall is presented in the form of a sea of digital flowers, highlighting the concept of “open flower infinite stage”, implying the open spirit of CIFTIS to cross boundaries and link the world.
This is the scene taken on September 2 in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
Wang Dongtang, director of the Department of Service Trade and Commercial Services of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in his speech, President Xi Jinping announced to the world that China will continue to promote high-level opening-up, comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and provide new opportunities for countries to open up and cooperate. It once again demonstrated to the world China’s unchanging position and firm determination to expand opening up and enhance cooperation, and also systematically proposed important policy measures for China and other countries in the world to jointly promote the development of the service industry and service trade from the four aspects of opening up, cooperation, innovation, and sharing , indicating the direction and path of China’s service trade development.
On September 2, the audience visited the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei
In the face of complex and severe domestic and foreign environments, China’s service trade has shown strong development resilience. In 2022, the total volume of service imports and exports will be nearly 6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%, a record high in scale, ranking second in the world for nine consecutive years.
Deloitte China Vice Chairman Neng Sze felt deeply about President Xi Jinping’s speech on “promoting linkage and integration through service cooperation” and “joining hands to push the world economy onto a sustained recovery track”. He said that Deloitte China will use the CIFTIS as an important communication platform , to deepen in-depth communication and cooperation with industry customers, local governments and regional markets.
Listening to President Xi Jinping’s speech on the spot, Li Tao, vice president of Greater China of Philips (China) Investment Co., Ltd., strengthened the company’s determination and confidence in serving China: “President Xi’s speech made us feel that China is promoting a deeper opening to the outside world, creating an international The first-class business environment gives us more confidence to take root in China and deeply integrate into China.”
President Xi Jinping announced at the 2020 Service Trade Fair that he would support Beijing in building a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the national service industry and the establishment of a free trade pilot zone. In the past three years, more than 18,000 projects have been included in the “two districts”, of which more than 12,000 projects have been implemented, involving an investment of nearly 2.3 trillion yuan.
Liu Meiying, full-time deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Work of Beijing’s “Two Districts”, said that in this year’s speech, President Xi Jinping put forward new requirements and made important arrangements for my country to improve the level of opening up to the outside world and build a new system of higher-level open economy. We will actively align with international high-standard economic and trade rules, give full play to Beijing’s advantages in service industry and service trade, and better serve the country’s high-quality development.
Share and cooperate with new opportunities to create a bright and beautiful future
This year coincides with the tenth anniversary of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative. Strolling through the major exhibition halls of the Service Trade Fair, one exhibit and one picture show the fruitful achievements of countries along the “Belt and Road” in sharing service trade opportunities in the past ten years.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping pointed out the direction of cooperation for all parties to jointly build the “Belt and Road” with high quality.
Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin Haq listened to President Xi Jinping’s speech and attended the opening ceremony of the Pakistan National Pavilion of the Service Trade Fair. He said that China is Pakistan’s largest trading partner, and now the trade between the two countries is gradually expanding from agriculture and machinery and equipment to service trade. Pakistan looks forward to deepening economic and trade cooperation with China in the fields of transportation, logistics, tourism, education, and finance.
On September 2, in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair, staff were operating a single-hole laparoscopic surgery robot.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
In the exhibition hall, the single-hole laparoscopic surgery robot brought by Beijing Shurui Robotics Co., Ltd. attracted many visitors to stop.
On September 2, in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair, a single-hole laparoscopic surgery robot demonstrated peeling eggshells.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei
“Technological innovation is an important way to enhance the vitality of service trade. Chairman Xi proposed in his speech to promote the integration and development of service trade with modern service industry, high-end manufacturing, and modern agriculture. This provides a huge space for service trade innovation and strengthens our The confidence of enterprises to take the road of innovation-driven development.” said Xu Kai, founder of Shurui Robotics.
On September 2, the audience photographed a bionic quadruped robot in the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
This year’s Service Trade Fair is “full of green”, not only has the theme exhibition area of ”Double Carbon Empowerment, Revitalizing Innovation Power”, several summit forums with the theme of green and low carbon, but also green services, technologies, Cutting-edge achievements such as business models.
On September 2, the audience visited the comprehensive exhibition area of the National Convention Center of the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
Panasonic Group, which participated in the service trade fair offline for the first time, set the theme as “Green Wisdom Creates the Future”. “The Service Trade Fair has an important demonstration role in key areas such as green and low-carbon transformation.” Zhao Bingdi, President of Panasonic (China) Co., Ltd., said that President Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech that the service industry should play a greater role in green development. Our company must seize green and low-carbon business opportunities and continuously expand the application fields of products and services.
On September 2, the audience visited Panasonic’s “Future Smart City” sand table at the 2023 Service Trade Fair.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
Today, China is steadily advancing Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development. The Chinese-style modernization path is getting wider and wider, and will better develop itself and benefit the world.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping emphasized “sharing the achievements of Chinese-style modernization”, providing more and better Chinese services to the world with high-quality development, and enhancing the sense of gain for people around the world.
Zhang Yansheng, chief researcher of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, believes that in the process of exploring a higher level of institutional opening-up, the situation of win-win cooperation is accelerating. President Xi Jinping’s speech fully demonstrated that no matter how the international situation changes, China will always adhere to the common development of the world, share opportunities with all countries in the world, and join hands with all countries in the world to sail towards a bright future.
President Talon of Benin, who participated in the summit on the spot, said that through its own efforts, China has not only achieved world-renowned development achievements, seeking happiness for the Chinese people, but also providing valuable support and making important contributions to the development of other countries.
Writers: Han Jie, Pan Jie, Wang Qiuyun, Zhou Yuan, Jining, Wang Bin
Video reporters: Guan Guifeng, Yang Zhigang, Zhou Yang, Yang Zhixiang, Wang Junlu, Xia Zilin, Xie Han, Jining, Sun Lei, Ma Xiaodong, Su Yiren, Qi Xing
Poster Design: Chang Qingtan
Editors: Zhang Aifang, Jia Yining, Zhang Huihui, Qi Wenjuan, Song Weiwei, Chen Haitong, Hou Bangxing, Guo Jieyu
Coordinator: He Yuxin, Huang Xiaoxi
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