Bloomberg Innovation Economy Forum

Wang Qishan delivered a keynote speech at the inaugural Bloomberg Innovation Economy Forum held at the Capella Hotel in Sentosa yesterday.He emphasized that in the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations, economic and trade cooperation is still the ballast and propeller, and the essence is to pursue mutual benefit and win-win results.

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said yesterday that cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both, and confrontation will hurt both. China is willing to reach a mutually acceptable solution with the United States on economic and trade issues.

Wang Qishan delivered a keynote speech at the first Bloomberg Innovation Economy Forum held at the Capella Hotel in Sentosa yesterday morning.He pointed out that the major issues facing the world today require close cooperation between China and the United States, and both countries have good intentions to expand economic and trade cooperation.

Wang Qishan emphasized that China firmly believes that cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both, and confrontation will hurt both.In the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations, economic and trade cooperation is still the ballast and propeller, and the essence is to pursue mutual benefit and win-win results.

In response to the problems in globalization, Wang Qishan pointed out that setting up barriers and provoking disputes will not solve their own problems, but will only aggravate the turmoil in the global market.He said that economic globalization is not a zero-sum game.In the face of differences and problems, only by strengthening equal consultation and cooperation on the basis of a rules-based international order can we build a higher-level, open world economy.

The exchanges between the leaders of China and the United States have recently become more frequent. In addition to the Sino-US trade war, the military relations between the two countries have also cooled down.

Reuters quoted a statement from the US State Department yesterday that Secretary of State Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mattis will hold the second diplomatic and security dialogue with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Washington on Friday (9th).

This round of high-level dialogue was originally scheduled to be held in October, but it was later canceled. Both China and the United States said at the time that the dialogue was postponed at the request of the other side.

In addition, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Trump also agreed to meet during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the end of this month during a phone call last Thursday (1st).

Wang Qishan said yesterday that China advocates abandoning the Cold War mentality and power politics, respecting each other and helping each other in the same boat, promoting economic globalization in a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction, and jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Great achievements have been made in the past 40 years of reform and opening up

When talking about China's great achievements in the past 40 years of reform and opening up, Wang Qishan emphasized that it cannot be separated from the nearly 70 years of hard work since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

He said: To understand the nearly 70 years of New China's history, it must be traced back to the moment when it was overthrown by foreign powers in 1840. The unyielding Chinese people have been struggling to find themselves standing up, getting rich, and becoming strong again.Diligence, wisdom, frugality, bravery, tolerance and openness are the genes of the Chinese nation.He said that China will continue to remain calm and sober, insist on doing its own thing well, persist in expanding opening up, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Singapore's two deputy prime ministers Teo Chee Hean and Tharman Tharman, former US Secretary of State Kissinger, and former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson were all present yesterday morning to listen to Wang Qishan's speech.

Wang Qishan officially visited Singapore for three days starting the day before yesterday, during which he met with President Halimah and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

This is Wang Qishan's third visit abroad since he became China's vice president in March this year, and it is also his first speech at an international high-end forum.

Emphasis on staying calm and sober

Wang Qishan went out of script yesterday before his speech, emphasizing the importance of keeping a cool head.He said: My whole life has been accompanied by continuous growth and maturity, especially maintaining a calm and sober.

Wang Qishan spoke after Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York and founder of Bloomberg, introduced him.For the next 20 minutes, he spent the first three minutes or so unscripted to speak to relax the atmosphere.

Wang Qishan said that Bloomberg had a lot of good words when he introduced him. When he heard good things, he was worried that he would be flattered.When I hear bad things, I don't care, that's called stick killing.

He recalled that he once said in the United States: Famous people, rich people, or handsome men and women will all face praise and stick killing.So as a human being, it is not easy to keep a calm mind, because people are often flattered.

Then he changed the subject, pointing out that when he heard the introduction about Bloomberg earlier, he said that the latter is the 108th mayor of New York, the 108th mayor, how many mayors of Beijing am I?

Wang Qishan pointed out that the history of New York is not long even since it was founded by the Dutch. You (New York) have 108 mayors.What about Beijing?Beijing has been the capital of China for hundreds of years.At that time, he was not called the mayor, but Jing Zhaoyin.I said why the Chinese didn't put this in a row, look at when Wang was the mayor of Beijing, he was the hundredsth.I think it must be several hundred.

He then smiled and said: "Relax the atmosphere..." I will read a copy of my manuscript below.