More efforts are needed to embrace free trade, foster open markets and boost the innovation and technological progress of countries and regions around the world, according to government leaders, business executives and experts from home and abroad.
The first China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Trade Forum opened on the morning of November 5. Government leaders from more than 130 countries and heads of international organizations, global business leaders, famous experts and scholars, and around 1,500 representatives from China's ministries, central agencies, and regional governments have attended the opening ceremony.
Our world is full of hope and full of challenge. In the era of economic globalization, there is no island completely cut off from the rest of the world. On the occasion of the first CIIE, a total of 82 countries and 3 international organizations will showcase their achievements in country pavilions.
In the past four decades, China has presented itself to the world, and the world has seen its reflection in China. In the backdrop of economic globalization, China gets even closer to the world. To pursue a shared future for mankind, the vision is now ours.