【CHINA BUSINESS SUMMIT 2025】王小龙大使演讲全文 : 在深刻变化的世界 携手共筑更加光明的未来

在深刻变化的世界

携手共筑更加光明的未来

尊敬的拉克森总理，

麦克莱部长，

各位工商界领袖、议员，

女士们、先生们、朋友们，

大家好！

非常荣幸也很高兴再次出席中国商业峰会，感谢奥沙利文女士及筹备团队的精心组织和邀请。我很珍视一年一度的中国商业峰会这一宝贵机会，同各位共话世界与中国之变，共商中新关系发展前景。

当前，世界与中国都在历经重大、深刻乃至剧烈的变革，对中新两国和两国的关系与合作都有着深远影响。

环顾全球，三大动向推动世界之变：

其一，科学技术迅猛发展促使生产力前所未有提高，深刻重塑生产方式、生活方式、社会组织方式。技术飞速创新不断突破人类认知边界，从人工智能、量子科技到新能源技术、生物技术，从数字生产、智能生产到绿色生产，未来产业领域前沿技术竞相涌现，引发链式变革，加快全球分工体系和科技体系重塑，不断催生新产品、新产业、新业态，对人类社会产生巨大而深刻的影响。

其二，“全球南方”群体性崛起推动国际政治经济格局深刻演变。新兴市场国家和发展中国家已成为世界经济版图中最为活跃的力量，在全球治理中发挥越来越重要作用，推动世界日趋多极化。许多重大且影响深远的变化正越来越多地发生在非传统变革中心。过去世界由一个或少数国家主导、国际规则由少数国家说了算、发展成果被少数国家独享的局面一去不复返。

其三，全球治理赤字为国际体制带来挑战乃至威胁。二战特别是冷战以来开放、融合、合作的大趋势维持了世界总体的和平与稳定，也带来了发展与繁荣。但如今这一趋势遭遇逆流，单边主义、保护主义、霸权霸道霸凌行径严重冲击以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序。

世界之变虽一定程度上加剧国际局势不确定性，但可以确定的是，经济全球化的根本趋势没有改变，世界多极化的时代潮流不可阻挡，二者交织共振，决定着人类未来共同命运，未来的世界必将是一个相互联系更加密切且多中心化的世界。

在经济层面，最突出的是世界经济增长来源日趋多元化。伴随全球供应链日益复杂互联、全球市场不断扩大、技术扩散不断提速、生产要素配置优化，世界经济增长主要动力正从发达经济体向新兴和发展中经济体转移，从传统产业向多元化新兴产业转变。

相关数据有力印证了这一点。2000年以来，发展中国家货物贸易增长4.6倍，远远快于发达经济体，占全球比重从30%提高到45%，日益成为全球贸易增长的主要驱动力。新兴市场国家和发展中国家过去20年对世界经济增长贡献率高达80%，过去一年为世界经济复苏提供了超过一半的动力，其中中国对世界经济增长的贡献率约为30%。

从产业看，2024年全球货物贸易仅增长2%，而服务贸易增长8.8%，贡献全球贸易增量的60%。特别是2024年全球数字服务出口规模较十年前翻了一番。

从全球创新看，其作为经济增长的关键驱动力，主导权不再被少数国家所垄断。长期以来，美国以硅谷为代表的技术创新体系主导着全球科技进步。然而，近年来，新兴经济体迎头赶上，日益成为全球创新的重要支柱。以中国为例，作为全球最大的制造中心，在短短几十年已建立起世界一流的科技生态体系，正以前所未有的速度崛起成为全球科技创新浪潮中的领军者。

最新发布的自然指数2025科研领导者榜单显示，中国高质量科研产出稳居世界第一；全球科研机构10强中中国机构占据8家，其中中国科学院已连续13年高居榜首；榜单全球研究机构500强中，中国机构占了30%。

在5G乃至6G通信、卫星通信、量子通信和量子计算、新能源、人工智能等前沿科技领域，相当一部分甚至接近一半的创新和应用源自中国。在生命科学、物质科学、空间科学等高精尖领域，一批重大原创成果竞相涌现。

中国是全球首个国内有效发明专利数量突破400万件的国家，其中高价值发明专利所占比重达四成以上。中国申请人通过《专利合作条约》提交的国际专利申请量连续四年位居世界第一。全球60%的计算机技术专利、40%的人工智能专利以及33%的半导体专利申请都来自中国。

女士们、先生们，

中国既是世界变化的一部分和重要推动力量，自身也在发生快速而深刻的变化。不论国际局势如何变幻，中国始终保持“任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台”的从容定力，坚定办好自己的事，在发展中保障和改善民生，坚持走中国式现代化道路，全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业。这是中国全国上下坚定共识，没有也不会改变。

通过调节周期政策和解决长期结构性问题“两手抓”，中国有力应对了一段时间以来的内外经济逆风，展现出强大韧性、内生动力和发展潜力。2025年上半年中国国内生产总值同比增长5.3%，经济增速持续在全球主要经济体中保持领先地位。中国拥有超大规模市场，正着力扩大内需，消费增长的空间仍然非常大。随着经济持续调整升级，中国将始终是世界经济发展的稳定锚，为全球包括新西兰提供长期机遇。

更进一步看，中国正经历的多重深刻变革体现在以下几个方面：

——以数字化为代表的新质生产力全方位发展应用带动中国经济提质升级。

一个常被提起的例子就是横空出世、令世界惊叹的“深度求索（Deepseek）时刻”。实际上，这只是中国快速发展、不断成熟创新生态体系的一个缩影。中国的杭州及若干其他城市孕育了一批像深度求索这样世界领先的创新公司，包括研发机器狗和人形机器人的宇树科技、去年推出中国国产首款3A游戏大作《黑神话悟空》的游戏科学、主打AI眼镜的Rokid、脑机接口代表企业强脑科技、同样做机器狗和人形机器人的云深处科技以及具备全球最大的可交互三维数据能力的空间智能企业群核科技等。

这些企业背后，是中国公私部门多年来在人才培养、科技能力建设、产业全方位深度融合升级等方面的持续投入和有效合力，加速催生了全球数字化和人类进步前沿领域的一系列颠覆性创新。

——中国同时还在历经深刻、广泛、快速的绿色化转型。中国始终坚持走绿色发展之路，积极推动新能源产业发展，经济社会发展“含绿量”不断提升。

中国电力加速绿色转型，中国风电装机连续14年位居全球第一，光伏发电装机连续9年位居全球第一，清洁能源成为新增装机容量绝对主体，占比近八成。同时，绿色电力交易规模快速增长。2024年中国新能源市场化交易电量突破1万亿千瓦时，超半数新能源实现入市；2024年绿电交易总量达2349亿千瓦时，同比增长237.9%。

中国不仅持续推进自身绿色发展，还为全球绿色低碳转型注入强劲动力。每年，中国风电和光伏产品帮助其他国家减排二氧化碳数亿吨，为全球应对气候变化作出重要贡献。

中国“新三样”中的其他“两样”——电动汽车和锂电池持续领跑全球绿色转型，包括新西兰。在座各位可能也注意到，比亚迪最新推出的炫酷皮卡SHARK获评新西兰年度汽车。如今，在新西兰街头可以看到越来越多不同品牌的中国产新能源汽车，这在5年前几乎难以想象。在电池领域，中国向全球供应70%电池材料、60%动力电池，形成全球最大规模充电网络。前不久，充电5分钟、续航520公里的宁德时代第二代神行超充电池惊艳亮相、吸睛无数，成为中国坚定不移推动全球绿色低碳转型的又一生动写照。

——支撑这些发展进步的根本在于，中国共产党领导的中国治理体系和治理能力现代化不断迈出新步伐。

今年是中国共产党成立104周年。从1921年成立之初不到60人，发展壮大至如今党员总数突破1亿，中国共产党毫无疑问成为人类历史上最大也是最成功的政治组织，深刻改变着中国，也改变着世界。中国共产党一经诞生，就将为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴作为初心使命，不断推进自我革命，强身健体，总结经验教训，提高领导能力和执政水平。

我们坚信，实践是检验真理的唯一标准。检验一个社会制度和治理体系，关键要看其所取得的成效。通过改革开放，中国走出了人类历史上最为成功的发展道路之一，用短短几代人时间给经济社会带来翻天覆地的变化，带领数亿人民脱贫，中国如今已成为世界上最大、最繁荣、最富创新力的经济体之一。

中国式现代化道路的核心是以符合中国国情的制度和政策，不断回应人民对更好生活的向往。对中国适用的政策或许不一定适用于其他国家。如果说中国的发展历程可以为其他国家提供一些启迪的话，那就是倾听人民的声音，根据自己的国情走自己的路。

同样重要的是，中国的发展从未以牺牲别国利益为代价。中国的发展得益于且有助于世界发展，为全人类共同发展创造新机遇、拓展新边界，为气候变化等全球共同挑战贡献“中国方案”。

从这一角度来说，对任何国家而言，与中国“脱钩”“断链”，就是放弃这个世界1/3的增长机遇，放弃这个世界近一半的创新和创新产品，放弃全球应对共同挑战的主要资源和能力。

女士们、先生们，

世界之变、中国之变是当前中新关系发展的大背景板，拉克森总理此次访华也是在这个大背景下展开的。两国均高度重视此访，认为其是推动互利共赢双边关系继续向前发展的宝贵机会。在双方共同努力下，访问获得圆满成功，取得丰硕成果。

——巩固了政治共识。访问期间，习近平主席、李强总理、赵乐际委员长分别同拉克森总理会见、会谈，双方就中新关系和共同关心的国际和地区问题交换意见，并发表联合声明。在会见会谈和联合声明中，两国领导人重申对双边关系的共同承诺，就双边关系未来发展方向达成一系列广泛共识，深化了相互理解，为延续双边关系积极发展势头奠定基础。

——拓展了务实合作。在双方联合成果声明中，两国领导人肯定双方在共同关心的领域加强合作取得的积极进展，见证签署了涵盖海关、食品安全、有机产品认证、气候变化、文化遗产等多项合作文件，新方宣布面向中国公民的新的旅行便利措施，为两国企业和人文交流开辟了新空间。

——企业合作取得亮眼成绩。仅在上海一站，拉克森总理就宣布双方签订价值8.71亿新元的商业合同，加上北京站，数额超过10亿新元。企业合作一直是两国合作的重要内生动力，也得益于两国整体关系的积极发展。

中方重视中新关系，这一点没有改变。习近平主席在会见中明确指出，建交50多年来，中新关系历经起伏，经受住了国际形势风云变幻的考验，双方始终相互尊重、携手前行，两国关系长期走在中国同西方发达国家关系前列，给两国人民带来实实在在的福祉。

双边关系过去50多年一条重要的有益经验就是互相尊重，特别是尊重彼此主权、独立、内部事务和领土完整，这是互利共赢伙伴关系的根本，也是中新关系的起点。面向未来，双方应继续发扬这一有益经验，推动这组对双方均很重要的关系不断向前发展。中新之间没有历史恩怨纠葛，没有根本利益冲突，双方共同利益远超分歧。双方应共同努力妥处分歧，不让其“喧宾夺主”甚至影响合作。

在中新全面战略伙伴关系开启第二个10年之际，中方愿同新方密切合作，在高层交往战略引领下，推动双边关系迈上新台阶，更好造福两国人民，为动荡的世界注入更多稳定性和确定性。

着眼未来，双方可从以下几个具体方面着手：

——更好发挥互补优势。充分用好中新自贸协定红利，在进一步扩大传统贸易规模的基础上，加快推进并尽早结束服务贸易负面清单谈判，持续深化贸易投资自由化便利化，推动两国经贸合作提质升级，实现互利共赢。中方期待新方继续对中方加入CPTPP和DEPA给予更大支持。

——深入挖掘合作潜力。中方愿同新方加强发展战略对接，发掘更多利益契合点，包括对新方长远发展至关重要的创新、应对气变、基础设施建设等领域。具体来讲，双方可拓展新能源汽车、工业绿色低碳、人工智能应用、数字化转型等新兴领域合作。这也是本届中国商业峰会的一大聚焦点，我期待在后续环节听取各方的见解。

——持续厚植民间友好根基。中方对新西兰公民实施免签政策实行一年来，为新西兰朋友访华提供了极大便利。不久前，新方宣布修改签证设置、调整操作流程，便利中国公民来新签证申请。此外，从今年11月起，持有效澳大利亚签证的中国公民可免签自澳来新，中国公民可在新西兰机场免签过境，中方对此表示欢迎。教育、文化、青年、地方交流，是双边关系的根基和动力源，双方应共同努力，助力两国人文交流向更深更广发展。

——共同捍卫多边主义。中新都是多边主义的受益者，两国及世界的未来也都有赖于以联合国为核心、以国际法为基础的行之有效的多边体系。中方坚信，历史应当前进而不能倒退，人类更不能回到丛林法则。人类是拥有共同未来的命运共同体，我们须携手努力开创更加光明的未来！

今年恰逢世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，也是联合国成立80周年。我们决不能让时光冲淡对战争给世界带来的苦难的记忆。反思历史，我们更要摒弃分裂和对抗，坚定决心，加强团结合作，共筑和平、共享繁荣。

中新两国都对此负有责任，可以也应当发挥不可替代的作用。对此，我们义不容辞。

我的讲话到此结束，祝愿峰会圆满成功，也祝愿中新两国以及我们的地区和世界续享和平、更加繁荣。

谢谢大家！

Working for a Brighter Shared Future

in a World of Profound Changes

Rt HonPrime Minister Christopher Luxon,

Hon Minister McClay,

Leaders of the Business Community,

Members of Parliament,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear Friends,

Kia ora!

It is a privilege and pleasure to join you again at the China Business Summit.Thank you,Fran,for your kind invitation and the hard work of you and team that makes all this happen.I value this annual opportunity to discuss the shifts taking place in both China and the broader world and the evolving China-New Zealand relationship.

Indeed,these are times of profound,fundamental and sometimes dramatic transformations both globally and within China,which will have in-depth and far-reaching implications for the relationship and cooperation between our two countries.

Looking around,we are witnessing three major global dynamics driving such transformations.

First,rapid advances in technology have led to an unprecedented surge in productivity,dramatically re-configuring ways of life and production,and how societies organize themselves.Fast-paced innovation is constantly expanding the boundaries of human knowledge.In those industries of the future,namely artificial intelligence,quantum science,new energy,biotech,digital and smart manufacturing,and green technologies,disruptive,revolutionarybreakthroughs are catalysing chain reactions that reshapetheglobal economyand scientific paradigms.As a result,new products,industries,and business patterns are emergingat anexponential speed,carrying seismic implications for humanity.

Second,tectonic shifts are on the move in the international political and economic landscape,with particularly the collective rise of the Global South.

Emerging markets and developing countries have now become active major players in the world economy,having growing agency in global governance amid growing multi-polarization.Increasingly,many big,seminal developments are taking place in parts of the world other than the traditional centers of change.Gone is the era when the world was dominated by one or a small number of countries,which used to monopolize international rule-making and unfairly reaped disproportionate,if not exclusive,benefits of development.

Third,deficit in global governance has posed challenges and even threats to international architecture.

Arguably,the overall trends since the end of WWII,particularly the end of the Cold War,towards openness,integration and cooperation has largely kept the peace and brought about increasing prosperity in the world.Such trends now threaten to reverse themselves,however,as our world is confronted with rising unilateralism,protectionism,and hegemonic and bullying behaviours,undermining the international law-based international order and the multilateral system centered around the UN.

While the shifts we have observed in the world today have given rise to much uncertainty,what remains certain is that the underlying trend of economic globalisation remains unchanged,and the momentum towards a multipolar world remains unstoppable.These twin features help to define the future of our world,a world of increasing inter-connectedness and plurality,and a world,for better or for worse,with a shared future.

This process is taking place at several levels.

In the economic domain,it is first and foremost manifested in the source of growthbeingincreasingly diversified globally.With increasingly complex and interconnected global supply chains,expanding markets,accelerating technological diffusion,and optimised resource allocation,the primary engines of growth are shifting gear from advanced economies increasingly towards emerging and developing ones,at the same time as they spread from traditional sectors towards dynamic new industries.

The evidence is compelling.Since2000,trade in goods originating from developing economies has expanded4.6times,significantly outpacing that from advanced economies.Accordingly,their share of global trade has risen substantially from30%to45%,consolidating their role as the principal drivers of the global trade increase.Over the past two decades,the developing countries have contributed a remarkable80%to world economic growth.In the past year,they provided over half the impetus for global recovery,withthecontribution from Chinaalone standing at around30%.

Sector-wise,while global trade in goods grew by a modest2%in2024,trade in services surged by8.8%,accounting for60%of the total increase in global trade.Notably,global exports of digital services doubledbylast year,compared to just a decade ago.

On the other hand,innovation,a key driving force of growth,is no longer an exclusivemonopolyof certain countries.For quite some time,the US,represented by Silicon Valley,held a dominant position in technological advances.However,in recent years,the emerging economies have started to move to the forefront to become critical pillars for innovation.For instance,China,the world’s biggest manufacturing hub,has established a world-class scientific eco-system within decades,a remarkably short period,making itself a leader in various cutting-edge fields.

According to the Nature Index2025,China ranks first in high-quality research outputs,with eight out of ten top-performing institutions from China.The Chinese Academy of Sciences has maintained its top position for thirteen consecutive years.Furthermore,among all the Top500globalresearchinstitutions in the list,those from China account for nearly30%.

When it comes to the frontier areas,such as5G and6G communications,satellite technology,quantum communications and computing,new energy solutions,and AI,China contributes a substantial amount,almost half,of the technological innovation and application.This comes on top ofmajor original breakthroughs in biological,physical and space sciences.

Correspondingly,China is also the first country that owns more than4million valid domestic invention patents,with high-value patents constituting over40%.For four consecutive years,China has led the world in international patent applications submitted under the Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT).Globally,60%of computing technology patents,40%of AI patents,and33%of semiconductor patents are from China.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

While China is both an integral part and a key driving force in global transformations,it is simultaneously navigating its own rapid and profound changes domestically.

For all these changes and uncertainties,China’s central priority remains unchanged.Just as a Chinese saying goes:任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台.No matter how turbulent the global landscape is or will be,China remains unremittingly committed to development to ensure better lives for the Chinese people in the historic process of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation along the Chinese path to modernisation.This is a firm,unshakable national consensus,which has not and will not change.

By taking both cyclical measures and tackling longer-term,structural issues,China has managed to prevail over the significant external and domestic headwinds to continue to lead the major economies on growth.Its GDP grewby5.3%year on year for the first half of2025,demonstrating the robust resilience,endogenous driving force and development potential in China’s economy. As a super-sizedmarket,China is vigorously expanding domestic demand,with significant potential still to be unleashed in consumption growth. Withits economyrebalancingand upgrading in parallel,China will continue to serve as an anchor of stability for the global economy,bringing long-term opportunities to therest of theworld,including New Zealand.

Deeper down,China is going through multiple major,foundational transformations at the same time.

First,the comprehensive development and application of new quality productive forces is fueling the optimisation of China’s economy,the most remarkable of which isdigitization.

In this regard,an oft-evoked case in point is the Deepseek Moment,whichwowed the world as it seemingly jumped out of nowhere.Actually,though,Deepseek is butoneoutgrowth of the rapidly evolving and maturing innovation ecosystem in China.There are many other such world-leading innovativenames,incubated in Hangzhou and other cities,like:

-Unitree Robotics(developing robotics dogs and humanoid robots),

-Game Science(whichlaunched‘Black Myth:Wukong’last year,the first domestically produced3A game masterpiece in China),

-Rokid(a leader inAI eyeglasses),

-BrainCo(working onBrain-Machine Interface),

-Deep Robotics(also onrobotics dogs and humanoid robots),

-and ManyCore(a space intelligence enterprise with the world’s largest interactive3D data capability).

Behind theseentities lie years of investment from both the public and private sectors in human resources,scientific and technological capabilities,and the comprehensive but deeply integrated and constantly upgrading industries,which collectively generate,with gaining momentum,disruptive innovations in emerging industries at the cutting edge of global digitization and overall human progress.

At the same time China digitizes,the country is undergoing a profound,extensive,and rapid green transformation as well.Through pursuing green development while proactively expanding its new energy industries,the‘green premium’to China’s economic and social progress has been continuously elevated.

Particularly,China’s power generating sector is accelerating its green transition.China has maintained its position as the global leader in wind power installation for14consecutive years and photovoltaic capacity for9straight years.Clean energy sources now dominate new power generation capacity,constituting nearly80%of new additions.The scale of green power trading is growing rapidly.In2024,market-based trading of new energypower exceeded1trillion kilowatt hours,accounting for over half of its total.The trading volume of green electricity reached234.9billion kilowatt hours,marking a year-on-year increase of237.9%.

China’s green development not only advances domestically but also contributes to accelerating lower-carbon transitions worldwide.Each year,its wind and solar power products helped other countries reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by hundreds of millions of tons,playing an important role in the global efforts to combat climate change.

Apart from solar,the two other parts of the now well-known‘new trio’from China,namely,electric vehicles and batteries are also powering the global green transformation,including here in this country.You may be aware that the BYD Shark,its flashy-looking ute,has been named the car oftheyear in NewZealand.Increasingly,you could see a sizable presence of Chinese-made EVs of different brands on NewZealandroads,something inconceivable even5years ago.On batteries, China now supplies70%of the materials and60%of all finished products in the world,forming the world’s largest charging network.Lately,the CATL’s2nd Gen LFP Batteries,with unprecedented charging speed and range–five minutes for over500kilometres,have made an eye-catching debut.It is yet another vivid snapshot of China’s unyielding efforts in driving the global green and low-carbon transformation.

Underpinning these and other transformations in China,the modernisation of China’s governance system and capacity continues to make new strides,at the centre of which is theleadership of the Communist Party of China(CPC).

This year marks the104thanniversary of the establishment of the CPC.Growing from less than60members in1921to more than100million today,the CPC has already become definitely the largest and arguably the most successful politicalorganizationin human history,having changed China and for that matter,the world.Since the very day of its founding,the Party has made seeking happiness for the Chinese People and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation its mission.By unremittingly promoting self-revolution and learning from its successes and failures,the party has been constantly improving itself and its governance of the country.

We in China believe that how it works in practice is the sole meaningful litmus test for any theory or conceptual construct. Likewise,the key to testing a social governance system lies in itsability to deliver.Through opening-up and reform,the CPC has blazed one of the most successful development paths ever,bringing sea changes to the country within a few mere generations,having lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty,and built the country into one of the biggest and most prosperous and innovativeeconomies.

Lying at the heart of the Chinese path to modernisation is responsiveness to people’s aspirations for a progressively better life and the adoption of a system and policies that suit China’s specific national conditions.What specific policies work in China may or may not work in other countries.If there is any inspiration that other countries can draw from China’s development trajectory,it is to listen to your own people and follow your own path based on your own national conditions.

No less important is the factthat China’s development has not been achieved at the expense of others.It has occurred both as a result of,and as a contribution to,increased global prosperity,creating opportunities in that process for common development around the world,expanding the frontiers of human progressand offering‘China solutions’to the global challenges such as climate change.

In this sense,for any nation,decoupling from China is giving up on one-third of global growth opportunities,on nearly half of the world’s innovations,and on access to critical resources and capabilities needed for addressing common challenges.

Ladies and gentlemen,

These and other transformations in China and the world constitute the backdrop for our bilateral relationship and for the recent visit to China by Prime Minister Luxon,which is a valued opportunity for both countries to take our mutually beneficial relationship forward.Thanks to efforts from both sides,the visit turned out to bea success with fruitful outcomes.

-The leaders of the two countries consolidated political consensus.During the visit,President Xi Jinping,Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople’sCongressZhao Leji respectively met and held talks with Prime Minister Luxon.The leaders of the two countries exchanged views on China-New Zealand relations,as well as regional and international issues of common interest,and issued a Joint Statement.In both the meetingsand the statement,the Leaders reaffirmed their shared commitment to the relationship,reached broadconsensuson its future direction,and deepened mutual understanding that sustains the positive momentum for its further development.

-The two sides expanded practical cooperation.In the Joint Statement,the two leaders welcomed progress on cooperation in areas of shared interest and jointly witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents covering customs,food safety,organic product certification,climate change,and cultural heritage.The NewZealandside announced new travel facilitation measures for Chinese citizens.This will unlock new spacefor business-to-business and people-to-people engagements between the two countries.

-Business cooperation delivered considerable tangible outcomes.While the PM’s delegation was in Shanghai,$871million NZD worth of commercial agreements were signed between businesses of the two countries.During the leg in Beijing,the amount grew overthe1billion mark.Business collaboration has consistently functioned as a built-in driving force for bilateral cooperation.Conversely,it also thrives on a strong and positive overall bilateral relationship.

As far as China is concerned,we value our ties with New Zealand–a consistent position that remains unchanged.Just as President Xi pointed out,since the establishment of diplomaticties more than50years ago,our relationship hasexperienced ups and downs but withstood the test of changes in the international landscape.It hasmostlybeen atthe forefront of China’s relations with Western developed countries,bringing tangible benefits to the people of both nations.

One clear lesson from those50 plusyears is that mutual respect,especiallyfor each other’s sovereignty,independence and internal affairs,and territorial integrity,is foundational to a mutually beneficial partnership.That is where we have come from.Going forward,this lesson should continue to inform our common efforts to build on this mutually important relationship.We should bear in mind that there is no conflict of fundamental interest between China and NewZealand,and that our common interests far exceed our differences,which,through common efforts,must not be allowed to be blown out of proportion orget in the way ofour cooperation.

As the China-New Zealand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership enters its second decade, the Chinese side stands ready to work closely with theNewZealandside to give effect to take the relationship to the next level,as envisioned by our Leaders,to better benefit our two peoples and to inject more stability and certainty into this turbulent world.

Looking ahead,we can jointly take concrete steps in the following areas:

-First,leverage the complementarity between our economies by taking full advantage of our bilateralFree Trade Agreement(FTA)to grow our trade further in the traditional sectors,but also by advancing and concluding as soon as possible negotiations on the negative list for trade in services,so as to continuously promote the liberalization and facilitation of our two-way trade and investment and upgrade our cooperation for higher-level win-win outcomes. In this respect,we also look forward to continued and stronger support from New Zealand for China’s accession to CPTPP and DEPA.

-Second,explore the potential for breaking new ground.China is willing to enhance the alignment of our development strategies to explore more collaborative opportunities,including in areas vital to the future development of New Zealand,such as innovation,climate change response,and infrastructure development.Specifically,we can scale up cooperation in emerging fields such as new energy vehicles,industrial de-carbonization,AI applications,and broader digital solutions.This is also a key focus of this year’s Summit,and I look forward to discussions on these transformative opportunities later in the programme.

-Third,further deepen the enduring people-to-people bonds.Over the past year,China’s visa waiver for New Zealand citizens has significantly facilitatedtheir visits to China.Recently,New Zealand announced amended visa settings and operational changes to make visa applications from China easier.From this November,Chinese citizens can travel to New Zealand visa-free from Australia and enjoy visa-free transit through New Zealand airports.The Chinese side welcomes these measures.Education,culture,youth,and sub-national exchanges form the bedrock andasustainable engine of our bilateral ties.We need to work in concert to nurture these connections broadly and deeply.

-And finally,work together to support multilateralism.Both China and NewZealandare beneficiaries from multilateralism.And the future of both countries and the entire world at that,will depend on the continued functioning of the multilateral system based on international law and centered around the UN.China believes that history should move forward,not backward,and the world must not regress to the law of the jungle.We share a common future as humankind.And we must work together to make surethat futurewill be a brighter,rather than a darker one.

This is particularly pertinent as we mark this year the80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and of the founding of the United Nations.We must not allow the lapse of time to dilute the memories of the scourge of war that befell the world.As we reflect on the lessons of history,we should renew the commitment to solidarity and cooperation for world peace and shared prosperity,and reject divisiveness and confrontation.

In this respect,as China and NewZealand,we are both stake-holders,and we both have agency.The stake is simply too high for us not to play our roles.

With those,I wish to conclude my remarks this morning,and wish the Summit a full success. And may China and New Zealand,our region and our world continue to enjoy peace,and ever greater prosperity!

Thank you!

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