Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the Fifth China International Import Expo (full text)

Distinguished Heads of State and Government,
Distinguished Heads of International Organizations,
Distinguished Heads of Delegations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends:
Hello, everyone! On behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, and in my own name, I would like to extend a warm welcome and sincere greetings to all the guests attending the Fifth China International Import Expo!
Five years ago, I announced that the Expo was to open wider to the outside world and make China's big market a great opportunity for the world. Now, the CIIE has become a window for China to build a new development pattern, a platform to promote high-level openness, and an international public product shared globally.
Openness is an important driving force for the progress of human civilization and the only way for the prosperity and development of the world. At present, the world has not changed in a century to accelerate the evolution of the world economic recovery momentum is insufficient. We must use openness to alleviate the difficulties of development, use openness to pool the power of cooperation, use openness to gather the momentum of innovation, and use openness to seek the blessings of sharing, so as to promote the continuous advancement of economic globalization, enhance the development momentum of all countries, and make development results more and more Fairly benefit the people of all countries.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that China adheres to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, firmly pursues a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy, adheres to the correct direction of economic globalization, and enhances the linkage effect of two resources in the domestic and international markets. New development provides new opportunities for the world and promotes the construction of an open world economy.
-- China will promote all countries to share the opportunities of China's big market, accelerate the construction of a strong domestic market, promote the optimization and upgrading of trade in goods, innovate the development mechanism of trade in services, expand the import of high-quality products, create a "Silk Road e-commerce" cooperation pilot zone, build a national demonstration zone for the innovation and development of trade in services, promote trade innovation and development, and promote high-quality joint construction of "Belt and Road Initiative".
-China will promote all countries to share institutional opening opportunities, steadily expand rules, regulations, management, standards and other institutional opening, implement the new version of the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment", and deepen the construction of a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening of the national service industry; Implement the promotion strategy of the pilot free trade zone, accelerate the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and play the role of a comprehensive experimental platform for reform and opening up.
-China will promote all countries to share opportunities for deepening international cooperation, fully and deeply participate in the reform negotiations of the World Trade Organization, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, promote international macroeconomic policy coordination, jointly cultivate new momentum for global development, and actively promote accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, and expand the global network of high-standard free trade zones, we will firmly support and help developing countries to accelerate their development and promote the building of a community of human destiny.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
"There is no way out after the mountain is heavy and the water is heavy, and there is another village." The road is at your feet and the light is ahead. China is willing to work with other countries to practice true multilateralism, build more open consensus, jointly overcome the difficulties and challenges facing global economic development, and let openness bring new bright prospects for global development!
Thank you all.

Source: "Learning Power" Learning Platform