Xi Jinping: China to join forces with other countries against pandemic

The Chinese authorities intend to pursue an open policy towards other countries and join forces against the coronavirus, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping said, Report informs referring to CGTN.

“We need solidarity and cooperation to create a future of health and security. In the ongoing fight against COVID-19, victory will be ours at the end of the day. We must put people and their lives above anything else, scale up information sharing and collective efforts, enhance public health and medical cooperation, and give full play to the key role of the World Health Organization (WHO),” he said at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), addressing participants via a video message.

“Openness is essential for development and progress. It also holds the key to post-COVID economic recovery. We need to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, deepen regional economic integration, and enhance supply, industrial, data and human resources chains, with a view to building an open world economy.”

According to the Chinese leader, Beijing considers unilateral policies of individual countries unproductive, since new global challenges require joint efforts.

“We must seize the historical opportunities in a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, boost the digital economy, and step up exchanges and cooperation in such areas as artificial intelligence, biomedicine and modern energy, so that the fruits of scientific and technological innovation can be turned into greater benefits for people in all countries,” he said.