The Sino -US trade war came. Han Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the Vice Premier of the State Council of the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party, did not name it yesterday that the United States, which would not be able to impose tariffs on China, emphasized that economic globalization is the tide of the times, and there is no way to engage in trade protectionism.This is the highest level of response to the United States so far in China.
Han Zheng made the above statements when he spoke to 180 Chinese and foreign corporate leaders and scholars at the opening ceremony of the China Senior Development Forum yesterday.This is also the first time he has appeared in international places after serving as Deputy Prime Minister.
Han Zheng said: We know that economic globalization is the tide of the times, and it will never be smooth sailing, but the general trend is irreversible.We believe that there is no way out of the process of solving the problem of economic globalization and moving against the trend.To be unilateralism and a trade war, harmful people will only cause greater conflict and negative effects.
He also reiterated China's consistent position: countries need to negotiate equal, and they can help each other, cooperate in response, promote liberalization and facilitation of trade investment, and promote the development of economic globalization towards more open, tolerance, inclusive, balanced, and win -win.
U.S. President Trump signed a memorandum on Friday (23rd). Based on the US 301 investigation report on China, it ordered a series of products to levy import tax on a series of products with a total value of up to $ 60 billion (S $ 78 billion).The United States believes that China protects its own enterprises through industrial subsidies and forced technology transfer.
Reuters yesterday quoted John Frisbie, president of the National Committee of the US -China Trade, pointed out that China has continued to promise to open up the market and protect intellectual property rights in recent times, but the American business community has always waited for China to take action.
Middot, Chairman of the Forum Foreign Party and CEO of Apple; Cook also said yesterday that China and the United States will benefit from free trade, but there may also be inequality.He called on everyone to find out the reason and focus on solving the problem of unequal trade.
Regarding the doubts of the United States, Han Zheng reiterated yesterday that China's foreign -funded enterprises are colleagues, paying attention to protecting the legitimate rights and interests such as intellectual property rights of foreign -funded enterprises, and committed to creating a world -class business environment.
He also emphasized that the Chinese economy must continue from high -speed growth to high -quality development, and it must continue to reform and open up, and the improvement of China's consumption level has provided great business opportunities for global companies.
Wang Shouwen, deputy minister of China ’s Ministry of Commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations, explained on the forum yesterday that Chinese tariffs and agricultural subsidies for dairy products, trucks and shirts are lower than Europe and the United States.
Wang Shouwen said that although China's service trade is a deficit, China still unswervingly expands the opening of the service industry.There are 160 service trade industries defined by the World Trade Organization. When China joined the WTO, it promises to open 100, and it has now opened 120.
President of the People's Bank of China: Further relax the financial market access
He introduced that the next step in China will focus on expanding opening up in the fields of finance, telecommunications, medical care, education, and pensions.Cancel.
Yi Gang, President of the People's Bank of China, also stated in the forum yesterday that China will further relax the financial market admission in the future, but it will be regarded as the same as that internal and foreign capital will be prudent.He emphasized that the degree of financial opening must be equal to the prevention of financial risks, and the degree of opening up must match the regulatory capacity of the financial.
Pascal Lamy, former Director -General of the World Trade Organization, pointed out that although Chinese domestic demand is increasing, the Chinese economy will mainly depend on overseas markets in the next 10 years, which will closely link China and the world.He judged that China needs to do more in terms of opening up, especially when implementing the Belt and Road Initiative, it should be a little less Chinese and the characteristics of other countries.
(Reporter is Lianhe Morning News Beijing Special Commissioner)
