From ChinaDaily
President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Friday.
Here are the highlights.
President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on April 26, 2019. Xinhua Photo
The joint building of the Belt and Road has opened up new space for the world's economic growth. It also created a new platform to boost international trade and investment, expanded new practices to optimize the global economic governance, and made new contributions to improving people's well-being of all countries.
The principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits should be upheld. The open, green and clean approaches should be adhered to. The goals of high-standard, livelihood-improving and sustainable development should be achieved.
Infrastructure is the cornerstone of connectivity and a bottleneck of development confronting many countries. Building infrastructure with such standards can help countries give full play to their advantages in resources and better integrate into the global supply, industry and value chains for interconnected development.
President Xi Jinping entered the meeting hall with foreign leaders. Xinhua Photo
China will negotiate and sign high-standard free trade agreements with more countries.
China will support 5,000 people from the innovation sector in Belt and Road countries in conducting exchanges, training programs and joint researches in the next five years.
China will work with other parties to promote a coalition of sustainable cities and an international coalition for green development under the Belt and Road Initiative.
A total of 10,000 representatives of political parties think tanks and non-governmental organizations from countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative will be invited to China for exchanges in the next five years.
China will allow foreign investors to operate businesses in more sectors with controlling or full stake. China will roll out a new batch of pilot free trade zones.
China will step up protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign owners of intellectual property rights and prohibit the forced transfer of technology. China will create a business environment in which the value of knowledge is respected.
China will increase imports of goods and services on a larger scale. China will further lower its tariff rates.
China will continue to improve the exchange rate formation mechanism of its currency, the renminbi, and keep the exchange rate generally stable on a reasonable and balanced level.
China attaches great importance to the establishment of a constraint mechanism for the fulfillment and implementation of international agreements, and the modification and improvement of laws and regulations in accordance with the need of further opening-up.
The Second B&R Forum is held in Beijing on Friday.
All countries should create a sound investment environment, and treat Chinese enterprises, students and scholars abroad as equals. All countries should provide a fair and friendly environment for them to carry out normal international exchanges and cooperation.
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