Economic Daily Jin Guanping: China Continuously Provides Power for Global Development
The first quarter achieved a good start, the second quarter continued to recover, and the quality of development steadily improved in the third quarter. Faced with a complex and severe external environment, the Chinese economy has withstood pressure, stabilized its scale, and improved its quality, injecting confidence and momentum into the global economic recovery.
Currently, global inflation continues, financial markets are turbulent, and debt pressures are rising. The international market is becoming more unstable, uncertain, and unpredictable, posing significant challenges to the economies of all countries. In this context, China has brought valuable certainty to the uncertain world economy through its stable development. The International Monetary Fund predicts that China's economic growth rate will be 5.2% this year, contributing one-third of the world's economic growth. Goldman Sachs Group has released a report stating that with the adjustment of economic policies in the second half of the year, the Chinese market has entered a buying window period. The international community is optimistic about the prospects of China's economy, demonstrating the strong and enduring attractiveness of the Chinese market.
Since the beginning of this year, the enthusiasm for foreign investment in China has continued to heat up. Tesla is building a new energy storage super factory in Shanghai; Airbus is building a second production line in Tianjin; AstraZeneca and Qingdao High tech Industrial Development Zone have signed an investment cooperation agreement... Foreign enterprises have cast a vote of confidence in the Chinese economy through practical actions. In the first half of the year, China established 24000 new foreign-invested enterprises, an increase of 35.7%. Developed countries have maintained growth in investment in China, with France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany increasing by 173.3%, 135.3%, 53.0%, and 14.2% respectively.
The reason why the world is paying attention to China is that the driving force and momentum of China's economic growth are strong. From the perspective of investment returns, in the first quarter of this year, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade conducted research visits to more than 600 foreign-funded enterprises, and over 80% of the surveyed enterprises expect their investment profit margins in China to remain unchanged or increase this year. From the perspective of market opportunities, relying on a huge market size, complete infrastructure, continuously optimized business environment, and increasingly deepening open strategies, the Chinese market is becoming an incubator, testing ground, and display and promotion platform for new technologies and models, with both enormous commercial value and innovative source attributes.
In the context of weak global economic recovery, China actively expands high-level opening up, continuously optimizes trade structure, strengthens economic and trade exchanges with countries around the world, and continuously opens up new space for mutually beneficial cooperation between China and foreign countries. In the first half of the year, China's import and export of goods reached 20.1 trillion yuan, setting a new historical high for the same period. From continuously reducing the negative list of foreign investment access, increasing the list of industries encouraging foreign investment, to synchronously implementing the Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment and the Foreign Investment Law; From promoting the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road", to promoting the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, China has shown the world its firm determination to promote development and win-win results through opening up, making the consensus that "investing in China is investing in the future" clearer.
It should be noted that economic development has never been smooth sailing. At any stage of development, pressure and challenges coexist. The Chinese economy has strong resilience and ample potential, and its long-term positive fundamentals have not changed. Looking towards the future, China has the confidence, conditions, and ability to continuously improve its economic structure, enhance growth momentum, and maintain a positive development trend. It will continue to be an important support for the world economy and provide more opportunities for the international community.