开放合作 发展共赢

开放合作发展共赢

Partnership in Opening-up for Win-win Development 非常高兴参加第十届中国西部国际博览会和商务部长合作论坛。请允许我代表中国商务部，对各位部长和贵宾的莅临表示衷心的感谢和诚挚的问候！

本届论坛以“开放合作，发展共赢—中国西部与世界”为主题，共同探讨对外开放、共同发展、加快中国西部与世界合作。

Respected Governor Wei Hong,

Respected Ministers,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good afternoon.

I am pleased to join you for the 10th Western China International Economy and Trade Fair and the Commerce Minister Forum on Cooperation. Please allow me, on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, to express my sincere thanks and cordial greetings to all the ministers and distinguished guests present here.

This forum, with the theme of “Partnership in Opening-up for Win-win Development---Western China and the World”, provides a forum for disc ussing issues relating to opening-up, win-win development and cooperation between western China and the world.

自去年发生国际金融危机以来，世界经济经受了严峻的挑战和考验。经过国际社会共同努力，加强合作，积极应对，当前世界经济形势出现一些积极变化，开始缓慢、曲折的复苏。过去一年，中国政府在应对国际金融危机的过程中，坚定信心，迎难而上，从容应对，果断实施积极的财政政策和适度宽松的货币政策，及时出台并不断完善保持经济平稳较快发展的一揽子计划，在保增长、调结构、促改革、惠民生方面取得明显成效。中国经济运行中的积极因素不断增多，企稳向好的势头日趋明显，国内生产总值增速回升，投资增速持续加快，消费稳定增长，国内需求对经济增长的拉动作用不断增强。面对金融危机，中国在促进自身发展的同时，也在为世界经济恢复增长作出积极贡献。

The world economy has been put to severe tests and challenges since the global financial crisis of last year. Thanks to the concerted efforts by the international community in strengthening cooperation and formulating vigorous responses to the crisis, positive momentums are now building up in the world economy, which is now embarking on a gradual and winding path of recovery. Throughout last year, China has tenaciously faced up to the crisis with full confidence and a well thought-out response. Coupled with a proactive fiscal policy and a moderately relaxed monetary policy, China has introduced in a timely and decisive fashion a stimulus package for economic stabilization and growth. The stimulus package has shown prominent results in terms of assuring growth, readjusting structure, promoting reform and benefiting people’s livelihood. More brigh t spots were noted in China’s economic performance and the trend of a turnaround became more manifest. GDP and investment growth has accelerated, consumption improved steadily and the economic drive from domestic demand was strengthening. In the face of the financial crisis, China has on the one hand promoted its own growth and on the

other contributed to world economic recovery.

我们看到，国际金融危机尚未平息，对实体经济的冲击还没有结束，世界经济从总体上仍未摆脱衰退的困扰，复苏的道路可能漫长而曲折。中国经济发展仍然面临很多的困难和挑战。中国政府将保持宏观经济政策的连续性和稳定性，同时增强政策的有效性、针对性和可持续性，立足当前、着眼长远、突出重点，着力扩大内需特别是居民消费需求，推进经济结构的战略性调整，加快重点领域和关键环节改革，促进对外贸易和利用外资稳定增长，使经济回升的基础更加稳固，使企业的运行更有活力，使各方面发展更加协调。

However, the crisis has not yet subsided and its impact on the real economy has not fully entailed. The world economy is still mired in recession. The road to recovery is likely to be long and winding. The Chinese economy still faces tremendous difficulties and challenges. Therefore, the Chinese government will keep its macroeconomic policy consistent and stable while making it fine-tuned, effective and sustainable. By focusing on now while looking forward, China is setting priorities and anchoring its efforts in buoying domestic demand, especially consumer demand. It is advancing the strategic readjustment of the economic structure, accelerating reform into key industries and sectors and restoring growth in foreign trade and FDI. These measures have further buttressed economic recovery, supported a dynamic business sector and promoted more harmonized development.

中国西部地区的建设与发展，是中国区域经济协调发展总体格局的重要组成部分，也是促进经济平稳较快增长和扩大内需的重要着力点。自中国实施西部大开发战略１０年以来，西部地区经济增长速度明显加快，基础设施和生态环境建设取得长足进展，各族人民生活不断改善，经济社会发展已经站在一个新的历史起点上。中国西部正在加快走向世界，利用外资、对外贸易、对外投资以及承包合作的能力大幅提高，在国际和区域合作方面发挥着越来越重要的作用，并且为世界各国开展与中国经贸合作提供了广阔的空间。在进一步加强和深化西部国际经贸合作方面，我们愿意与世界各国开展更加广泛的务实合作，深挖合作潜力，拓展合作渠道，创新合作模式，丰富合作内涵。

Western China has an important place in China’s strategy of balanced regional economic development, in addition to being a key pivot point for promoting steady and rapid economic growth and for expanding domestic demand. The Western Development Strategy, introduced 10 years ago, has seen the burgeoning of western China’s economy and encouraging progress on infrastructure and eco-restoration. Living standards have been improving across the whole region. Western China is now at a new starting point in history in socio-economic terms. Western China is also pacing up toward globalization. Its appetite for inward FDI, foreign trade, outbound investment and contracting business has improved significantly. It now plays an increasingly important role in international and regional cooperation, and offers ample space for other trading partners. With a view to strengthening and deepening economic collaboration between western China and the world, we stand ready to conduct pragmatic cooperation with other countries in a broader range of areas, tap into our potential, expand existing and create new avenues of cooperation and enriching such cooperation.

女士们、先生们：

积极应对国际金融危机，推动世界经济健康复苏，是国际社会的共同任务。开放合作，发展共赢，是国际社会的共同目标。当前世界经济正在经历深刻变化和调整，但发展的主题没有变，合作的趋势没有变，开放的贸易和投资体系仍然是促进世界经济增长的重要动力。中国政府始终奉行互利共赢的发展战略，积极主动加强与世界各国的经贸合作，坚持对外开放。我们应当在以下领域进一步加强协调和合作：

Ladies and gentlemen,

Responding positively to the financial crisis and promoting the sound recovery of the world economy are the common responsibility of the international community. Partnership in opening-up for win-win development is our shared agenda. The world economy is undergoing profound changes and reform, but development remains a theme and cooperation remains a trend. An open system of trade and investment remains a major engine for world economic growth. Holding this view, the Chinese government will continue to practice a win-win development strategy, actively engage other countries in trade and economic cooperation and stick to

opening-up. We believe cooperation needs to be reinforced in the following areas:

一、在贸易领域，坚决反对贸易保护，重视并促进自由贸易，积极扩大贸易规模。在海关、检验检疫、物流和商务人员往来等方面采取积极措施，加强合作，提供便利，以实际行动降低贸易壁垒，避免设置新的贸易障碍。要警惕和纠正形形色色的隐性保护主义行为。中国积极参与经济全球化进程，决不搞贸易和投资保护主义。我们也期待各国的共同行动，履行反对保护主义的诺言。

I. We should firmly resist trade protectionism, respect and promote free trade and actively increase trade flows. In areas such as customs, inspection and quarantine, logistics and the mobility of business people, we should take positive steps to enhance cooperation, provide facilitation, visibly reduce trade barriers and refrain from setting new trade barriers. We should be wary of and correct all kinds of covered-up protectionist behaviors. China is committed to globalization and has no intention of pursuing trade or investment protectionism. We look forward to other countries acting in unison to honor the word of fighting protectionism.

二、深化区域合作，发挥贸易与投资在区域经济增长中的拉动作用。充分利用多双边自由贸易机制，鼓励各国企业在区域内相互投资；努力维护区域金融稳定，建立和完善双边货币互换机制，研究扩大互换额度和签约国范围；积极推进自由贸易区建设，利用各自优势共同开发经济资源，加快区域和次区域交通、能源、通讯等领域建设步伐，逐步实现基础设施的互联互通和网络化，全面提高各国的社会效率，扩大就业，实现共同发展和繁荣。

II. We should deepen regional cooperation by leveraging the role of trade and investment in driving regional economic growth. We should take full advantage of bilateral and multilateral free trade mechanisms, incentivize intra-regional business investments and work toward maintaining regional financial stability. We should establish and perfect bilateral currency swaps by exploring the possibility of increasing the swap lin es and widening the scope of participating countries. We should actively advance FTAs, harness comparative advantages and economic resources, and accelerate the construction of regional and sub-regional transport, energy and communications infrastructure with a view to enable interconnectivity. We should comprehensively improve social productivity, increase job creation to realize common development and prosperity.

三、推动“绿色”合作，培育经济发展新的增长点。积极有效地协调政策和行动，加强各国在节能环保、生态环境保护、资源合理开发利用、新能源和可再生能源开发利用等领域的合作，加快发展低碳经济、绿色经济，努力实现经济可持续发展。中国西部地区在“绿色”合作领域有着广阔的空间和潜力，中国政府大力支持西部地区与世界各国开展节能环保的国际合作，支持联合开发新能源和可再生能源，发挥西部地区的资源优势和产业优势，推动西部产业和经济进入新的发展阶段。

III. We should promote green cooperation by building new pillars for economic growth. We should effectively coordinate policies and actions, strengthen collaborations in a broad spectrum of areas such as energy saving and environmental protection, eco-preservation, scientific development and utilization of natural resources, new energy and renewables. We should accelerate efforts to build a low-carbon and green economy as a sustainable

economic model. Western China enjoys enormous potential and space for green cooperation. The Chinese government is directing a lot of support to western China in its international collaboration on energy saving and environmental protection and on programs to jointly develop new energy and renewables. We should take advantage of the resource endowment and industrial strength of western China to bring its industrialization and economic development into a new phase.

女士们、先生们：

中国政府愿与世界各国一道，以更加开放、更加积极的态度促进互利合作，推动经贸合作向更高层次、更广领域发展。只要各国坚持合作，不懈努力，把握住世界经济调整的时机，不断开拓创新，寻找新的发展机遇，相信一定能够在应对危机中实现新的跨越。

放眼未来，中国西部与世界的经贸联系将更加紧密，合作空间将更加广阔。我们真诚地希望世界更多地关注中国西部，大步走进中国西部；也希望中国西部大步走向世界，通过开放合作，实现互利共赢、全面发展！

最后，预祝本次论坛取得圆满成功！预祝各位部长在成都逗留愉快！

谢谢各位！

Ladies and gentlemen,

With greater openness and readiness, the Chinese government is working with others to promote win-win cooperation, to take trade and economic cooperation to a higher level and into broader areas. As long as all nations stick to cooperation, make unremitting efforts, ride on global economic recovery, look for new and creative development opportunities, we will surely be able to gain leap-forwards in fighting the crisis.

Looking ahead, we envisage closer trade and economic relations between western China and the world and more promising prospects of cooperation. We sincerely hope the world will direct more attention to western China and move aggressively into western China. By the same token, we hope western China will make bold steps, become a more active player in the world economy, and seek win-win and comprehensive development through opening up and collaboration.

To conclude, I wish the forum a complete success and wish you all a pleasant stay in Chengdu.

Thank you.