The opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) was launched Monday in Shanghai. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech called “Work Together for an Open Global Economy That is Innovative and Inclusive”, which gained praise and recognition from leaders who attended the expo.
Openness brings progress
“I very much agree with what President Xi said at the opening ceremony. Economic globalization, as an irreversible trend of history, has greatly boosted global growth,” the chairman and CEO of Shandong-headquartered Inspur Group, Sun Pishu, told People’s Daily. China has opened up the country to facilitate development and accomplished great achievements that are visible and tangible. The achievements of 40 years of reform and opening up have set another example for the historical law of human society development that “openness brings progress while seclusion leads to backwardness.”
Lothar Herrmann, Siemens Greater China CEO, expressed his gladness for Xi’s pledge that “China’s door will never be closed. It will only open still wider.” In today’s interconnected world, no country or enterprise can develop in isolation, he said.
Economies make progress through exchange and inter-connectivity
Xi’s words that economies make progress through exchanges and inter-connectivity and fall behind because of seclusion gave Dr. Herwig A. Buchholz a deep impres
