The prospect of cooperation can be expected! The 2020 APEC Business Leaders China Forum was held.

　　　　　　 CCTV News:The 2020 APEC Business Leaders’ China Forum, hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and APEC China Business Council, was held in Beijing today (November 19th), with the theme of "Digital Productivity". Gao Yan, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that under the epidemic situation, the advantages of the digital economy in promoting social stability and increasing business resilience have become more prominent. China is willing to work with the economies in the Asia-Pacific region to jointly tap the potential of the digital economy, create more quality cooperation projects and share the industrial dividend of the digital economy.

　　　　　　 According to relevant data, in the first three quarters of 2020, the revenue from information technology services in China was 3,516.2 billion yuan, of which the revenue from big data services was 153 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. On the consumer side, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 15.3% year-on-year, accounting for 24.3% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods.

　　　　　　 Gao Yan said that in the long run, the digital economy, as a new economic form, has gradually merged with the real economy and become an important engine to promote the sustained and stable economic growth in China. China is willing to work with the economies in the Asia-Pacific region to jointly tap the potential of the digital economy, create more quality cooperation projects and share the industrial dividend of the digital economy.

　　　　　　 In addition, Gao Yan emphasized that economic globalization is the general trend. Although the current economic globalization is confronted with counter-current and turning back waves, and protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, no force can stop the rolling wheel of historical progress.

　　　　　　 Gao Yan, President of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade:The business community is not an "outsider" in global economic governance, but a witness, participant and practitioner. I hope that everyone will continue to carry forward the entrepreneurial spirit, make good use of multilateral platforms such as APEC and G20, as well as the RCEP agreements that have been signed, and strive to resolve the imbalance of regional development and make the global economic governance system more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win.

　　　　　　 In addition, Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, said that although globalization has been blocked in the past two years, there is still a bright future for APEC cooperation.

　　　　　　 Wang Shouwen said that although globalization has been blocked in the past two years, the achievements of APEC regional economic integration are still gratifying. Especially since 1994, the average tariff of APEC has decreased by 60%, the product categories enjoying zero tariff treatment have doubled, the trade and investment amount have increased by nearly 5 times and 12 times respectively, the import and export costs have decreased by 11.4% and 7.7% respectively, and the customs clearance time has been shortened by 15.6% and 14.1% respectively. The number of regional trade arrangements in which APEC economies participate has also increased eightfold.

　　　　　　 Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations:Although globalization has been blocked in the past two years, there is still a bright future for APEC cooperation. This year, through the joint efforts of all parties, APEC has formulated the "Vision for Cooperation after 2020", which will serve as a programmatic document to guide cooperation in the next 20 years.

　　　　　　 According to reports, the new vision document reaffirms APEC’s support for the multilateral trading system and the WTO. China, together with other economies, will take practical actions to support the multilateral trading system under the APEC framework. The new vision document also adds the content of developing digital economy and encouraging innovation. Four days ago, the much-watched RCEP was successfully signed. Wang Shouwen said that China will work with other economies to promote the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area from a vision to a reality.

　　　　　　 Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations:China will work with other economies to narrow the regional digital divide, oppose the abuse of state power to suppress scientific and technological enterprises, strengthen confidence in the development of the digital economy, and create a new growth point for the Asia-Pacific economy.