Openness is the only way to prosperity and development (on economy)
The government work report proposes to further expand high-level opening-up to the outside world. Adhere to win-win cooperation, steadily expand institutional openness, expand international circulation, and promote reform and development through openness. The draft outline of the 15th Five Year Plan emphasizes "expanding high-level opening up to the outside world" and "creating a new situation of win-win cooperation".
The representative members stated that China is firmly committed to expanding high-level opening-up to the outside world, promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, sharing development opportunities with the world, and injecting more positive energy and certainty into global development.
Historic achievements in opening up to the outside world
The scale of goods trade has consistently ranked first in the world for many years, and foreign investment has remained at the forefront of the world; There are 249 countries and regions with trade relations with China in the world, and more than 3/4 of the world's countries have joined the "the Belt and Road" family; The cumulative operation of China Europe freight trains has exceeded 120000; The number of unilaterally visa free countries has increased to 50... In recent years, China has implemented a more proactive opening-up strategy, promoted the cause of opening up to the outside world to achieve historic achievements, and provided a more solid strategic support for Chinese path to modernization.
These tangible achievements have deeply inspired and greatly encouraged me, "said Hu Chengzhong, a National People's Congress representative and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delixi Group." As an important force in foreign trade, private enterprises have expanded their markets, improved their technology, and honed their brands in the tide of opening up, truly feeling the stable expectations and development dividends brought by opening up. "Last year, Delixi's business scope expanded to more than 80 countries and regions. China's open development helps private enterprises move towards a broader stage.
Since the 14th Five Year Plan, China's high-level opening up to the outside world has continued to expand, which can be clearly felt from macro data to enterprise practice. Ke Xiping, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of Xiamen Hengxing Group Co., Ltd., said that opening up is not only reflected at the policy level, but also in the specific opportunities for enterprise development. In recent years, many Chinese companies have made new breakthroughs in overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions, and cooperative research and development. Openness adds momentum to China's economic development, and China shares development opportunities with the world at a higher level of openness
Jointly building the "the Belt and Road" initiative has become a popular international public product and cooperation platform. Dai Hegen, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Construction Corporation, stated that the current deep adjustment of the global industrial and supply chains has made the demand for infrastructure and industrial upgrading in developing countries more urgent. CRCC will continue to play the role of the "main force" of state-owned enterprises, deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", deeply promote industrial cooperation, and achieve high-quality development of enterprises in a mutually beneficial and win-win situation.
Injecting a continuous stream of vitality into economic development
The period of the 15th Five Year Plan is a crucial period for consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to achieve socialist modernization, and expanding high-level opening up to the outside world is of great significance.
Opening up is the only way for a country to prosper and develop. "Li Chu, a National People's Congress representative and Secretary of the Guilin Municipal Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, believes that expanding high-level opening up to the outside world can help seize the historical opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, enhance the linkage effect between domestic and international markets and resources, accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, and promote the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the economy. Expanding high-level opening up to the outside world and making the cake of openness bigger and better distributed will help to better benefit the people from the fruits of development. Expanding high-level opening-up to the outside world is also a practical action to maintain a diverse and stable international economic pattern and economic and trade relations, which is conducive to winning strategic initiative in fierce international competition.
Guangdong has close trade relations with ASEAN, with the bilateral trade volume exceeding 1.53 trillion yuan last year, reaching a historic high. Zeng Jinze, a National People's Congress representative and director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, stated that Guangdong and many other regions in Southeast Asia have complementary industries, interconnected channels, and shared opportunities. We believe that adhering to open cooperation and mutual benefit will inject a continuous stream of vitality into regional economic development
How can inland provinces like Hubei build a highland for opening up to the outside world? This is a question that Han Minchun, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a professor at the School of Economics of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has been paying attention to and thinking about. He believes that Hubei has unique geographical and industrial advantages, and should further enhance its awareness of openness, adhere to both domestic and international openness, and build an open platform. Hubei Ezhou Huahu International Airport is the first professional cargo hub airport in Asia. He suggested building a comprehensive bonded zone at Huahu International Airport, promoting the airport to upgrade into an open economic new engine integrating bonded processing, logistics, and services, and helping Hubei develop an outward oriented economy.
Growing together through mutual benefit and win-win outcomes
From actively expanding independent opening up, promoting stable scale and excellent structure of foreign trade, to expanding two-way investment cooperation and high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", the government work report made plans to further expand high-level opening up.
As a leading city in the opening up of the eastern coastal region, Ningbo, Zhejiang is anchoring its goal of transitioning from an "open big city" to an "open strong city". To achieve this leap, the key is to make full use of open platforms, adhere to the integrated planning of domestic and foreign trade, explore domestic and international markets together, and promote efficient linkage between domestic and international development. Ye Miao, a National People's Congress representative, member of the Party Group of the Ningbo Municipal Government in Zhejiang Province, and director of the Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee, said that in the future, Ningbo will continue to rely on the advantages of the Ningbo area of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, build a strong hub for the allocation of bulk commodity resources, deepen the comprehensive pilot of expanding the opening up of the service industry, explore and establish a regulatory model that adapts to the development of new business forms such as cross-border e-commerce, service trade, digital trade, and green trade, and focus on supporting the high-quality development of the city.
Heng'an Group is rooted in the household paper and personal care products industry, and has actively expanded its overseas business in recent years. Xu Qingliu, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and President of Heng'an Group, stated that he will continue to inherit and promote the "Jinjiang experience", take the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces as the core focus, lead Heng'an to deeply cultivate the field of people's livelihood consumption, and empower traditional industries with technological innovation. In the future, the company will expand into emerging markets with the concept of "green going global+digital intelligence empowerment" and actively participate in international industrial and investment cooperation.
Chint Group is based on the advantages of intelligent electrical and photovoltaic new energy industries, continuously improving its global business capabilities and management level. Nan Cunhui, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of Chint Group, stated that the "15th Five Year Plan" is a critical period for accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Chint will focus on areas such as intelligent electrical and green energy, with artificial intelligence and green low-carbon as the driving force, cultivate new quality productivity through technological innovation, and help achieve the "dual carbon" goal. In terms of international layout, over the years, Chint has actively responded to the high-quality "the Belt and Road" initiative, identified its position and played a role in the global industrial division and cooperation, and built an ecological partnership system such as global R&D innovation, supply chain, and market channels by relying on deep integration, technology adaptation, etc. We will continue to promote localized operations, facilitate efficient resource allocation, and grow together in mutual benefit and win-win situations, "said Nan Cunhui.