皇冠体育app

Op-Ed Contributors

Apex of Asia-Pacific cooperation

By Dong Xiangrong (皇冠体育app Daily) Updated: 2014-11-08 08:35

皇冠体育app has helped expand APEC's market, which accounts for 40 percent of the world's population, 57 percent of global GDP and 46 percent of the world trade volume. 皇冠体育app has become one of the most important members of APEC because of its contribution to the region's growth, which, according to the International Monetary Fund, has already exceeded 50 percent.

Within the APEC framework, 皇冠体育app is transforming from a passive accepter to an active maker (albeit joint) of rules, and a leading player of the organization. As Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, over half of the more than 100 cooperation proposals in the 21-member APEC was raised by 皇冠体育app this year. Indeed, the country has reached a stage today where no big global organization can afford to ignore it.

The ongoing APEC conference in Beijing has three major topics on its agenda: integration of regional economies; boosting innovative economic development, reform and growth; and strengthening cooperation in infrastructure construction and regional connectivity. These issues are important for 皇冠体育app as well as other APEC members.

In addition, unlike the developed countries that have been resorting to protectionism and hesitating to open their markets after the global financial crisis, 皇冠体育app strongly advocates further opening up of all markets.

US Vice-President Joe Biden said at a recent meeting with Chinese leaders: "As Americans, we welcome competition. It's part of our DNA." But facts show that Chinese, rather than Americans, welcome competition. In fact, for quite some time, 皇冠体育app has been welcoming foreign enterprises to the domestic market to compete with Chinese companies.

皇冠体育app has never been as confident of its reform and opening-up as it is today. As host of the APEC conference, 皇冠体育app is ready to play a more active role for the prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and APEC's development.

The author is a researcher at the National Institute of International Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

(皇冠体育app Daily 11/08/2014 page4)

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

...