On April 25, Belt and Road CEO Conference was successfully held in Beijing. The Conference is a growth engine and new highlight of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Gao Yunlong, Chairman of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), Xiao Yaqing, Chairman of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), and Gao Yan, Chairperson of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) have attended the Conference and delivered a speech.
Gao pointed out that current world economic and trade structure is undergoing a profound adjustment, which has endowed the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) a new historical mission to promote healthy development of economic globalization and recovery of the world economy. It is hoped that more countries will adhere to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, more people from the business community will participate in the BRI construction, create a new platform for international cooperation, and add new momentum for sustainable development.
Gao addressed that he hoped Chinese and foreign enterprises will vigorously promote entrepreneurship, work together to promote "Belt and Road" construction to have a broader cooperation field, more complete cooperation measures, and more fruitful cooperation achievements. All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce will continue to strengthen dialogues, exchanges and communication with industrial and commercial associations in different countries, provide more support and better services for parties who participate in the BRI construction; the Federation will work closely with relevant parties to promote project contact and ensure the results of the Conference will be implemented.
Xiao Yaqing pointed out that through participating in the implementation of BRI, SOEs owned by the central government have accelerated their internationalization process, promoted economic growth of countries along the route, and played an important role in promoting globalization. In the future, the central enterprises will further meet local development needs, create model projects with high standards and high quality, strive to achieve mutual benefit and common development, take the lead in shoulder social responsibility, and promote the high-quality development of BRI.
Gao Yan addressed that business community is a participant, contributor and main force of BRI. The convening of CEO Conference is in line with the urgent desire of enterprises from all countries to deepen pragmatic cooperation and achieve mutual benefit. It is hoped that enterprises from all over the world will make new achievements with the deepening development of BRI, will expand new space in the upgrading of BRI and present new accomplishment in the further promotion of BRI.
Heads of international organizations, government departments and business associations attended the plenary meeting and delivered speeches, including Arancha González, Executive Director of International Trade Centre, Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California, and Teo Siong Seng, Chairman of Singapore Business Federation. Heads of Chinese and foreign companies also addressed at the plenary meeting, including China National Petroleum Corporation, China Communications Construction Company Limited, China Datang Corporation Ltd., HOdo Group, Sunwah Group, Standard Chartered, and etc.
Representatives of participating companies held a common view that “Belt and Road” has brought tremendous development opportunities to enterprises from all over the world. The enterprises must share successful experiences, innovate cooperation models, respect market rules, follow international conventions, improve their competitiveness in legal compliance, and achieve mutual benefit and common development in “Belt and Road”. Representatives from trade promotion agencies and business associations expressed that they will strengthen investigation and research, strengthen exchange and communication, build a cooperation platform, improve service guarantees, and push the construction of the “Belt and Road” to a new level.
This Belt and Road CEO Conference was co-organized by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. The Conference closely follows the theme of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which is “Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future”, and has provided a platform for industrial and commercial circles in different countries to communicate, contact cooperation, sign project, and deepen cooperation. More than 850 representatives of government departments, business associations, enterprises and international organizations from more than 80 countries and regions attended the Conference. After the plenary meeting, project signing and contact negotiations were held. The participating enterprises signed a number of project cooperation agreements, which have the following characteristics: cover a wide range of sectors and countries, have an important basic role and a strong demonstration effect, and many of the projects concern people's livelihood. Nearly a thousand “one-on-one” dialogues and negotiations in different industries were organized in different time periods.
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