Chinese premier reaffirms commitment to opening up at import expo

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday reaffirmed that China will continue to seek high-quality growth and unswervingly promote high-standard opening up, making new contributions to the world economy.

Li made the remarks in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE) and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai.

As President Xi Jinping noted, the Chinese economy is like a vast ocean, and so is the world economy. All the seas and oceans in the world are interconnected. The CIIE serves both as an estuary through which the global economy flows into the Chinese economy, and an important bridge that links China with the world, Li said.

This year’s CIIE saw a record high number of participating enterprises, fully demonstrating the vitality of China’s super-large market, Li said.

Noting that some unilateral and protectionist acts have severely impacted the international economic and trade order, and disrupted the world economy, Li called for upholding equality and mutual benefit, consolidating the foundation of legitimate common interests and safeguarding international fairness and justice.

Li also called for advancing international governance reform and optimizing the international economic and trade rules.

The recommendations for formulating China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), adopted at the recent fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, have injected greater certainty into the country’s economic and social development for the period ahead, Li said.

The opening ceremony was attended by about 1,500 participants from 155 countries, regions, and international organizations, including Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Serbian Prime Minister Djuro Macut, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria Abbas Tajudeen, and President of the National Council of Slovenia Marko Lotric.

Before the opening ceremony, Li visited the business exhibition. After the ceremony, Li toured the exhibition hall along with the foreign leaders.

On Tuesday afternoon, Li attended the launch ceremony for the “Big Market for All: Export to China” Series of Events and announced the launch of the events.

Chinese premier reaffirms commitment to opening up at import expo

Chinese premier reaffirms commitment to opening up at import expo

China International Intelligent Communication Forum 2025 was held in Wuxi City of east China’s Jiangsu Province on Saturday, showcasing the latest practices and achievements in AI-empowered cultural and tourism experiences, urban development, and film and television production.

Jointly hosted by China Media Group and the Jiangsu Provincial Government, the forum brought together leaders from international organizations, media representatives, and industry experts, engaging in discussions on new opportunities and win-win cooperation in the AI era.

At the opening ceremony, the 2025 China Cities International Intelligent Communication Capacity Ranking was released, offering an assessment of the intelligent communication capacity building.

“Display technology is indispensable to communication technology. The human-machine interface, or information display, is constantly evolving, enabling it to better align and integrate with the AI era. In the future, distributed sensing systems will capture every consumer’s needs and, through algorithms, deliver the content of interest to each consumer,” said Huang Wei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

A series of events, including a roundtable dialogue and several sub-forums, explored AI applications and their role in shaping urban image. Participants also highlighted AI’s transformative impact on film and television production.

“The movies, TV series, and documentaries are all art forms that create dreams. The involvement of AI will make these dreams increasingly rich and spectacular,” said Zhu Yiran, director of China’s first 8K space-filmed documentary “Shenzhou-13”.

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