Chen Wenjun:

The last question, please.

China Daily:

This year's Summer Davos meeting will take place in Dalian, Liaoning. As an important platform for enhancing international exchange and cooperation, what are the unique aspects of this year's event? Positioned as a hub in Northeast Asia, what steps will Liaoning take next to pioneer new opening-up frontiers? Thank you.

Li Lecheng:

Thanks for your interest in this regard. This year's Summer Davos Forum will gather more than 1,500 guests from across the globe in Dalian, marking a historical milestone in both scale and level of attendees. The hosting of this event in Liaoning aligns perfectly with the province's strategy of positioning itself as an opening-up and cooperation hub in Northeast Asia. Meanwhile, the theme of this year's forum, "Next Frontiers for Growth," mirrors Liaoning's aim of pioneering new frontiers for opening-up.

Situated at the core of Northeast Asia, Liaoning boasts both coastal and border regions. With its extensive coastline, favorable port resources, and advantageous location near Japan, South Korea, Russia and Mongolia, the province also enjoys a strong industrial foundation with comprehensive industrial categories and a wealth of innovative resources driven by the concentration of scientific and educational talents. These factors make Liaoning one of the provinces with the richest opening-up traditions, the greatest opening-up potential, and the highest opening-up vitality. We will fully leverage our geographical, industrial, and production factor resources, deeply integrate into Belt and Road cooperation, and advance opening-up to the north and east. We will conduct targeted investment attraction efforts, actively promote the development of foreign trade and economic ties, and deliver higher-quality services to foreign-funded and foreign-trade enterprises. We will also focus on Fortune Global 500 enterprises and prominent domestic and international corporations to secure a range of high-caliber, large-scale projects, as well as ventures that harness cutting-edge technologies to create novel and distinctive products. Additionally, we will endeavor to grow foreign trade and fully leverage domestic and international exhibitions to aid enterprises in expanding their global reach. We will cultivate new business forms and models of foreign trade, and steadily expand the scale and improve the quality in terms of exporting used cars and the "new three," namely photovoltaics, lithium-ion batteries and new energy vehicles. We will fully explore new growth drivers such as cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehousing, transit trade, and bonded trade. Moreover, we will accelerate the construction of a sea-land corridor in northeast China, work to establish the China-Europe Railway Express (Shenyang) Cargo Consolidation Hub, and steadily improve the quality and scale of China-Europe Railway Express operations, thus advancing the quality and effectiveness of sea-rail intermodal transportation. We will continue to enhance various opening-up platforms by implementing four strategies: upgrading the pilot free trade zone, driving innovation and quality improvement in the economic and technological development zone, empowering the special customs regulation zone, and fostering synergistic development among different platforms.

When adopting a global perspective, nothing escapes our sight. By strategically planning our opening-up with a worldwide perspective, synchronously driving the development of investment, consumption, and export, advocating competitive growth among state-owned enterprises, private businesses, and foreign companies, and expediting the attraction of capital, technology, and talent, Liaoning will undoubtedly set forth on a more expansive path towards revitalization and development. In closing, I would like to take this opportunity, through the media in attendance today, to extend an invitation to businesspeople from both China and around the world to come to Liaoning. Let's join hands to build Liaoning into a hub of opening-up and cooperation in Northeast Asia, and share the valuable opportunities presented by northeast China's all-round revitalization. Thank you.

Chen Wenjun:

Thank you, Mr. Li. Thanks to the other speakers and friends from the media. Today's press conference is hereby concluded. Goodbye.

Translated and edited by Wang Yiming, Wang Qian, Qin Qi, Liu Qiang, Yan Bin, Yuan Fang, Gong Yingchun, Zhang Junmian, Mi Xingang, Huang Shan, Liu Caiyi, Zhou Jing, Xu Xiaoxuan, Li Huiru, David Ball, Jay Birbeck, and Rochelle Beiersdorfer. In case of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese texts, the Chinese version is deemed to prevail.