The President of China was invited by the President of Peru to visit Peru from November 13th to 17th.
At the invitation of President Dina Boluarte of the Republic of Peru, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China went to Lima to attend the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and pay a state visit to Peru from November 13th to 17th. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will expound China's policy propositions on promoting Asia-Pacific cooperation.
Since 2013, President Xi Jinping has attended or chaired all previous APEC meetings and delivered important speeches. In these speeches, he has used vivid metaphors one after another to profoundly elaborate on the beautiful vision of Asia-Pacific cooperation, demonstrating his profound thinking on building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future."Yam"
In November 2016, when attending the APEC CEO Summit in Peru and delivering a keynote speech, President Xi Jinping used the "yam", a crop native to Latin America, to interpret China's determination to take root in the Asia-Pacific region and seek common development with countries in the region."The vines of the yam extend in all directions, but its tubers always grow in the root position." President Xi Jinping said, "Similarly, no matter how developed it is, China will always take root in, build, and benefit the Asia-Pacific region." APEC was established in 1989 and has now become the highest-level, broadest in scope, and most influential economic cooperation mechanism in the Asia-Pacific region. Since joining APEC in 1991, China has become the major trading partner and export market for most APEC members. Over the years, China has been committed to enhancing the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region with practical actions. At present, China's overall tariff level has dropped to 7.3%."The Asia-Pacific is a big family, and China is a member of this big family. China's development is inseparable from the Asia-Pacific, and the prosperity of the Asia-Pacific is also inseparable from China." President Xi Jinping said when attending the APEC meeting in Bali, Indonesia in 2013.In President Xi Jinping's vision for Asia-Pacific development, connectivity is an important element. He once used traditional Chinese medical theory to describe the importance of enhancing connectivity among APEC members: "Free flow brings no pain; pain means blockage." "Connectivity makes the economic blood vessels of the Asia-Pacific region more unobstructed." He said. During his visit to Indonesia in 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed to strengthen maritime cooperation with ASEAN countries and jointly build the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". Later, this became a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative. Also during that visit, he proposed the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to support infrastructure connectivity construction in developing countries in the region, including ASEAN countries."President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of propositions and initiatives to enhance cooperation, among which the Belt and Road Initiative is one of the important measures to promote comprehensive connectivity." said Liu Chenyang, Director of the APEC Research Center at Nankai University in Tianjin.To date, more than half of the APEC members have participated in the Belt and Road cooperation, and many landmark projects have taken root in various parts of the Asia-Pacific region. For example, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway has enabled Indonesia to enter the high-speed railway era, and the completed Chancay Port in Peru will become a new land-sea corridor between China and Latin America, injecting new impetus into the development of the entire region."These all demonstrate to the world China's determination to take root in the Asia-Pacific region and bring long-term benefits to the region." Liu Chenyang said."Wild Geese"In 2014, as the host country, China held the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on the shores of Yanqi Lake in Beijing. In his opening speech, President Xi Jinping said that the 21 members of APEC are like 21 wild geese. "Today, we gather on the shores of Yanqi Lake with the aim of strengthening cooperation, spreading our wings and flying together, and writing a new vision for Asia-Pacific development." At the end of his speech, President Xi Jinping specifically emphasized the importance of unity among APEC members: "One flower does not make a spring, and a lone wild goose cannot form a line." The Asia-Pacific region accounts for one-third of the world's population, more than 60% of the world's economic output, and nearly half of the world's trade volume, and is an important engine for global economic growth. Data released by the International Monetary Fund in April this year show that it is expected that the Asia-Pacific region will contribute about 60% to global economic growth in 2024. President Xi Jinping advocates that APEC members adhere to mutually beneficial cooperation, give full play to their respective advantages, and promote common development. He said: "We should change the winner-takes-all model to a win-win situation for all parties, jointly expand the cake of Asia-Pacific development, and jointly promote the great prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region." APEC members are located in multiple continents, with diverse development paths and levels, but this is not an obstacle to deepening cooperation. At APEC meetings, President Xi Jinping has repeatedly advocated building an Asia-Pacific partnership of mutual trust, inclusiveness, cooperation, and win-win results. "Those with similar ideals are partners. Those who seek common ground while reserving differences are also partners." President Xi Jinping pointed out that the national conditions of Asian and Pacific countries vary greatly, and it is not strange to have differences. The key is to adhere to the common denominator of seeking common development, carry forward the spirit of partnership, negotiate to handle differences, and explore solutions to common challenges.
The vision of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area was initially proposed at the APEC Hanoi Meeting in Vietnam in 2006. In 2014, the APEC Beijing Meeting approved the "APEC Roadmap for Promoting the Realization of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area", marking the official start of the process of building the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area.
Jasen Sitti, Vice Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, highly President Xi Jinping's propositions on strengthening APEC cooperation. "I think the world needs unity and cooperation. We need to be more open than ever, and need to understand each other more fully and deeply.""China is actively promoting the construction of an open world economy, strengthening economic and trade cooperation with various countries, and will play a key role in further promoting regional economic integration." Jasen Sitti said.
"On the Same Boat"In 2018, in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Explorer cruise ship welcomed special guests. President Xi Jinping and other APEC member leaders boarded the cruise ship to attend the APEC CEO Summit.
"When boarding the ship just now, looking at the vast and boundless sea, I thought of the phrase 'in the same boat'." President Xi Jinjinping said in his keynote speech. He emphasized that in the current situation where the world economy is in turmoil and risks and challenges are prominent, we are on the same boat, and it is of particular significance to plan development and cooperation together.
As the world enters a new period of turmoil and transformation, the development environment and cooperation framework in the Asia-Pacific region have been impacted. In response, President Xi Jinping called on APEC members to follow the path of peaceful development, open and inclusive development, and working together in harmony. He pointed out that the Asia-Pacific region is not anyone's backyard and should not become a battlefield for great powers to compete.
Last year's San Francisco meeting was the 30th gathering of APEC member leaders. How to create the next "golden thirty years" of Asia-Pacific development has become a common topic for all members.
How to build a more peaceful, prosperous, and beautiful Asia-Pacific region? President Xi Jinping has put forward the Chinese solution - building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. As early as 2013, he called on members to firmly establish the awareness of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.
In 2020, President Xi Jinping attended the APEC meeting via video link and called on all members to open a new stage of Asia-Pacific cooperation and jointly build an open, inclusive, innovative, growing, connected, and win-win Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.
The APEC meeting that year adopted the "APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040", looking forward to building an open, dynamic, resilient, and peaceful Asia-Pacific community by 2040.
For the upcoming 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, people from all walks of life are looking forward to President Xi Jinping and leaders of the Asia-Pacific region drawing a new blueprint for regional cooperation.
Lan Jin, Chairman of the Oregon China Council in the United States, believes that the complex and changeable international situation further highlights the importance of building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future and the need for China to play an active role in promoting trade and investment facilitation and promoting regional economic integration.
Dora Isabel González, a researcher at the School of Higher Education of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Campus Acatlán, said that China has always been actively promoting more efficient development of emerging market economies and developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. "I believe that President Xi Jinping's visit to Peru this time will surely vigorously promote economic and trade investment cooperation and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region and even globally."
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