Fortune Global Forum Opening: China determined to enhance economic globalization

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China is determined to expand its interests with all countries, and to liberalize and facilitate trade and investment. That's according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, as he sent his congratulations to the Fortune Global Forum. The business summit opened in China's Guangzhou city Wednesday morning. CGTN's He Weiwei has more.

A grand gathering for world business leaders. The theme of this year's Fortune Global Forum is Openness & Innovation: Shaping the Global Economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter of congratulations to the Forum. He says China will inject more vitality in its development and interact deeper with the world to create more opportunities for the global economy. Xi jinping also pledged to liberalize and facilitate trade and investment. He welcomed more foreign companies to invest in China.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. He said globalization is the precondition for shaping a new pattern for the world economy.

WANG YANG CHINESE VICE PREMIER "We should build an open world economy and push economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. This is the right path for development."

Attendees have been deeply impressed by Chinese leaders' messages.

CLIFTON LEAF, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FORTUNE "I'd like to thank President Xi for the incredibly generous letter. I found the letter inspiring. The part that really got me excited is that China has opened the door in the past and is gonna keep that door open. That's really important for the global community."

FRANK JURGEN RICHTER HORASIS "I'm from Germany, there are a lot of SMEs, small and medium-sized companies. They should invest here, they should come to China and find right partners."

The forum will run until December 8th.

HE WEIWEI GUANGZHOU With more than one thousand participants, this year's Fortune Global Forum is the event's largest to date. Over a dozen panels will he held to discuss various topics including the future of trade, finance, e-commerce, especially China's role in economic globalization. HWW, CGTN, GZ