Xinhua.-
La Feria Internacional de Comercio de Servicios de China (CIFTIS, por sus siglas en inglés) representa un elemento favorable en el 2020 en la búsqueda de un regreso a la normalidad en las cadenas globales de valor, afectadas por la pandemia de la enfermedad del nuevo coronavirus (COVID-19), consideró un experto mexicano.
En entrevista con Xinhua, el director del Instituto para el Desarrollo Industrial y el Crecimiento Económico (IDIC) de México, José Luis de la Cruz, dijo que China es uno de los pocos países en el mundo que está buscando mitigar el aislamiento que obligó la pandemia de COVID-19, con este tipo de eventos.
«Después de vivir meses de confinamiento a nivel global, la feria busca facilitar el intercambio y propiciar plataformas que permitan subsanar estas limitantes y estas restricciones a las que nos ha sometido la pandemia», explicó.
«Es un aspecto positivo que muestra que hay caminos, que hay formas de hacerlo a pesar de la situación como la que se vive», agregó.
El economista aseveró que el evento manda al mundo claros mensajes, como el hecho de que el país asiático mantenga sus esfuerzos tradicionales por generar vínculos entre las naciones mediante la búsqueda de oportunidades comerciales.
Otro mensaje es que China también está mostrando su capacidad industrial, «en el sentido en que genera plataformas tecnológicas innovadoras y las pone al servicio del intercambio y del comercio».
Los expositores e invitados extranjeros asistirán principalmente a la feria a través de plataformas en línea para evitar los riesgos de la COVID-19. Fuente […]
China’s accelerating development of services trade benefits global economy
The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) scheduled to kick off Friday in Beijing is the first major international economic and trade event held offline in China since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China’s accelerating development of services trade will provide huge market and rich opportunities for cooperation for countries worldwide, and boost global economic recovery as the pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the world economy, analysts and scholars have said.
CONFIDENCE IN RECOVERY
In the context of the complex international trade situation amid the pandemic, an international trade fair of such a scale in China is prominent and of great significance not only for China, a country that has managed to control the epidemic at an earlier date.
Peter Bakker, president and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, said that the Chinese government responded appropriately when faced with the COVID-19 crisis.
Through this exhibition, people expect to see how China has responded to the crisis and made efforts for economic recovery, he said.
Gamal Bayoumi, head of the Cairo-based Arab Investors Union, told Xinhua that in recent years, despite the rise of global trade protectionism, China has been committed to promoting international trade.
With the epidemic hitting most economies in the world, China’s holding of the CIFTIS will bolster confidence in global economic development, he said.
Calling the event an ambitious one, Jan Zahradil, chairman of the EU-China Friendship Group in the European Parliament, said that the CIFTIS will send a positive signal to the world that, despite some negative effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic, countries like China can still seek a path to recovery, expand international cooperation, and activate foreign trade.
Jose Luis de la Cruz, director of Mexico’s Institute for Industrial Development and Economic Growth, said that the CIFTIS will facilitate trade and exchanges among countries, promote integrated development of world trade services, and provide new options for global trade.
It will also promote the resumption of work and production in various countries and alleviate global economic losses caused by the epidemic in a timely manner, he added.
