On
September 2nd, the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2021 China
International Fair for Trade in Services was held in Beijing.
President Xi Jinping delivered a video message at the Summit. Han
Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau
of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State
Council, attended the Summit and declared the CIFTIS open.
Later
that night, Han Zheng, Hu Chunhua, Vice Premier of the State
Council, and Cai Qi, Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal
Committee, attended the Summit offline in Beijing while leaders of
relevant countries and heads of international organizations joined
the meeting online. At about 8:50 pm, Han Zheng declared the 2021
China International Fair for Trade in Services open.
Before
the meeting started, Han Zheng, Hu Chunhua and Cai Qi inspected the
venues of the Fair and talked to the heads of the exhibitors.
According to Han Zhang, open cooperation of the service industry
plays an important role in promoting development as well as the
recovery and growth of the world economy. The Chinese government
welcomes enterprises around the world to invest in China and will
further liberalize market access. We are committed to enhancing the
protection of intellectual properties and building a market-oriented
and international business environment governed by law. Han expressed
hope that everyone could seize the opportunity to actively develop
the market for mutual benefit and make greater contributions to
China's new development paradigm.
Hu Chunhua
hosted the Summit. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko,
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, Zimbabwean President Emmerson
Mnangagwa, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Prime Minister of Vietnam Ph?m
Minh Chính, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, UNCTAD Assistant
Secretary-General Isabelle Durant and WTO Deputy Director-General
Anabel González delivered their video messages respectively.
Around
500 people attended the Summit in Beijing offline, including members
of the organizing committee of CIFTIS, comrades from relevant central
departments, heads of trade missions of provinces (districts and
cities), comrades in charge of Chinese enterprises and agency
representatives, representatives of foreign diplomatic envoys and
international organizations in China and representatives of foreign
business associations and foreign enterprises in China.
Themed "Towards Digital Future and Service-driven Development", the
2021 CIFTIS focused on the digital economy, digital trade and other
issues and held around 200 forums and business talks through a
combination of online and offline meetings.
(Article: Wen Xin, Ji Ning)
