China will expand opening-up, improve business environment, president says
China will keep deepening reform and expanding opening-up and provide
a better business environment for the investment and business
development of Chinese and foreign enterprises, President Xi Jinping
said in a letter of reply to representatives of Global CEO Council
members.
In the letter dated on Wednesday, Xi assured the global CEOs that
China will foster new opportunities and create new prospects for Chinese
and foreign enterprises. He said that those CEOs have made the right
choice to stay rooted in China.
Saying the interests of all countries are highly integrated in
today's world and humanity is a community with a shared future, Xi said
win-win cooperation conforms with the trend of the times.
China unswervingly commits itself to pursuing the path of peaceful
development, making economic globalization more open, inclusive,
balanced and beneficial to all, and promoting the building of an open
world economy, the president noted.
Xi expressed hope that those CEOs will adhere to the principle of
win-win cooperation and common development, strengthen exchanges and
cooperation with Chinese companies, and contribute to the world economic
recovery.
Speaking of China's economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Xi said the
fundamentals of China's long-term sound economic growth remain unchanged
and will not change.
China is coordinating efforts in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic
and socioeconomic development, striving for a decisive victory in
building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eradicating
poverty, he said.
To this end, Xi said, China will comprehensively implement major
policies and measures aimed at ensuring the six priorities of
employment, people's livelihoods, development of market entities, food
and energy security, stable operation of industrial and supply chains,
and smooth functioning at the community level.
It is also making efforts to ensure stability in the six areas of
employment, finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, domestic
investment and market expectations, he added.
Eighteen CEOs from the Global CEO Council, which groups 39
multinational companies that are global leaders in their respective
industries, wrote to Xi recently and offered suggestions on China's
economic development and international cooperation in the post-pandemic
era.
In their letter to Xi, the CEOs spoke highly of China's efforts to
successfully contain the novel coronavirus under Xi's leadership and
take the lead in resuming work and production as well as its positive
role in supporting the global COVID-19 fight and maintaining global
economic stability.
They said that Xi's proposals on creating new opportunities out of
crises and opening up new prospects in changing circumstances, as well
as his resolve to unswervingly promote economic globalization, have
further boosted their confidence in China and their commitment to
staying rooted in China.
The Global CEO Council was founded in 2013. The initial CEO Council was formed by the CEOs of 14 multinational companies.