Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan delivers a keynote speech at the inaugural Bloomberg Innovation Economy Forum.(Photo by Liang Weikang)

Vice President Wang Qishan said in Singapore on the morning of November 6 that China-US economic and trade cooperation is the ballast and propeller, and that China is willing to start consultations with the US to push for a mutually acceptable solution to economic and trade issues.

Wang Qishan made the above statement while attending the Bloomberg Innovation Economy Forum during his foreign visit to Singapore.Wang Qishan said that all countries in the world have their own advantages, and economic globalization is a historical trend. Although it will experience twists and turns, setting up barriers will not solve its own problems.

Wang Qishan said that the major issues facing the world today require close cooperation between China and the United States.China firmly believes that cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both, and confrontation will hurt both, and it will directly affect global development and stability.

He emphasized that in the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations, economic and trade cooperation is still the ballast stone and propeller. China will continue to remain calm and sober, insist on expanding opening up, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.Both China and the United States have good wishes to expand economic and trade cooperation. China is willing to conduct consultations with the US on issues of mutual concern and promote a mutually acceptable solution on economic and trade issues.

Wang Qishan said that China will continue to maintain the basic state policy of opening up to the outside world, continue to release the charm of the market, and create more development opportunities for the world.China will promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road with the concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits to benefit the people of the countries along the route.China firmly supports the multilateral trading system and firmly opposes unilateralism and trade protectionism.

At the beginning of his speech, Wang Qishan humorously said in the face of Bloomberg founder Michael middot;Being dizzy, this is one of my feelings.

Wang Qishan started a series of diplomatic visits at the end of October this year. From October 22 to 30, he visited Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.■