Text: Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Zhuonan.
Picture: Yangcheng Evening News reporter Cai Jiahong.
Poster, ** Yangcheng Evening News all** reporter Mai Yuheng.
On December 2, the 2023 "Understanding China" International Conference (Guangzhou) opened at the Yuexiu International Convention Center. In his speech at the opening ceremony, former Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel responded to the current controversy over economic globalization. He said that there is no such thing as deglobalization, which is the key to lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and stabilizing the world's prosperity and well-being.
A business-turned-politician who served two consecutive terms as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007, Schüssel has long been committed to the development of Sino-Austrian friendship and cooperation.
In his speech, he pointed out that the countries of the world need new ideas to revive the spirit of multilateralism and revitalize interaction among the major powers. At present, the proportion between China's ** and the United States and Europe has reached 60%, and everyone is interdependent. "When one person catches a cold, the others sneeze. "Countries cannot solve their own problems alone. "We all live on the same planet, we are all interconnected, and we must seek the cooperation of our neighbors and partners, who are not only our competitors. Hussel said.
There is currently a lot of talk in the international community about "de-globalization", which Schüssel said is "nonsense". "Although everyone is talking about decoupling and outsourcing, and anti-globalization. But in reality we see a different reality, the numbers tell us that there is actually no anti-globalization. Hussel said.
Freedom** and open markets make everyone rich. Xu Sserer said that China's peaceful rise will also contribute to the development of the world, not only to help developing countries, but also to developed countries, which is a win-win process. Globalization is the key to lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and stabilizing the world's prosperity and well-being, so no one is a loser in the process. "Competition is not a bad thing, it makes us better and makes us more innovative. Hussel said.