SPECIAL REMARKS

I am pleased to see that specific efforts are being made to identify good practices and projects that will help to advance societal progress.

I commend your valuable contributions to global policy dialogues. So the F20 Initiative, Reshaping the Essence of Finance, is very timely.

As we look ahead, we must transform the international financial architecture to serve the needs of today so that it contributes to reducing inequalities, and restoring trust between developed countries and emerging economies. Together, we can meet this moment and build a sustainable, just and prosperous future.

As an independent, international academic think-tank, IFF has witnessed the extraordinary ups and downs of the world's economy and finance over the past decade. As the world evolves, IFF has grown in influence and upgraded to the F20 (Finance 20) status. Ever since its inception, IFF has received support from over 200 global financial leaders, and established partnerships with over 30 countries and regions, more than 50 international and regional organizations.

It is necessary for China to establish a long-term IFF. The rapid growth of the Chinese economy has become a focus point of the world, as the international capital flow is gradually turning its direction to China. The establishment of a high-profile dialogue platform will inject positive energy into China's financial reform and development and help to promote the international capital development. As well as a global high-level symposium with unique Chinese perspectives, the IFF will help us to explore more on a financial theme.

The International Finance Forum is a very important platform for promoting international financial cooperation and development, and I hope I can complete this important mission.

Therefore, we have to work hard to find innovations that can stimulate private funds to flow into green and climate projects for our safe and sustainable future.

It's my great honor to be an IFF Co-chairman; I hope to make due contribution to the internationalization of IFF. As a high-end platform, IFF has close ties with financial, economic and political leaders, experts and scholars, and plays a key role in the direct financial diplomacy.

We need to be truly connected, and we can transfer the experience we have learned here to other countries through the International Finance Forum.

New Capital, New Value, New World. And I have to say that such a dedication to the new global economy and global finance has never been so appropriate.

It’s very clear that increasingly the banking sector and other finance instruments are able to work with industry leaders, governments and other investor requirements to achieve these outcomes.
I hope that your leadership will have an impact on markets that wil allow green finance to become a reality globally.

On this occasion of the opening of the IFF, I want to sincerely wish all of the participants a very successful conference. In my time as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I gained a keen awareness of the value of the global economy and an understanding that now more than ever we are all interconnected. That is why I support events like this that offer the opportunity for individuals from across the globe to discuss issues that impact us all.

It is my pleasure to welcome everyone in attendance at IFF. This forum addresses the financial challenges facing China as it expands its operations within the international community as a new WTO member, responding to an ever-changing, knowledge-based global economy. Participants will benefit from insights of officials and business leaders from around the world.

I have been proposing for East Asian Community, it is also my dream and I see similar idea at the IFF. We have to cooperate across the region to bring happiness to all people. Building such a region, such countries, is very important for our world, our planet. I hope that China will play a key role in this process.

Based in Guangzhou, the IFF will help the Guangdong Province better integrate into the international financial cooperation and push forward the reform and opening-up to a higher level. IFF will provide huge space for financial innovation and development, and create more opportunities for exchanges, cooperation and common development. Through the forum, we hope you will get to know Guangdong, and Guangdong is willing to cooperate with you sincerely for mutual benefit.

Through the IFF platform, we make friends, exchange opinions, explore the challenges and opportunities the world faces and seek solutions for cooperation and development.

International Finance Forum (IFF) is a global high-level platform that brings together global financial leaders, senior government officials, world-renowned economists and financiers. It is also the top event in the international finance industry that unites international financial elites and promotes global financial exchanges, cooperation and development. The Forum is dedicated to promoting communication and dialogue between the government, the international financial community and enterprises, and promoting China's economic and financial development and global economic recovery. Each annual meeting has gained the close attention and unanimous recognition from the global financial community with profound and forward-looking themes, distinguished speakers and fruitful discussions.

The International Finance Forum (IFF) has responded positively to the national strategy by building its permanent venue in the Greater Bay Area, and serving as one of the platforms for international exchanges and cooperation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and for jointly building an international financial hub in the region. I applaud the efforts made by the IFF. In the post-epidemic era, the international community will have a greater need for platforms like the IFF to link each other and explore new paths for sustainable global development based on consensus.

I am very happy to participate in the International Finance Forum to discuss the construction of the Worldwide bay areas, to provide new impetus for regional development, to promote new growth, and to create a new pattern.

We hope to build the world's economic and financial new order, with joint efforts, by appropriately addressing the financial crisis, ensuring openness of the world's economy, resisting all forms of protectionism, facilitating world's economic stability, and promoting the reform in the world's financial system.

The IFF has demonstrated its deep commitment to providing a platform for the international community to investigate the new globalization era.

I notice that China's economy is undergoing a change of what President Xi Jinping called as the new normal. Under the change, China’s economic growth rate is shifting from high to medium-high speed, China’s economic structure optimizes and upgrades, and China’s economy is shifting from factor-driven and investment-driven to innovation-driven. I applaud it, and I think it's the right thing to do!

At the IFF, we need to consider what kind of development is good for the current financial system. We hope to build up a more effective mechanism for global policy coordination.

Investing in public health preparedness is of great importance in promoting global financial stability and resilient economic growth. I have spent my career on global health issues and have been focusing on economic development, financial inclusion and global financial stability in the past decade. I hope we can all recognize that, without the broad participation of the F20, it will be even more difficult to overcome the immediate Newcastle pneumonia outbreak and prevent future pandemics.

The IFF and the IMF are connected by our global prospects and by fostering financial stability and sustainable growth.

The IFF is such an important international forum to which I’m deeply attached.  Never have global governance and international cooperation been so important as they are today. The world has no choice but to work as one, if we have to overcome the immense challenges that confront us.

I am honored to have been invited to this important conference and participate in the valuable discussions to take place regarding the changes and impacts of the new global financial architecture, as I am sure they will be most enlightening and relevant to the work of UNCTAD. Thank you again for your invitation and a wish you a most successful conference.

China, and all the friends present here, we must join forces to build a fair, balanced, sustainable and stable world.

Greetings everyone and thank you all for joining us today to help launch our Green Finance Working Group. We cannot be prouder to be joining forces with the IFF and our other partners to bring this initiative to life.

The new globalization should insist on political consultation, economic cooperation, cultural exchange, innovation synergy and co-governance. It should promote the development of the world economy towards openness, inclusiveness, balance and win-win cooperation. The "Belt and Road" initiative was born in response to the trend of the times and the law of development. It is an important tool for the world to deal with counter-globalization, explore a new type of globalization and improve global governance.

The IFF has contributed a lot to green economic recovery and sustainable development.
I'm sure the IFF will continue its efforts to fully exploit its influence in creating a new platform for international engagement and undoubtedly play a more significant role in promoting the global green and low-carbon transition and international cooperation in related fields.