Beijing, November 11 News On November 11, President Xi Jinping was invited to deliver a keynote speech entitled "Adhering to Sustainable Development and Jointly Building an Asia-Pacific Community of Shared Future" to the APEC Business Leaders Summit in Beijing by video.
Xi Jinping pointed out that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading around the world, and the recovery of the world economy is difficult and tortuous. The Asia-Pacific region should bravely shoulder the responsibilities of the times, play a leading role, and firmly move toward the goal of building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.
First, make every effort to fight the epidemic. The more difficult the moment, the more we must strengthen our confidence, the more we must be calm and courageous. In the face of this century test that concerns the future and destiny of mankind, all economies and sectors of society in the Asia-Pacific region should adhere to the supremacy of people and life, carry forward the spirit of science, unite as one, and strive to win a complete victory in the fight against the epidemic.
Second, adhere to openness and cooperation. All parties should grasp the general trend, actively expand opening up, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, maintain the stability and smoothness of the industrial chain supply chain, promote economic recovery, and achieve linkage development. We must persist in looking forward and moving forward. The Asia-Pacific region cannot and should not return to the cold war-era state of confrontation and fragmentation.
Third, promote green transformation. It is necessary to adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, implement the outcomes of the Paris Agreement and the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to address climate change, and jointly take the road of green, low-carbon and sustainable development. Adhere to the people-centered, coordinate economic growth, people's livelihood security, energy conservation and emission reduction, promote green transformation in economic development, and achieve greater development in green transformation.
Fourth, actively promote innovation. It is necessary to accelerate scientific and technological and institutional innovation, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and cultivate new momentum for economic development. Strengthen scientific and technological innovation collaboration among Asia-Pacific members, and create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for scientific and technological development. The industrial and commercial circles should strive to become the main force in R&D investment and achievement transformation.
Xi Jinping stressed that China's economic development has always been accompanied by the process of regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. China has achieved the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way as scheduled, and has embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, which will bring greater opportunities to the Asia-Pacific region.
China will unswervingly promote reform and opening up and provide assistance for the development of the Asia-Pacific economy. China is committed to promoting the construction of a high-standard market system, promoting new progress in the reform of important areas and key links, creating a high-level and institutional pattern of opening up to the outside world, continuously optimizing the business environment, creating a unified, open, competitive and orderly market system, continuously consolidating the foundation for the long-term development of China's economy, and providing a better guarantee for the Asia-Pacific and global business communities to invest and develop in China.
China will promote a comprehensive green transformation and contribute to the construction of ecological civilization in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. China will actively promote the construction of ecological civilization, firmly implement the national strategy to deal with climate change, coordinate the needs of low-carbon transformation and people's livelihood, and achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals on schedule. Welcome the active participation of the Asia-Pacific business community to create a green development future.
China will be committed to promoting win-win cooperation and contributing to the economic development of the Asia-Pacific region. Adhere to true multilateralism, actively participate in global economic governance, and promote the construction of an open world economy. Firmly promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", strengthen global cooperation in poverty reduction, food security, development financing and other fields, inject impetus into the economic recovery and sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific region, and build a global community of shared future for development.