Beijing, December 31 (reporter Li Qiaochu) - recently, the theme event of the 30th anniversary of China's accession to APEC and the 2021 APEC Business Leaders' China Forum were held in Beijing. Gao Yan, President of China Council for the promotion of international trade and China International Chamber of Commerce, Su Wei, Deputy Secretary General of the national development and Reform Commission, and Xu Kemin, chief economist of the Ministry of industry and information technology, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations, and Bo Jie, chairman of the 2022 APEC Business Leaders Summit, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony by video.
The forum was hosted by the China Council for the promotion of international trade, the China International Chamber of Commerce and the APEC China Business Council. Focusing on the theme of "sustainable growth", participants focused on the 30-year history of China's accession to APEC, looked forward to China's position and role in APEC's "post-2020 era" Asia Pacific regional economic cooperation, and discussed how to promote sustainable industrial growth under the new situation, Show China's wisdom and China's plan for global economic recovery in the post epidemic era.
Gao Yan pointed out in her speech that as the largest national trade and investment promotion agency in China, CCPIT has always led the Chinese business community to participate in the work related to APEC cooperation, promoted and witnessed the whole process of Chinese business community's participation in APEC cooperation. From a new starting point, the China Council for the promotion of international trade and the China International Chamber of Commerce will build more economic and trade cooperation and exchange platforms, strengthen international, professional and accurate services for enterprises, and guide Chinese business circles to participate in business activities under multilateral mechanisms with higher quality and wider scope.
Wang said that China's participation in the economic globalization is the first milestone after the economic reform and opening-up of APEC. Over the past 30 years, China has continuously integrated into the industrial chain and supply chain of the Asia Pacific and the world, and made extensive economic and trade partners, leaving a strong Chinese mark in the history of APEC. China will unswervingly uphold multilateralism and strive to build a new development pattern. At the same time, Wang Shouwen encouraged the business community to seize the development opportunity of digital economy, actively integrate into the general trend of regional economic integration and deeply participate in APEC Economic and trade activities.
Su Wei pointed out that in the face of the increasingly severe and complex international environment, the national development and Reform Commission has actively explored effective measures to promote industrial growth and sustainable development under the new situation, including increasing support for enterprises, coordinating to solve the problem of capital shortage of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises, and striving to reduce the cash flow pressure of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises; Promote the construction of international industrial chain and supply chain cooperation platform of APEC economies; Promote enterprises to go global in accordance with the needs of the international market, continue to expand digital economy cooperation with members, actively promote the implementation of APEC enhanced structural reform agenda 2021-2025, and accelerate the formulation of relevant action plans.
Xu Kemin said that in recent years, APEC has paid more and more attention to the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, continuously promoted the digital development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promoted small and medium-sized enterprises to maintain and enhance their global competitiveness. Small and micro businesses in China have been organized by the Ministry of industry and information technology to organize innovative business competitions and innovation of Internet plus small and micro enterprises. We have found a number of solutions and successful cases in the transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, encouraging SMEs to promote innovation in technology, products and management mode, promoting the development of SMEs, and improving the capability of SMEs to innovate and integrate into supply chain.
POJ aramwattanant, chairman of the 2022 APEC Business Summit from Thailand, said that APEC is the most important regional cooperation mechanism in the Asia Pacific. The long-term and firm partnership between China and Thailand has played an important role in the success of both sides in the vibrant Asia Pacific region. APEC's achievements in the past have also created many good opportunities for the development of both sides. Poje believes that it is very necessary to maintain the momentum of APEC cooperation. Mutually beneficial cooperation among economies will promote balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth in the Asia Pacific region.
Focusing on a number of hot topics, the forum held special seminars such as "sustainable growth", "scientific and technological independence", "intelligent manufacturing special session: synergy, innovation and development" and "endogenous consumption power", as well as the business sector theme forum commemorating the 30th anniversary of China's accession to APEC. It also released the "demonstration sample action of China's digital economy industry".
