Attention: 2021 Online (China) Asia Europe Trade Fair Opens

On the afternoon of August 24, 2021 online (China) Asia Europe Commodity Trade Fair opened.

Chen Guoguo, Secretary of the Party committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, delivered a speech at the main venue of Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center. Yu Jianhua, international trade negotiator and vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, attended the meeting by video in Beijing. The opening ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Secretary of the Party committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xiao Kaiti Yiming, director of the Standing Committee of the people's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Wang Junzheng, deputy secretary of the Party committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and political commissar of the XPCC, attended the meeting. The three guest countries of the Expo are chervyakov Alexander viktorovitch, Minister of economy of Belarus, Moin HAQ, Ambassador of Pakistan to China, fug panakhov, counsellor of Azerbaijani Embassy in China, Vladimir norov, Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Archie Kalandia, Ambassador of Georgia to China, and Mr Iranian ambassador to China Mohamed ksawarzzad and Kyrgyz ambassador to China karnaim baktgulova delivered video speeches.

In his speech, Chen Guoguo, on behalf of the Party committee and government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, extended a warm welcome to the on-line and on-site guests at home and abroad. He said that under the major initiative of jointly building the "belt and road" put forward by President Xi Jinping, the ancient Silk Road, which stretches for thousands of miles and extends for thousands of years, has radiated vitality of prosperity and development and has yielded fruitful results of mutual benefit and win-win results. Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent. It is the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, the only place for the "Eurasian Continental Bridge", and an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. In recent years, Xinjiang has persisted in integrating its regional opening-up strategy into the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the overall layout of the country's opening to the west, constantly enriching the carrier of opening up, upgrading the level of opening up, innovating the open economic system, actively promoting the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and comprehensively deepening economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions along the belt and road, The Silk Road spirit of "peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win" has been practiced with practical actions, and has made positive contributions to the co construction of the "belt and road". Chen Guoguo said that the holding of the Asia Europe commodity trade fair plays an important role in enhancing mutual understanding, deepening people to people exchanges and building consensus on cooperation. We are willing to work with other countries to make good use of the (China) Asia Europe commodity trade fair platform, actively promote the "belt and road" international cooperation, adhere to the principle of joint discussion, construction and sharing, adhere to the road of unity, cooperation, interconnection and common development, and work together to create a better future.

In his speech, Yu Jianhua expressed warm congratulations on the opening of the Expo on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce of China. He said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to deepening economic and trade cooperation with Asian and European countries, and is willing to strengthen strategic docking with Asian and European countries, promote trade and investment facilitation, jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system, overcome the impact of the epidemic, and promote the stable development of regional economy. The Chinese government is vigorously supporting Xinjiang in building the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and integrating the regional opening strategy of Xinjiang into the overall layout of the country's opening to the West. Xinjiang will play an increasingly important role in the economic and trade cooperation between Asia and Europe. The Asia Europe Commodity Trade Fair has become an important platform for promoting economic and trade cooperation among countries in the region. It has been positively responded by Asian and European countries, and fully reflects the strong desire of Asian and European countries to strengthen economic and trade cooperation under the epidemic situation. We hope to further enhance the role of the Expo platform, strengthen cooperation with Asian and European countries in various fields, and create a new highland for international and regional cooperation and opening up.

In his speech, chervyakov said that Belarus is an active participant in the Asia Europe commodity trade fair and is willing to contribute to creating new opportunities and favorable environment for international trade and investment. China is the most important strategic partner of Belarus, and the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries shows a momentum of sustained and stable growth and full of vitality. Belarus is willing to strengthen international cooperation and promote initiatives of great social and economic significance, such as the belt and road initiative, to achieve positive results.

In his speech, HAQ said that the friendship between Pakistan and China is higher than mountains, deeper than the sea and sweeter than honey. This (China) Asia Europe Commodity Trade Fair will play a positive role in deepening the economic and trade relations between China and Pakistan, and inject new impetus into Pakistan's expansion of cooperation with Xinjiang, China. Xinjiang, China, has outstanding advantages in CO building the belt and road initiative. We will take this opportunity to continuously deepen exchanges and cooperation with Xinjiang in agriculture, industry, infrastructure construction and other fields.

In his speech, panakhov said that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to bilateral and multilateral cooperation with China, especially in carrying out extensive exchanges and cooperation in various fields within the framework of the belt and road initiative. This time, 25 Azerbaijani enterprises have participated in the Asia Europe commodity trade fair, and will actively promote Azerbaijani products to China and Asian and European countries. We believe that this will help to further enhance the level of trade cooperation between Azerbaijan and China.

In his speech, norov said that China's Xinjiang has obvious geographical advantages and huge potential for social and economic development. It has great potential in developing traditional friendship, strengthening economic and trade complementarity, and developing mutually beneficial cooperation with SCO member states. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization attaches great importance to the important role of Xinjiang, China, in the implementation of the belt and road initiative. We will actively promote SCO member states to strengthen complementary advantages with Xinjiang, China, especially in the field of transportation and trade and logistics cooperation, vigorously develop cross-border e-commerce, and promote the common development of SCO member states, We will continue to enhance the well-being of the people of all countries.

In his speech, karandia said that in recent years, cooperation between Georgia and China in various fields has progressed smoothly. The "belt and road" initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping is of great significance to Georgia. We are willing to give full play to our unique advantages and strengthen cooperation with China in various fields. I wish the Expo a complete success, fruitful cooperation among the participating countries and organizations, and comprehensively promote exchanges and cooperation between Asian and European countries and international organizations for mutual benefit and win-win results.

In his speech, keshawarzzad said that China and Iran have a long history of trade and cultural exchanges. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Iran. We hope to establish more in-depth and extensive economic and trade ties with China, constantly strengthen extensive cooperation in energy resources, infrastructure, transportation, light industry development and other fields, so as to promote the active trade between China and Iran and promote the economic development of the two countries.

In her speech, baktegulova said that Kyrgyzstan attaches great importance to its comprehensive strategic partnership with China. We are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with China in various fields, seize the good opportunity of prosperity and development, jointly create a good environment for trade and investment and business development, build a broader trade bridge, and carry out more pragmatic cooperation in mineral mining and processing, energy, agriculture, processing industry, tourism, transportation and communication, so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

At the opening ceremony, Chen Guoguo and other guests jointly launched the 2021 online (China) Asia Europe commodity trade fair in the main venue.

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to China balakhart durdeyev, Ambassador of Moldova to China Dumitru belakish, diplomats and guests from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Poland and other countries in China, and representatives of Peshawar city of Pakistan, Basang city of Malaysia, Gomery city of Belarus, etc; Xu Hairong, Chen Weijun, tohuti Yakov, Ma xiongcheng and Zhong Bo, leaders of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and XPCC, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Commerce, competent commercial departments of provinces and cities, and representatives of various prefectures and cities attended the opening ceremony.

After the opening ceremony, the participants jointly conducted an online tour of the museum.

The Expo was held online for the first time, attracting 19 countries and international organizations, 31 provinces and cities, Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, and more than 1000 enterprises from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan region of China to participate in the exhibition. The exhibition will be held online from the opening to August 24, 2022.