习近平主席周日在一带一路高峰论坛开幕式上发表的主旨演讲获得了李艾各专家国际代表和企业家的广泛好评。
President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday earned wide praise from experts, international delegates and entrepreneurs.
"Spanning thousands of miles and years, the ancient silk routes embody the spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit," Xi told an audience of more than 1,500 from across the globe.
The Belt and Road Initiative is "a project of the century" that will benefit people across the world, he said.
Here is a collection of comments from attendees.
Laurent Guyot, CEO of Thales China and vice-president of Thales Group - North Asia. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Laurent Guyot, CEO of Thales China and vice-president of Thales Group - North Asia
President Xi's speech certainly is encouraging and can generate many market growth points for both foreign and Chinese companies in the long-term. The Belt and Road Initiative is not only a simple instrument of promotion of trade. It is also a way of increasing connectivity, exchanges, mutual understanding and respect. Increasing connectivity, improving traffic infrastructures are two major pillars of the initiative.
We are willing to enhance the cooperation with countries and regions related to the initiative in areas including aerospace, transport, defense and security markets.
Thanks to its expertise in rail signaling and its advance in air traffic management, Thales is a major contributor to the improvement of safety, speed and efficiency in railways and air transport. It is easy to see what contributions Thales can make to the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Sun Pishu, chairman and CEO of Inspur, China's biggest server maker
President Xi’s speech shows that China is a responsible country that aims to not only drive its own growth but boost the development of other countries and regions. We will step up efforts to share China’s experience and technology with other economies.
President Xi also emphasized that it is of high importance to nurture new growth points by taking advantage of new opportunities brought by the new industrial revolution. I believe the fourth industrial revolution is the only way to boost the global economic recovery. The new economy, bolstered by cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, is thriving and promoting the integration of traditional industries and new technologies. It has spawned many new formats. It will promote the transformation and upgrading of the global economy.
Fausto Triana, reporter of Prensa Latina News Agency, Chile
It is an exciting speech because President Xi Jinping wants to show the world that the Belt and Road Initiative is a serious initiative and signals multilateral cooperation among countries. China is taking the first step with many concrete measures. The number of heads of states and governments shows that the world is excited about what China is doing. I hope this initiative would have many possibilities of success.
Sheng Jia, CEO of NCF Group
During today's speech, I am impressed by President Xi Jinping's emphasis on financial connectivity and building a digital Silk Road. The Belt and Road Initiative provides a unified and strategic framework for Chinese companies going overseas. It lays out a clear action plan and stresses key principles such as peace and prosperity during development. It would boost opportunities for us, a financial technology firm that is expanding in Southeast Asia and Europe.
Vincent De Saedeleer, vice-president, Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium
I admire the speech because this is exactly how we cooperate with China in
Zeebrugge, Belgium. We have a huge responsibility not only to boost trade but also to spread the wealth to our people. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the route as it is the best path for stability and peace.
Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil, ambassador of Djibouti in China
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is a great opportunity to revitalize the world economy after a lot of crisis by better inter-connectivity of international maritime roads in order to improve the international trade, and better connectivity between continents, cities and regions for more integration by building infrastructures to help economic development and people-to-people exchanges.
China's Belt and Road Initiative brings peace and inclusive development to the global family in order to share world economic growth in spirit of friendship, win-win and to alleviate poverty, terrorism and piracy.
As ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti in China, I will be targeting three goals in order to deepen our bilateral cooperation with China.
First, use Djibouti as an international maritime hub for the transshipment of goods coming from Asia to Europe and vice versa.
Djibouti is located at one of the busiest maritime roads in the world and daily more than 130 ships pass along Red Sea routes and through Bab El Mandab channel.
Second, build a virtual bridge between Djibouti and China in order to make Djibouti a logistic base for Chinese made products to Africa and Arab world. Our aim in mid-term is to be the Dubai of Africa to make it easier for Africans and Arabs to do their shopping in Djibouti.
Third, through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and Belt and Road Initiative, make Djibouti an international financial and banking place that will be helpful to facilitate trade and exchanges with Africa.
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