2021 Online (China) Asia Europe Trade Fair Held

On August 24, the opening ceremony of 2021 online (China) Asia Europe commodity trade fair was held in the main venue of Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center. Officials and envoys from relevant government departments of Belarus, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Georgia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Poland, etc., Ministry of Commerce, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Relevant persons in charge of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and others attended the opening ceremony through "Online + offline".

With the theme of "building a silk road business platform to boost win-win economic cooperation", the Expo invited Belarus, Pakistan and Azerbaijan as guest countries. The Expo has 10 offline activities such as opening ceremony, trade promotion docking and special forum; The online exhibition hall has 4 exhibition areas and 9 themes, covering cultural tourism industry, textiles and clothing, agricultural products and food, green building materials, industrial machinery and other fields. The Expo was held online for the first time, attracting 19 countries and international organizations, 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, and more than 1000 enterprises from Taiwan. The online exhibition will last until August 24, 2022.

Yu Jianhua, international trade negotiator and vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to deepening economic and trade cooperation with Asian and European countries, and is willing to strengthen strategic docking with Asian and European countries, promote trade and investment facilitation, jointly safeguard the multilateral trade system, overcome the impact of the epidemic, and promote the stable development of regional economy. The Chinese government is vigorously supporting Xinjiang in building the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and integrating the regional opening strategy of Xinjiang into the overall layout of the country's opening to the West. Xinjiang will play an increasingly important role in the economic and trade cooperation between Asia and Europe. The Asia Europe Commodity Trade Fair has become an important platform for promoting economic and trade cooperation among countries in the region. It has been positively responded by Asian and European countries, and fully reflects the strong desire of Asian and European countries to strengthen economic and trade cooperation under the epidemic situation. He proposed to further enhance the role of the Expo platform, strengthen cooperation with Asian and European countries in various fields, and create a new highland for international regional cooperation and expanding opening up.

Chen Guoguo, Secretary of the Party committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that in recent years, Xinjiang has adhered to integrating its regional opening strategy into the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the overall layout of the country's opening to the west, constantly enriching the carrier of opening up, upgrading the level of opening up, innovating the open-ended economic system, and actively promoting the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, We have comprehensively deepened economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions along the belt and road. We have carried out the Silk Road spirit of "peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit and win-win results" with practical actions, and made positive contributions to jointly building the "belt and road". In the future, China will continue to make good use of the Asia Europe commodity trade fair platform, actively promote the "belt and road" international cooperation, adhere to the principle of joint discussion, co construction and sharing, adhere to the road of unity and cooperation, interconnection and common development, and work together to create a better future.

Belarusian economic minister chervyakov Alexander victorovich said that Belarus is an active participant in the (China) Asia Europe commodity trade fair and is willing to contribute to creating new opportunities and favorable environment for international trade and investment. China is the most important strategic partner of Belarus, and the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries shows a momentum of sustained and stable growth and full of vitality. Belarus is willing to strengthen international cooperation and promote initiatives of great social and economic significance, such as the belt and road initiative, to achieve positive results.

Moin HAQ, Pakistan's ambassador to China, said that the Expo will play a positive role in deepening China Pakistan Economic and trade relations and inject new impetus into Pakistan's expansion of cooperation with Xinjiang, China. Xinjiang, China, has a very prominent advantage in building the "belt and road". Pakistan will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with Xinjiang, China, in various fields such as agriculture, industry, infrastructure construction, etc.

Fug panakhov, counselor of the Azerbaijani Embassy in China, said that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to bilateral and multilateral cooperation with China, especially to extensive exchanges and cooperation in various fields within the framework of the belt and road initiative. There are 25 Azerbaijani enterprises participating in the Expo, which will actively promote Azerbaijani products to China and Asian and European countries, and further enhance the level of trade cooperation between Azerbaijan and China.

Vladimir imamovich norov, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, said that Xinjiang, China has obvious geographical advantages and huge potential for social and economic development. It has great potential in complementing economic and trade and developing mutually beneficial cooperation with SCO member states. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization attaches great importance to the important role of Xinjiang, China, in implementing the belt and road initiative. It will actively promote SCO member states to strengthen their complementary advantages with Xinjiang, China, especially in the field of transportation and trade and logistics cooperation, vigorously develop cross-border e-commerce, and constantly improve the well-being of people of all countries.