[Ding Xuexiang attended the opening ceremony of the 9th China International Import Expo and met with foreign dignitaries] On November 5, the 9th China International Import Expo and Hongqiao International Economic Forum opened in Shanghai on the 5th. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended and delivered a keynote speech. Ding Xuexiang said that President Xi Jinping has attended the opening ceremonies of the CIIE many times and delivered keynote speeches, expounding China's consistent position on safeguarding the multilateral trading system and promoting the development of free trade, and announced a series of major measures for China to expand high-level opening up, pointing out the direction and providing a steady stream of impetus for promoting inclusive economic globalization. Since the CIIE was held, it has witnessed China’s firm determination and pragmatic actions to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, witnessed the remarkable results and huge gains of enterprises and people from various countries sharing opportunities in the Chinese market, and witnessed the unremitting efforts and important contributions of people of vision from all walks of life to improve global economic governance. China is willing to work with all parties to further successfully host the CIIE and give full play to the role of the four major platforms of international procurement, investment promotion, people-to-people exchanges, and open cooperation, so as to better benefit people all over the world. Ding Xuexiang pointed out that the current century-old changes in the world are accelerating, economic globalization has encountered countercurrents, the problem of unbalanced global development has become prominent, and the international economic and trade order has been severely impacted. It is normal for everyone to pay attention to the issue of trade imbalance. The key is how to achieve trade balance. He made 4 points. The first is to insist on sharing the market, improve the level of openness and connectivity, better leverage the comparative advantages of each country, and promote balance in jointly making the "cake" bigger. The second is to deepen investment cooperation, optimize cross-border industrial layout, create favorable conditions for enterprise development, and promote balance in integrating into the global production and supply chain. The third is to strengthen innovation empowerment, improve supply quality, expand trade boundaries, and promote balance in promoting transformation and upgrading. The fourth is to enhance understanding and mutual trust, fully accommodate each other's legitimate concerns, resolve differences through consultation, and promote balance while breaking down barriers. Gabonese President Nguema, Austrian Chancellor Stockel, and United Nations Development Program Administrator De Croo attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Before the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang visited the enterprise exhibition. After the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang toured the museum together with the foreign leaders attending the meeting. During his stay in Shanghai, Ding Xuexiang met with Liberian Vice President Conger, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Kvrivisvili, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Perez-Oliva, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Sakova and United Nations Development Program Administrator De Croo. He said that China is willing to strengthen mutual support with all parties, expand open cooperation, achieve more practical results, and continue to inject new impetus into world development and prosperity. Foreign dignitaries highly appreciate China's insistence on open development, sharing market opportunities with other countries, and playing an important role in the balanced and coordinated development of the world economy. They hope to deepen cooperation with China in various fields to better achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Chen Jining attended relevant meetings. (Xinhua News Agency)