Full text： Keynote speech by President Xi Jinping at opening ceremony of 2nd CIIEXinhua November 05 ， 2019Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Tuesday.
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Openness and Cooperation for a Shared Future
Keynote Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping
President of the People’s Republic of China
At the Opening Ceremony of the Second China International Import Expo
Shanghai， 5 November 2019
Your Excellency President Emmanuel Macron，
Your Excellencies Prime Minister Andrew Holness， Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis， and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic，
Your Excellencies Speakers of Parliament，
Your Excellencies Heads of International Organizations，
Your Excellencies Heads of Delegations，
Distinguished Guests，
Ladies and Gentlemen，
Friends，
In this lovely season tinted with deep autumn hues， it gives me great pleasure to get together with you by the Huangpu River. I now declare open the second China International Import Expo！
At the outset， on behalf of the Chinese government and people as well as in my own name， a hearty welcome to all the distinguished guests from afar！ To the many old and new friends gathered here from across the world， I give you my warm greetings and best wishes！
A year ago in this same place， the inaugural China International Import Expo was successfully held. Today， we are happy to be joined by even more friends in the second Expo that carries on the theme of “New Era， Shared Future”. I trust that you will all find your participation in the event worthwhile and rewarding！
Ladies and Gentlemen，
Friends，
At last year’s Expo， I announced the initiatives China was to take in the five areas of further opening-up and spelt out three specific steps for Shanghai to open wider to the world. One year on， these initiatives and steps have been by and large put in place. The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone now has a Lingang special area， and six other new pilot free trade zones have been set up in other provinces of the country. The Shanghai Stock Exchange launched a sci-tech innovation board， with a registration system being piloted for the listing of companies. In the Yangtze River Delta area， a plan for integrated development of the region has been introduced as a national strategy. At the national level， a Foreign Investment Law will enter into force on 1 January next year. A management system combining pre-establishment national treatment and the negative list has been effected nationwide. Major progress is being made in increasing imports to boost consumption and in bringing down the tariff level. For last year’s Expo， during my bilateral events with foreign leaders， 98 initiatives were agreed upon， of which 23 have now been completed， 47 are making good progress， and 28 are on track of steady implementation.
Ladies and Gentlemen，
Friends，
Economic globalization represents the trend of history. Like the world’s great rivers， the Yangtze， the Nile， the Amazon and the Danube — they all surge forward in relentless flow， and nothing can stop their mighty movement， not the current of undertows or hidden shoals or rocks beneath the water.
Of the problems confronting the world economy， none can be resolved by a single country alone. We must all put the common good of humanity first rather than place one’s own interest above the common interest of all. We must have a more open mindset and take more open steps， and work together to make the pie of the global market even bigger. We need to strengthen the mechanisms for sharing benefits globally， and explore new ways of international cooperation. The goal is to give more impetus to economic globalization and remove impediments as much as we could.
For that to happen， I want to propose the following：
First， let us work together to build an open world economy through