According to the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam , on November 2, Ambassador Xiong Bo accepted a joint interview with Vietnamese news agency , World and Vietnam Daily, Vietnam Net, VITV, Forward News, Vietnam Express, Zing and other Vietnamese mainstream media and Phoenix TV , and answered reporters' questions about the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Nguyen Phu Tung General Secretary’s visit to China, etc. The transcript of the answers is as follows:
1. Vietnam Express Network, Vietnam Network, Zing, World and Vietnam Daily: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was the first to visit China after the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, indicating what role Vietnam plays in China’s foreign relations? What is the significance of this visit to Vietnam-China relations? What role will Vietnam-China relations play in the next stage?
Xiong Bo: This question has a good angle. In fact, China and Vietnam both occupy a special and important position in their diplomatic layout, which is fully reflected in General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit. Unlike bilateral relations in the general sense, China-Vietnam relations have distinct characteristics. This is that China and Vietnam are both socialist countries led by the Communist Party. The relationship between the two parties plays an important leading role in the relationship between the two countries and is a concentrated reflection of the relationship between the two countries. In fact, the history of interaction between the two parties is much longer than the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two parties in China and Vietnam have been in-depth cooperation since their birth, and have been around for nearly a hundred years, which determines the strategic guidance of bipartisan relations on bilateral relations. In the words of Chairman Ho Chi Minh , the relationship between the two sides is a "comrade and brother" which is the most vivid and accurate portrayal of China-Vietnam relations.
We often say that we should look at the relationship between China and Vietnam, and we should look at the past history. China and Vietnam have had the same historical experiences in modern times. In the process of striving for national independence and national liberation, they have found the same path, formed common ideals and beliefs, and established a socialist country led by the Communist Party. This path is the independent choice of the people of the two countries, and the two parties in China and Vietnam represent the will of the people. In this sense, safeguarding the Party’s leadership and upholding and safeguarding the socialist path are the fundamental strategic interests of both sides.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Tung's visit is an important visit to carry forward the past and open up the past. For China, we have just commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, achieved the first centenary goal, and embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. For Vietnam, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was successfully held, and Vietnam is moving towards the two centenary goals of the founding of the Party and the country. After the successful conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China immediately received General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit, reflecting the special importance of the relationship between the two sides.
The significance of this visit is not only to strengthen strategic communication between the top leaders of the two parties, but also an important opportunity for the new leadership group of the Communist Party of China and the central leadership group of Vietnam. The Vietnamese delegation was very high in specifications, with six members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee accompanying them. General Secretary Xi Jinping introduced to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong all the newly promoted members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. This is of great significance to guiding the future development of bipartisan-two-state relations and planning future cooperation.
What I want to emphasize is that the talks between the top leaders of the two parties and the joint statement both emphasized that China and Vietnam will make important contributions to the cause of human peace and progress, which fully demonstrates that the impact of China-Vietnam relations far exceeds the bilateral scope and is of world significance. This visit will surely promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Vietnam in the new era to adapt to the new situation and new requirements, achieve new development and reach a new level.
2. Vietnam Express Network, Zing: What kind of etiquette specifications did China receive General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during this visit? What important issues have the leaders of both parties discussed? What achievements have been achieved? What are you most concerned about?
Xiong Bo: I believe that media friends have noticed that China’s reception specifications and related arrangements for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong this time are very unusual, and it should be said that it is the highest specification for receiving the head of state leaders. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit was not only the first visit of the top foreign leader to be received after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but also the first official visit of foreign leaders in the past three years since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. It was the first time that the salute was fired at Tiananmen Square in the past three years, and the first welcome ceremony and review of the guard of honor.
In addition to the talks, General Secretary Xi Jinping also specially communicated easily with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in a very friendly way, which is rare when receiving other leaders. The biggest highlight of a series of arrangements is that General Secretary Xi Jinping and President of the State awarded General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong the "House of Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China " . This medal is very important and is only awarded to respected people who have made important contributions to promoting the development of friendly relations between China and other countries and the cause of human progress. General Secretary Xi Jinping said that the award of this medal reflects the friendly feelings of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people towards General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and the Vietnamese people, and reflects our high attention and respect for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
This visit is also the second time that General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong have had face-to-face exchanges after five years. They are the supreme leaders of both parties and are also like-minded and good friends. The two sides informed each other of the development of their respective parties and the country, and reached important consensus on further strengthening exchanges and mutual learning of experience in governing the two parties in the country. Faced with the complex and profound evolution of the international situation, the internal and external risks and challenges faced by China and Vietnam have increased. The supreme leaders of the two parties have exchanged in-depth views on the current international situation and major issues of common concern, and have reached important consensus on promoting practical cooperation in various fields in combination with their respective countries' medium- and long-term development plans. These are fully reflected in the joint statement.
The most important achievement of this visit is that both sides further consolidate political mutual trust and deepen political consensus. Both sides highly affirm the achievements made by each other's socialist cause. Vietnam highly appreciates the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the major theoretical innovations and practical achievements made in the past five years and the ten years of the new era. China congratulates the successful convening of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Both sides support each other in the socialist path and achieve the national medium- and long-term development goals set by the two parties. This political consensus is the most important. What is also worthy of great attention is the joint statement issued in this visit and the 13 pragmatic cooperation documents signed, all of which are of great value.
3. Vietnam News Network: On October 23, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his sincere concern and great contributions to General Secretary Xi Jinping’s re-election of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s re-election of the CPC Central Committee. How will General Secretary Xi Jinping continue to care and guide Vietnam-China relations in the future?
Xiong Bo: Adhering to the strategic leadership of the top leaders of the two parties on China-Vietnam relations is the key to maintaining the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era to move forward steadily and continuously move forward. General Secretary Xi Jinping is a leader who values feelings and history. He has long been concerned about the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries. He cherishes the traditional China-Vietnam friendship created by Chairman Mao Zedong, Chairman Ho Chi Minh and other older generation leaders of the two countries. The most emphasized sentence is " Don't forget the original intention and keep the mission in mind."
In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong have been committed to promoting relations between the two parties and the two countries. They both insist on viewing and grasping China-Vietnam relations from a strategic and overall perspective, starting from the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries, and from the long-term development of the socialist cause, put China-Vietnam relations in the context of the evolution of the international pattern, insist on maintaining international fairness and justice, maintaining multilateralism, and safeguarding the common interests of all mankind and the common values of all mankind. We believe that under the strategic guidance of the supreme leaders of the two parties, China-Vietnam relations will always maintain the correct direction and continue to make new developments.
4. Forward Newspaper: Please tell me about your impressions of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary Xi Jinping, and introduce the story of the interaction between the two leaders.
Xiong Bo: General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong have a lot in common. They are both outstanding Marxists, outstanding Marxist thinkers, politicians, strategists and theorists. They take the helm and lead the development of the two parties and bilateral relations between the Party and the country and play an irreplaceable role. As like-minded and good friends, their interactions began when Comrade Xi Jinping visited Vietnam as Vice President of the State in 2011. Since then, they have maintained close interactions and achieved mutual visits within the year in 2015 and 2017.
2017 After the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , General Secretary Xi Jinping’s first stop on his visit was Vietnam. That visit left a deep impression on everyone. General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong came to Chairman Ho Chi Minh's former residence, took a walk on Mango Road, chatted under the high-footed house, talked about the relationship between the two parties and the general trend of the world, recalled Chairman Mao Zedong and Chairman Ho Chi Minh and other older generation leaders of the two parties, and had a deep exchange. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to learn from the good, learn from Chairman Mao and Chairman Hu, and follow them.
The strategic leadership of the supreme leader of the two parties has given new contemporary connotations to the traditional friendship between the two parties and the two countries. Due to the epidemic, the two sides have not been able to conduct a visit in the past three years, but have maintained close communication through calls, letters, and gifts of New Year gifts. The reunion of the two general secretaries after five years will surely have an important and far-reaching impact on the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries of China and Vietnam, their respective socialist causes, and the development of the world socialist cause.
5. VnExpress, Zing, World and Vietnam Daily, Forward News, VITV: This year marks the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China. How do you evaluate the relationship between the two countries in recent years, especially this year? What are the highlights?
Xiong Bo: First of all, the top leaders of the two parties maintain frequent interactions, especially the general secretaries of the two parties maintain close strategic communication, and raise the flag and direction for the relationship between the two parties and the two countries. The prime ministers of the two countries had two phone calls this year and reached important consensus on deepening practical cooperation in various fields. Frequent online meetings are maintained between the Organization Ministers of the Central Committee of the two parties, including the Minister of the Propaganda and Education Ministers of the Politburo, as well as the Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese Congress, the Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress of China, and the heads of relevant government ministries and commissions. The 14th meeting of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee was successfully held in Nanning, China. The two defense ministers jointly hosted a friendly border exchange activity. The Party Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China and the Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee also met with the Provincial Party Secretary of the Near Vietnamese provinces, achieving fruitful results.
The two sides strengthened cooperation in fighting the epidemic and joint prevention and control, overcoming the difficulties of the epidemic, maintaining trade customs clearance smoothly, and the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries rose against the trend. Last year, the bilateral trade volume exceeded US$230 billion. This good momentum has been maintained since the beginning of this year. According to Chinese statistics, bilateral trade volume exceeded US$170 billion in the first nine months. Anti-epidemic cooperation is the highlight. China provides Vietnam with a large amount of vaccine through donations and commercial procurement. The border provinces of the two sides carry out fruitful joint prevention and control cooperation. Recently, the two sides have actively resumed personnel exchanges and added many direct flights, so that all Vietnamese students studying in China are willing to return. It can be said that this year, China-Vietnam relations have "highlights" in high-level exchanges, economic and trade cooperation, and anti-epidemic cooperation.
6. VnExpress, Vietnam Network, VITV: What opportunities and challenges will Vietnam-China relations face in the future? How do you look forward to the next stage of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries? After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what measures will China take to promote the development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries?
Xiong Bo: In terms of opportunities, the most significant advantage of China-Vietnam relations is its political advantage. Both sides adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party, adhere to the people's mastery of their own country, adhere to the development philosophy of people-centered , maintain long-term stability, and development is highly predictable, stable and certain. Especially with the opportunity of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, both parties have formulated development goals and plans for the next 10, 20 or even 30 years, and the cooperation between the two parties can make long-term designs based on these plans. Secondly, China and Vietnam have strong complementarity in economic, trade and investment cooperation, and the two sides have a highly nested and related supply chains. Third, China and Vietnam are neighboring countries connected by mountains and rivers, with convenient transportation and significant advantages in interconnection.
China-Vietnam development stage is highly consistent. China has entered a new stage of development and is building a new development pattern with the domestic circulation as the main body and the domestic and international dual circulations mutually promoting each other. In accordance with the deployment of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam is taking promoting industrialization as a national development strategy and making every effort to promote industrial transformation and upgrading. The two sides can strengthen cooperation in these aspects. The joint statement of , China-Vietnam Joint Statement, , also emphasized that China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of green development , climate change response, digital economy , etc., and support the realization of transformation and upgrading. This is an important growth point for China-Vietnam economic, trade and investment cooperation.
From the perspective of challenges, it mainly comes from uncertainty in the international environment, including the Ukrainian crisis, the industrial chain and supply chain disorder caused by the new crown epidemic, and the rising risks brought about by the interweaving of traditional security and non-traditional security. Both China and Vietnam need a peaceful, stable, open, inclusive, and free and convenient international environment. We must be wary of the risks of unilateralism, protectionism, and "decoupling and breaking chains". Vietnamese leaders have repeatedly stressed that they should be responsible members of the international community. In this sense, China and Vietnam should jointly safeguard world peace, stability and the correct development direction of globalization, jointly defend true multilateralism, and be wary of unilateralism and bullying.
It is certain that after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China will continue to attach great importance to the development of relations with Vietnam, continue to firmly support Vietnam in achieving the development goals and strategies set by the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, continue to actively support Vietnam in achieving industrial transformation and upgrading, developing emerging economies such as green economy and digital economy, and effectively respond to the challenges brought by climate change. In fact, China has played an active role in these aspects. The green economy and renewable energy projects such as photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, waste power generation, , and waste power generation, , and have achieved very good results.
Chinese-funded enterprises have built a waste power generation project in Hanoi , which can handle most of the garbage generated in Hanoi every day. When the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee Secretary met with me, he said that he had inspected the project and thought it was very good. It is understood that the installed capacity of this waste-to-power generation project is the largest in Vietnam and even in the region. Chinese-funded enterprises have or are building similar waste-to-power generation projects in Vietnam. The cost of building such a green electricity project is higher than that of other power generation methods and requires government funding subsidies. However, the Hanoi Municipal Government firmly supports this project, reflecting the firm determination of the Party and government of Vietnam to protect the environment and achieve green development, which is worthy of praise.
7. World and Vietnam Daily: When you met with Prime Minister Fan Mingzheng , you reiterated that China does not pursue a surplus with Vietnam. What measures are there to promote Vietnam-China trade in a more balanced direction?
Xiong Bo: I would like to reiterate that China does not pursue a trade surplus with Vietnam. Objectively speaking, the current trade surplus is not caused by China's policies, but the result of international industrial division of labor. In fact, this also reflects the advantages of Vietnam's economy. Vietnam's foreign investment policies and trade openness have attracted a large number of foreign companies to transfer manufacturing to Vietnam, making Vietnam a production base for international manufacturing. However, any advanced manufacturing industry needs to rely on global and regional production. It is impossible for all raw materials and parts to be solved on the spot, and industrial supporting capabilities are required, and this supporting capabilities cannot be achieved overnight. Therefore, many raw materials and parts in Vietnam's manufacturing industry need to be imported from other countries, a large part of which comes from China. According to statistics from Vietnam, Vietnam's imports from China account for 33% of Vietnam's total imports in 2021, which is the reason for the deficit.
At the same time, we should see that Vietnam's trade deficit with China is related to its huge surplus with other countries. It takes a process to solve this problem. First of all, China does not pursue a surplus with Vietnam in policy and is willing to take measures to alleviate relevant issues, which has been written into the Sino-Vietnam Joint Statement. In the short term, China is willing to promote the export of more Vietnam's high-quality agricultural and aquatic products to China. In the medium and long term, China is willing to actively promote industrial capacity cooperation with Vietnam, support and participate in Vietnam's industrial transformation and upgrading, promote Vietnam's industrialization process, and help Vietnam gradually expand its local industrial supporting capabilities. I believe this problem will gradually be alleviated as Vietnam advances its industrialization process.
8. Forefront News: How do you think Vietnam and China should strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation, especially under the frameworks of China's "Belt and Road" and Global Security Initiative?
Xiong Bo: Strengthening cooperation in international and regional multilateral affairs is a natural meaning of the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership. When we talk about the "Belt and Road" cooperation, we hope that media friends can put it into a big picture to think about it.The "Belt and Road" cooperation is mainly connected and aims to strengthen the docking of development strategies with countries along the route. China and Vietnam have the unique location advantages of connecting mountains and rivers. Strengthening the "Belt and Road" cooperation will help further play the role of Vietnam as a location hub. On the one hand, it will help Vietnam transport Vietnam's products to Central Asia and even Europe through the " new land-sea channel " in western China; on the other hand, it can make Vietnam a hub node connecting China and ASEAN countries, so that more ASEAN countries' goods can be transported to China through Vietnam. Therefore, China and Vietnam should further strengthen the cooperation in the "Belt and Road", especially in strengthening railway intermodal transportation cooperation, and accelerating the planning and construction of the Kunming-Laojie-Hanoi-Haidang-Haidang-Haidang-Haidang-Pang.
Regarding the Global Security Initiative, China and Vietnam believe that peace and development are the themes of today's era, and peace and security are the foundation and prerequisites of development. To maintain a peaceful and peaceful international environment, global security must be maintained. There should be some standards for how to maintain global security. China believes that it is necessary to maintain the international order with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on the international law with the United Nations, the basic norms of international relations based on the principles of the UN Charter, the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of all countries, and the common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concepts of are the core content of the Global Security Initiative. Many of these concepts are also what the Vietnamese side has always emphasized, and the two sides have a high degree of consensus on these basic issues. We hope to work with Vietnam on international and regional platforms including the United Nations to promote the maintenance of global security and implement these principles, and jointly create a peaceful, stable, free, open and inclusive international environment.
9. World and Vietnam Daily: The ambassador has repeatedly told the media that he hopes to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. What progress has been made in this field?
Xiong Bo: Friendship among the people is the basis for the development of any country's relations. The supreme leaders of the two parties reached many important consensuses during this visit, and implementing these consensuses in action is inseparable from the understanding, support and participation of the people of the two countries and all sectors of society. Both parties and governments attach great importance to civil exchanges. The supreme leaders of the two parties set an example and engage in friendly and friendly interactions, which is itself an example for the people of both countries. During the talks with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to enhance the acquaintance, understanding and blind date between the people of the two countries, especially the younger generation. To achieve this goal, we must strengthen communication and contact. The information age is very convenient now. I hope that media friends, especially social media, can provide support for the younger generations of the two countries to communicate and enhance mutual understanding through flexible and diverse ways.
This visit, talks and joint statement emphasized that both sides should pay more attention to strengthening China-Vietnam friendship publicity. The two parties' propaganda and education departments have established a cooperation mechanism and will further formulate relevant policies. The two sides have a rich resource for strengthening civil friendship. The two parties have a history of friendly exchanges for nearly a hundred years. The traditional China-Vietnam friendship created and carefully cultivated by the older generation of leaders of the two countries, such as Chairman Mao Zedong and Chairman Ho Chi Minh, is a valuable asset. We should make full use of these red resources, strengthen publicity on the history of friendly exchanges between the two parties and the two countries, and let the younger generation of the two countries understand the revolutionary years of fighting side by side.
Both sides also have rich resources in the fields of culture, tourism, art, etc. Many Chinese film and television works are widely popular among the Vietnamese people, and many film and television stars are well-known in Vietnam. The Vietnamese students who learn Chinese are large, and mastering language is conducive to enhancing communication and mutual understanding. During this visit, China announced that it would provide Vietnam with at least 1,000 html scholarships and at least 1,000 scholarships to the Chinese government and at least 1,000 international Chinese teachers scholarships to the next five years. As the two countries effectively control the epidemic, the aviation industry is recovering at a faster pace. Currently, 19 flights have flown to seven cities in China every week. We look forward to the two sides implementing the important achievements of this visit and promoting more progress in civil exchanges between the two countries.
10. Vietnam Net, World and Vietnam Daily: For some time, Vietnam has held many important positions in international organizations and has contributed to the international community. Not long ago, Vietnam was successfully elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council .How do you evaluate Vietnam’s role and status in the multilateral framework, especially ASEAN and the United Nations?
China attaches great importance to and supports Vietnam in playing a more important and constructive role in international and regional affairs. During Vietnam's tenure as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 2020 to 2021, China actively supported and cooperated with Vietnam in carrying out activities under the framework of the United Nations, including supporting Vietnam in performing its duties as the rotating president of the UN Security Council. During Vietnam's rotating presidency of ASEAN in 2020, China also strongly supported and cooperated. This time, Vietnam was successfully elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, and China voted in favor. The two sides have good cooperation on the United Nations platform, especially in the field of international human rights, and hope that they will continue to be maintained and strengthened.
The current international situation is complex and profoundly evolving, the world has entered a period of turbulent and change, and international risks and challenges are rising. Both China and Vietnam are developing countries and emerging economies, and have broad common interests. China is willing to work with Vietnam to safeguard true multilateralism, international fairness, justice, and regional peace and stability. We appreciate Prime Minister Fan Mingzheng's repeated emphasis on Vietnam's firmly standing on the side of fairness, justice and truth in international affairs, which is highly consistent with China's position.
11. Zing: What role do you think Vietnam-China relations have played in regional peace and stability?
Xiong Bo: China is the world's largest developing country and the world's second largest economy. Its contribution to world economic growth has remained above 30% for many years. It is also the largest trading partner of ASEAN countries, including Vietnam. Vietnam is an important member of ASEAN and plays an increasingly important role in ASEAN and the region. The economic development of is full of vitality. The impact of China-Vietnam relations has surpassed bilateralism and plays a very important and positive role in regional and even world peace, stability and development. China has always regarded Vietnam as an important partner in international and regional platforms, and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with Vietnam under the China-ASEAN framework, in sub-regional mechanisms such as Lancang-Mekong, and strengthening cooperation in East Asia and even the Asia-Pacific region.
12, Zing, Vietnam Express Network: According to the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in order to achieve the second centenary goal, China will create an international and regional environment conducive to development. How will China play a global role under the current international situation? How to consolidate good-neighborly and friendly relations and develop friendly cooperation with all countries? What do you think about China’s foreign policy and diplomatic status after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?
Xiong Bo: To answer this question, we must deeply grasp the contemporary background of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. On the one hand, China ushered in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, completed the comprehensive building of a moderately prosperous society, achieved the first centenary goal, and embarked on a new journey to march towards the second centenary goal. On the other hand, the external environment facing China's development is becoming increasingly uneasy, and both the two major themes of peace and development are facing severe challenges, and the world has entered a period of turbulent and change. This is the domestic and international background of the Twenty National Congress.
In the above context, the top priority of China's diplomacy after the 20th National Congress is to serve the goal of achieving the second centenary goal and building a socialist modern power as scheduled. To achieve such a goal, China needs a peaceful, stable, open and inclusive international environment. Therefore, the clear value orientation of China's diplomacy is to resolutely stand on the side of safeguarding the common interests of all mankind and resolutely stand on the side of safeguarding the common values of all mankind. This common interest is mutual cooperation among all countries and achieve common development. The common value is peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom. In other words, we must stand on the right side of history and on the progress of human civilization.
China's diplomacy will continue to firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. China's diplomacy will firmly support the practice of true multilateralism and promote the construction of an open world economy. As for the region, China advocates open regionalism and supports ASEAN to play a central role. China's diplomacy will continue to regard its surrounding areas, especially ASEAN, as a diplomatic priority direction, and is willing to work with ASEAN countries to build a beautiful and peaceful, tranquil, prosperous, beautiful and friendly regional home.General Secretary Xi Jinping recently proposed the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, which all reflect the above-mentioned propositions of China's diplomacy.
13. Zing: General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that China will unswervingly deepen the reform and opening up of and unswervingly promote the high-quality development of . The long-term improvement of China's economy will not change, and China's door to opening up will only become bigger and bigger. In what areas will China continue to expand its opening up after the 20th National Congress? How to make foreign companies feel at ease to invest and do business in China?
Xiong Bo: Reform and opening up is China's basic national policy and the most important experience in China's successful development over the past 44 years, and will not be shaken. Since 1978, China has found such a development path, not a closed development, but a "opening the country's doors to carry out construction". This is a very valuable experience and the only way to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. The door to China's opening will not be closed, it will only open wider and wider.
Our goal is to achieve high-level opening up and strive to promote the construction of an open world economy. This is not only a need for China to continue its development, but also a need for China to cope with the "frontwind and backflow" of globalization. In the future, China will steadily expand deep-level and institutional opening up such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, and continue to create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based and internationalized. Last year, China's business environment ranking jumped to 31st in the world, and we believe that it will continue to improve steadily in the future. We will use greater efforts to deal with the countercurrent of closed, split and decoupling in the international community, and use the stability of China's development to deal with the instability and uncertainty of the international environment.
14. Zing: In the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned economic strategies such as domestic and international dual circulation, promoting common prosperity, and adhering to the " dynamic zeroing ". How will these strategies affect the future of China's economy in the context of the current world situation changing and the global economy facing inflation and recession risks?
Xiong Bo: These are several issues that are generally concerned by the international community. I would like to explain one by one:
Regarding the "dual circulation", in full, it is to build a new development pattern with the domestic circulation as the main body and the domestic and international circulations mutually promoting each other. This is an objective requirement of the laws of China's economic development. At present, China's dependence on foreign trade in has dropped from 67% in 2006 to 32% in 2019. This is an inevitable trend and will further decline in the future. Looking at other major economies in the world, in 2020, the dependence on foreign trade of the US economy was only 18.2%. Japan was a typical "trade-based country" economy in the past. Now the dependence on foreign trade is lower than that of China, indicating that the domestic circulation as the main body is a general law of the economic development of a major country, and China's future development must also be based on the domestic circulation as the main body. But this does not mean that China must remain in seclusion and close the door to openness. On the contrary, China will actively promote the construction of a "dual circulation", which means that it will make more active use of the two domestic and foreign markets and two resources to complement each other and promote each other. This policy will create a more stable and independent domestic foundation and a broader and diverse external space for the future development of China's economy.
Regarding common prosperity, this is determined by the nature and purpose of the Communist Party of China, and is determined by the socialist system, and reflects the essence of socialism. The two parties in China and Vietnam are highly consistent on this point. We both firmly believe that socialism is conducive to the development of productivity, poverty is not socialism, and polarization is not socialism. We must never allow 1% of the rich to control more wealth than the other 99% as in individual countries. At the same time, achieving common prosperity is an ultimate goal and requires a process, which must be based on the great abundance of materiality as the premise and support. The path to implementation is to unswervingly focus on economic development and focus on developing productivity. China's first step is to make some people rich first. Just as we did in the early stages of reform and opening up, the second step is to eliminate absolute poverty. This has been achieved last year. In the future, we will spend a long period of time to solve the distribution problem, that is, to divide the cake well while making it bigger, so that it can be divided more fairly and reasonably.China's policy is to expand the middle-income group . This group now has 400 million people. We must further expand this group and build an olive-shaped distribution structure, that is, the rich and the poor account for the minority, and the middle-income group accounts for the majority.
Regarding "dynamic clearance", it also reflects the ruling purpose of putting people and life first in the Communist Party of China. The new crown epidemic is a global public health emergency identified by the WHO , and the characterization of the epidemic has not changed yet. Since the outbreak of the global epidemic, a total of 6.6 million deaths have been caused, while China has only had more than 5,200 deaths. Some politicians in Western countries are unwilling to believe it, but this is a very accurate statistics. I believe that for countries around the world, clearing the epidemic and eliminating the virus are undoubtedly the most ideal goals and solutions, but the national conditions of each country are different. Not all countries have the ability to achieve "dynamic zeroing", because this not only requires national strength to support it, but also requires a strong government, the cooperation of the people, and very strong organizational strength. At present, China may be the only country capable of doing so. Of course, this also has to pay a price. Economic development, consumption, tourism, etc. will be affected to a certain extent, but with a long-term perspective, we believe that this is in line with China's national conditions and the fundamental interests of the Chinese people. In order to achieve the above goals, we are willing to sacrifice a little development speed for the time being, and China can bear such a price.
15. Zing: How will the new Central Committee of the Communist Party of China promote anti-corruption work? What are the key areas that the Communist Party of China focuses on in the next stage of anti-corruption?
Xiong Bo: Unswerving anti-corruption is a key issue to ensure that China can follow its own development path in the future. We are clearly aware that corruption is the greatest danger that damages the Party’s ruling foundation, and we must persist in the long-term no-ban on anti-corruption, full coverage and zero tolerance. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that "anti-corruption is the most thorough self-revolution " and "anti-corruption must always blow the charge ". We must persist in leading the social revolution with self-revolution for a long time, and we must persist in promoting the integration of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt for a long time. There are three very important points. First, we must uphold the Party’s absolute leadership and absolute authority over anti-corruption work. Second, we must focus on the "key minority", namely senior leading cadres. Third, we must further establish and improve the anti-corruption work system and mechanism, strengthen the constraints and supervision of power, and let power operate in the sunshine.
16. Phoenix TV: Practical economic and trade cooperation has always been the highlight of China-Vietnam bilateral relations. Since the epidemic, the two sides have maintained the effective operation of the joint prevention and control mechanism, and have taken a series of measures to promote the facilitation of land border customs clearance. What other measures will China take to further promote smooth trade in the next stage?
Xiong Bo: Land connection is an important advantage for China and Vietnam to strengthen economic and trade cooperation. To ensure the stability and resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain, it is crucial to facilitate and smooth customs clearance of border trade. I would like to emphasize that the leaders of both parties and countries attach great importance to this, and the prime ministers of the two countries exchanged views on both phone calls this year. According to the instructions of the prime ministers of the two countries, the economic and trade authorities of the two countries have specially established a working group for smooth trade and maintained regular communication from the government policy level. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong also held a special meeting on the eve of his visit to China. Through this mechanism, problems can be discovered in a timely manner and relevant departments such as customs, quarantine and other departments on both sides can be coordinated to solve the problems. At the same time, local governments of the two countries also attach great importance to it. The Party Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region visited border ports many times and guided the improvement work. Local trade customs clearance departments have also continuously tapped their potential, extended customs clearance work hours, and improved customs clearance efficiency. To this end, we have adopted electronic identification marks to increase railway capacity as much as possible and continuously improve transportation efficiency.
In order to keep the checkpoint open, both sides should further improve infrastructure construction, increase customs clearance channels and expand parking lots. The customs clearance congestion that occurred in the past two years was mainly caused by the epidemic. The two governments have reached a consensus that "protecting epidemic prevention means ensuring customs clearance" and have written a joint statement on this visit. It is necessary to keep the epidemic safe and effective prevention and control to avoid cross-border transmission of the epidemic due to customs clearance of goods. We have built a safe and smooth green channel in the checkpoint area and taken effective measures to quarantine people in and out of cargo, and the Vietnamese side has cooperated to do a lot of work.The overall customs clearance situation is now good and there is no large-scale congestion. As the infrastructure construction of both sides is further strengthened, customs clearance capacity will be further improved and the channels will be smoother.
17. Vietnam Express Network: The joint statement of this visit mentioned that the two sides agreed to reach an effective, substantial, and consistent with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, on the basis of consensus. Compared with the joint statement issued by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his visit to Vietnam in 2017, the statement "compliance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" was added, and the Convention was directly mentioned. What kind of information does this convey in the maintenance of maritime peace and stability between the two sides?
Xiong Bo: China has always advocated that territorial and jurisdiction disputes be resolved peacefully through friendly consultations and negotiations by directly relevant sovereign states in accordance with the recognized principles of international law. On the basis of consensus, the early conclusion of the "Code of Conduct in the South China Sea" that is effective, substantial and in line with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a consensus reached by China and ASEAN countries over the past period of time, not a new statement. During this visit, the two sides exchanged frankly views on maritime issues, reiterated that they should continue to abide by the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and the "Agreement on Guidance on Solving the Basic Principles of the Mass Issues of China and Vietnam", properly manage maritime differences, and prevent them from affecting the overall situation of China-Vietnam relations, and send a clear signal of working together to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea. The joint statement of
also proposed that "active consultations should not affect the transitional and temporary solutions that do not affect their respective positions and propositions, and seek basic and long-term solutions that are acceptable to both parties." This is innovative, indicating that both sides do not want maritime issues to interfere with bilateral relations or affect common interests for a long time. They hope to find solutions that do not affect their respective positions and propositions through development ideas, and can help maritime issues be handled better in a timely manner, bringing tangible benefits to both sides. This consensus is very positive.
18. Zing: If you use a few keywords to describe this visit, which ones would you choose? Please give some explanation.
Xiong Bo: Important, friendly, friendly and fruitful.
is important. This visit is a historic visit and is a milestone in the history of the development of China-Vietnam relations. The significance and far-reaching impact are far beyond the bilateral scope and have attracted high attention from the people of both countries and the international community.
cordial. This visit reflects the good working relationship and personal friendship between the top leaders of the two parties. The exchange between General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a discussion between two outstanding Marxist thinkers and theorists. It is of great significance and will create many ideological sparks. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said that the more you communicate with General Secretary Xi Jinping, the more you talk, the more you feel, the deeper you feel. Just imagine what the two leaders are in a comrade-like atmosphere, while drinking tea while discussing the world.
friendly. The visit was filled with a friendly atmosphere from beginning to end. The biggest highlight was that General Secretary Xi Jinping and President of the People's Republic of China held a grand ceremony and awarded General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong the "Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China", demonstrating the deep friendship between the supreme leaders of the two parties and the people of the two countries.
has achieved fruitful results. It is not only reflected in the heavy joint statement issued by the two sides and the 13 pragmatic cooperation documents signed, but also in the new important political consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties. It will not only have an important impact on the future development of China-Vietnam relations, but also have an important positive impact on regional and even world peace, stability and development.
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