Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with CEOs of global companies who attended the annual China Development High-level Forum (hereinafter referred to as the Development Forum) and promised to continue opening up to the outside world and promote institutional openness.
On the 27th, China’s state-run Central Television (CC) reported that Prime Minister Li met with representatives of global CEOs, international organizations and research institutes who attended the 2023 Development Forum in Beijing on the afternoon of the same day.
Prime Minister Li said at the meeting, “China’s economy has always maintained a stable development trend, serving as the cornerstone and engine of the world economy, and injecting elements of certainty into world peace and development.” We will accelerate qualitative, efficient, and dynamic transformation.”
“China will strive to achieve high-quality development and help the people live a more beautiful life,” he said. will provide,” he said.
Li also stressed that China’s economy is already deeply integrated into the global division of labor system, and China will resolutely expand its openness to the outside world no matter how the international situation changes.
He continued, “We will strive to incorporate high-level international economic and trade rules, expand institutional opening, and create a first-class business environment that is marketized, rule of law, and internationalized.”
CCTV reported that the representatives of foreign companies who attended the meeting praised China’s achievements and expressed their will to strengthen cooperation with China, saying, “China’s success is the success of global companies.”
The Development Forum, a national level forum, started in 2000 and has been held for the 23rd time. Mainly, it is the first national-level forum to be held at the Diaoyutai State Guest House after the Two Sessions (NPC and CPPCC), China’s largest annual political event, and serves as a major foreign economic exchange platform. It is hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council and organized by the China Development Research Fund.
This year’s forum, held under the theme of “Economic Recovery: Opportunity and Cooperation,” was held from the 25th to the 27th and was attended by more than 30 high-ranking officials from central government departments in China, more than 20 heads of central state-owned enterprises and financial institutions, and more than 100 foreign dignitaries. .
Following this, China’s Boao Forum, dubbed ‘Asia’s Davos Forum’, opens on the 28th in Boao, Hainan. The forum, held under the theme of ‘An Uncertain World: Meeting Challenges through Unity and Cooperation, Promoting Development through Openness and Inclusion,’ will be held for four days until the 31st.
Source: Donga
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