Full text of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's special speech at WEF Dalian
Báo Dân trí•25/06/2024
(Dan Tri) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a special speech at the Opening Session of the 2024 WEF Dalian Conference.
On the morning of June 25, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a special speech at the Opening Session of the 2024 WEF Dalian Conference (held in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China). Dan Tri Newspaper respectfully introduces the Prime Minister's speech at this event. "Dear Mr. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and Mr. Klaus Schwab, President of the World Economic Forum, co-chairs of the Conference!Dear Mr. President of the Republic of Poland!Dear leaders of countries, international organizations and the business community!
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the opening session of the plenary session of the 2024 WEF Dalian Conference (Photo: WEF).
1. I am honored to attend the World Economic Forum Conference in the port city of Dalian for the third consecutive time. I sincerely thank Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Professor Klaus Schwab for inviting me and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation to attend this important Forum. The theme "New Growth Horizons" and the 6 focuses of this year's Conference demonstrate the strategic vision, responsibility of the WEF and the important role of China in the future development of the world. We believe that the world is being strongly impacted and influenced by 3 main factors and is shaped and led by the following 3 pioneering fields: - The 3 impacting and influencing factors are: (1) The explosive development of science and technology, innovation, especially digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI); (2) The heavy impact and influence of climate change, natural disasters, resource depletion, and population aging; (3) Separation and polarization are increasingly evident under the strong impact of conflicts, wars, geostrategic, geopolitical, and geoeconomic competition on a global scale. - The three areas that shape, lead, and pioneer are: (1) Digital economic development; (2) Green and circular economic development; (3) Development of high-quality human resources, artificial intelligence, and the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. These are issues of particular importance, opening up "new growth horizons", with profound impacts and influences on the globe, the entire population, and all sectors of the world. Therefore, we need to have new thinking, methodologies, and approaches that are global, all-people, comprehensive, and win-win, for the overall benefits of both the immediate and long-term interests of humanity. Dear leaders and all of you! 2. Today's world is generally peaceful, but locally there is war; generally peaceful, but locally there is tension; Overall, it is stable, but locally there are conflicts. Although there are opportunities and advantages, the world economy still faces many difficulties and challenges and can be summarized in the following 5 outstanding characteristics: - The world economy is undergoing an unprecedented, comprehensive transformation in the face of the strong development of science and technology, innovation, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. - Sustainable, inclusive development and green growth are more urgent than ever for all countries and the whole world. - The trend of "polarization in globalization" opens up opportunities for cooperation and economic linkage, but also contains many risks, the risk of disruption of supply chains, production chains, and increasingly fierce competition. Therefore, diversifying markets, products, production chains, and supply chains is a suitable and effective solution. - The role and voice of developing countries are increasingly valued, contributing more proactively and positively to shaping cooperation frameworks and new development trends globally. - Asia, China and ASEAN are increasingly asserting their role as important driving forces, dynamic development centers and one of the locomotives leading the world to "New Growth Horizons", new development horizons.
According to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the theme "New Growth Horizons" and the six focuses of this year's Conference demonstrate the strategic vision, responsibility of WEF and China's important role in the future development of the world (Photo: WEF).
Dear leaders and all of you! 3. To move towards "New growth horizons", new development horizons, let us together build, strengthen trust, promote dialogue, promote the spirit of solidarity, unity, cooperation and development, effectively resolve regional, global and people-wide issues based on the law and ensure harmony of interests among stakeholders; do not politicize and discriminate against science, technology and global innovation. Vietnam requests that WEF, partners and the business community further strengthen consultation, sharing, support and promote public-private cooperation; promote the role of pioneers in leading and orienting development; developed countries, partners, businesses and entrepreneurs need to help, support and cooperate with developing countries and poor countries; especially in the following areas: (1) Building and perfecting market economic institutions, mobilizing and effectively using all resources, improving the effectiveness of national governance. (2) Assisting and supporting resources, focusing on developing strategic infrastructure systems (transportation infrastructure, digital infrastructure, climate change response, social infrastructure, healthcare infrastructure, education, etc.). (3) Transferring advanced technology and prioritizing training and human resource development, especially high-quality human resources. In particular, Vietnam proposes to strengthen international cooperation in building, planning and implementing policies on a regional and global scale; strengthening cooperation, prioritizing growth, and coordinating more closely in proactive, flexible, timely and effective monetary policy management, especially reducing interest rates and stabilizing exchange rates; coordinating synchronously and harmoniously with a reasonable expansionary fiscal policy, taking public investment as the driving force for private investment; At the same time, strongly promote trade and investment liberalization; thereby contributing to stimulating aggregate demand in the short term, while positively affecting aggregate supply in the medium and long term. Dear leaders and all! 4. As a close neighbor, "mountains connected to mountains", "rivers connected to rivers", together building a "Vietnam - China Community of Shared Future of Strategic Significance", Vietnam is pleased with the strong development and rise of China in the context of many difficulties and challenges in the world and the region. China has become the second largest economy in the world, recording the record of achieving the fastest growth rate in the world in more than 4 decades, making an important contribution to global economic growth (According to the April 2023 Report of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China's contribution to global growth in the period 2013-2021 was over 38%). China's development achievements have created development opportunities and served as a model of success for developing countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the opening session of WEF Dalian 2024 (Photo: Doan Bac).
China is increasingly asserting itself as one of the few countries playing a leading role in solving regional and global issues, including cooperation initiatives on global civilization, global security and global development; holding a key position in many global production and supply chains, rising to the world's leading position in research and development, science and technology, renewable energy, information technology, etc. We believe that China will continue to play an important role in the global economy, especially promoting digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, strengthening international economic cooperation and connectivity - A self-reliant, strong, equally competitive and deeply integrated Chinese economy will bring great, positive impacts to the world towards "New growth horizons". We hope that China will continue to work with the international community to strongly promote multilateralism, strengthen solidarity and international cooperation, maintain a peaceful, stable, cooperative and prosperous environment in the region and the world. Beloved President Ho Chi Minh, the national hero and world cultural celebrity of Vietnam, said 65 years ago on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of China's National Day: "Congratulations to China, thank China, learn from China". The success of the reform and opening-up process over the past 50 years and China's role and position show that the above saying is still relevant in today's world context. Dear Leaders and all of you! 5. Vietnam's success over the past 40 years is closely linked to the key phrase: Innovation, creativity and integration. Vietnam has achieved important and historic achievements. From a country devastated by war and 30 years of embargo in the 20th century, Vietnam has become a middle-income country, among the 40 largest economies and the top 20 trade and investment partners in the world, with 16 free trade agreements (FTAs) and diplomatic relations with 193 countries. In 2023, the size of the economy will reach 430 billion USD, GDP per capita will reach 4,300 USD, attracting a record high of 36.6 billion USD in foreign investment. In 2024, the economy will grow by 5.66% in the first quarter; the second quarter is expected to achieve higher results and continue a more positive trend in the second half of the year. Vietnam is considered by the international community as a model in healing and restoring the wounds of war, putting the past behind, respecting differences, valuing cooperation, looking towards the future, turning enemies into friends; Successfully implementing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The achievements have affirmed the correctness of Vietnam's development policies and viewpoints; with 03 foundations: (1) Building socialist democracy; (2) Building a socialist rule of law state; (3) Developing a socialist-oriented market economy; with a consistent principled viewpoint: Maintaining political stability; taking people as the center, the subject, the goal, the driving force and the most important resource of development; not sacrificing progress, social justice, social security and the environment to pursue economic growth alone.
Leaders attend the Opening Session of the 2024 WEF Dalian (Photo: WEF).
On that basis, Vietnam consistently implements 6 key policies: (1) An independent, self-reliant, multilateral, and diversified foreign policy; being a friend, a reliable partner, an active and responsible member of the international community for the goal of peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world; (2) Building a solid national defense posture, a people's security posture, a solid people's heart posture, implementing the "4 no's" defense policy; (3) Economic development is the central task; building an independent, self-reliant, and self-reliant economy associated with proactive, active, and deep international integration, substantively and effectively; (4) Ensuring progress, social justice, and social security, "leaving no one behind"; (5) Building an advanced culture imbued with national identity; Culture is an endogenous strength with the motto "culture lights the way for the nation", "if culture exists, the nation exists, if culture is lost, the nation is lost", culture has national, scientific and popular characteristics; (6) Building a clean and strong political system, promoting the prevention and fight against corruption, negativity and waste. Along with that, Vietnam promotes the implementation of 3 strategic breakthroughs (perfecting institutions, building infrastructure and training human resources) based on the foundation of science, technology and innovation. In particular, Vietnam has been and will continue to proactively and actively contribute to a strong, comprehensive, united, cooperative and unified ASEAN Community; together with ASEAN, we will continue to closely coordinate with China, the World Economic Forum and partners to strongly promote new growth drivers; at the same time, we strive to maintain and constantly strengthen the peaceful, stable, cooperative and development environment in the region and the world. Dear Leaders and all! 6. China has a proverb "A single tree cannot make a forest". We have Ho Chi Minh's thought: "Unity, unity, great unity Success, success, great success" For a better, fairer, more equal, harmoniously and sustainably developed world, let us unite, promote multilateralism, human rights, together towards "New growth horizons", new development horizons, for the prosperous development of the world, for a happier, better life for all people, for humanity. We practice "3 together": Listening and understanding together; sharing vision and action together; working together, enjoying together, winning together and developing together, with the spirit of harmonious benefits and shared risks. Wishing the Conference a great success! Wishing all of you good health, happiness and success! Sincerely thank you!
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