President Xi Jinping’s Speech at the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services

2023-09-02 04:27:00

On the morning of September 2, President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Service Trade Summit in Beijing.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren

On the morning of September 2, President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Service Trade Summit in Beijing.

Xi Jinping pointed out that at present, the century-old changes are accelerating and the world economic recovery is insufficient. Service trade is an important part of international trade, and the service industry is an important field of international economic and trade cooperation. Global trade in services and cooperation in the service industry are developing in depth, digitalization, intelligence, and greening are accelerating, and new technologies, new formats, and new models are emerging one following another, injecting a powerful force into promoting economic globalization, restoring the vitality of the global economy, and enhancing the resilience of the world economy. power.

Xi Jinping emphasized that 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 open cooperation among countries. China is willing to work with all parties in other countries to promote inclusive development through service opening up, promote interconnection and integration through service cooperation, foster development momentum through service innovation, and create a better future through service sharing, so as to jointly push the world economy onto the track of sustained recovery.

We will create a more open and inclusive development environment. Expand the network of high-standard free trade zones facing the world, actively carry out negotiations on the negative list of service trade and investment, expand the opening up of telecommunications, tourism, legal, professional examinations and other service areas, and expand the opening of comprehensive demonstration zones and conditional free trade zones in the national service industry. The trade pilot zone and free trade port are the first to connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules. The market access of the service industry shall be relaxed, the opening process of cross-border service trade shall be promoted in an orderly manner, the standardization level of service trade shall be improved, and institutional opening shall be steadily expanded.

We will tighten the bond of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. Strengthen the docking of development strategies and cooperation initiatives with other countries, deepen cooperation with countries jointly building the “Belt and Road” in service trade and digital trade, promote the facilitation of cross-border flow of various resources and elements, and cultivate more economic cooperation growth points.

We will strengthen the innovation-driven development path. Accelerate the cultivation of new kinetic energy for the digitalization of service trade, promote the reform of the basic data system, and promote the innovation and development of digital trade reform. Build a national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market, and support the service industry to play a greater role in green development. Promote the integrated development of service trade and modern service industry, high-end manufacturing, and modern agriculture, and release more innovation vitality.

We will share the fruits of Chinese-style modernization. Focus on expanding domestic demand, accelerate the construction of a strong domestic market, actively expand the import of high-quality services, encourage the expansion of knowledge-intensive service exports, provide new development momentum for the world with China’s large market opportunities, and provide the world with more and better services through high-quality development. China’s service enhances the sense of gain of the people of the world.

Finally, Xi Jinping emphasized that the world economy prospers when it is open, and declines when it is closed. Let us work together to safeguard the hard-won free trade and multilateral trading system, share the historical opportunity for the development of global trade in services, and work together to create a better and more prosperous future for the world.

The 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services will be held in Beijing from September 2nd to 6th, with the theme of “Openness Leads Development, Cooperation and Win-Win Future”.

Source/Xinhua News Agency original title/Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Service Trade Summit

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