Chinese premier attends symposium with representatives of overseas buyers, exhibitors at Canton Fair

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday attended a symposium with representatives of overseas buyers and exhibitors at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, calling on Chinese and foreign enterprises to actively promote global supply-demand matching and lead international innovation cooperation.

About 70 business representatives from nearly 30 countries and regions participated in the symposium in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, where the Canton Fair will be held from October 15 to November 4.

After hearing remarks from representatives of overseas buyers and exhibitors, Li said that over the past 70 years since its launch, the Canton Fair has grown along with China's opening up and development. "It has become not only a bright business card of China's opening up to the outside world, but also an important window for the world to observe China," Li said.

As one of the world's one-stop trade platforms boasting a complete range of goods and high efficiency, the Canton Fair brings together cutting-edge products and technologies, Li said, adding that it serves as a grand stage for traditional goods trade and a barometer for the development of new types of trade.

In recent years, the enterprises participating in the Canton Fair have engaged in more diversified business exchanges and are gradually upgrading to all-round partners, Li said. He noted that China will continue to foster an open and innovative ecosystem, strengthen the protection of foreign-related intellectual property rights and actively address the concerns of enterprises.

"China will continue to optimize the investment environment for foreign investors, expand market access and support foreign enterprises in local production," the premier said. "It will also accelerate the building of a modern industrial system and promote the planning and construction of new power grids, computing power networks and new-generation communication networks," he added.

"We welcome enterprises from all countries to invest more in China, deepen their presence in the Chinese market, strengthen mutually beneficial and practical cooperation in the industrial and supply chains, and promote the building of open and inclusive global industrial and supply chains," Li said.

Li also called for enhancing the digital and intelligent features of the Canton Fair, expanding its range of green products and exhibition areas, promoting green trade, and highlighting the fair's humanistic elements.

Noting that global production and supply chains are undergoing profound restructuring, business representatives said the competitiveness of "Made in China" is increasing day by day, making significant contributions to promoting the development of the world economy.

They said the Canton Fair is the most reliable global business platform and that the Chinese government has been continuously implementing precise policies, constantly optimizing the business environment and helping enterprises from all countries achieve leapfrog development.

The foreign representatives said they are fully confident in China's development prospects and are willing to cooperate with China, share innovation, promote mutual growth and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.