The development of the green economy to promote growth - at the Fifth China-EU Business Summit presentation
The People's Republic of China Premier Wen Jiabao
(2009 Nian November 30 Day, Nanjing)

Dear Prime Minister Reinfeldt,

Dear President Barroso,

Ladies and gentlemen, friends:

I am very pleased to attend the Fifth China-EU Business Summit. To take this opportunity, I would like a long time in promoting China-EU economic and trade relations, enhance friendship between China and the EU to make a positive contribution to the people of all walks of life, to express my sincere respect and heartfelt thanks! In response to the international financial crisis, a critical period, and further strengthen Sino-EU economic and trade cooperation is conducive not only to promote bilateral economic development, but also conducive to promoting world economic stability and recovery, and lasting prosperity. I wish the summit a success!

'Green economy, sustainable growth' is the theme of the summit is also an important issue to enhance China-EU cooperation. Recalling the history of the industrialized world, more than 200 years, only less than 10 billion people in developed countries to achieve a modern, global resources and the ecological has paid a heavy price. 'World Conservation Strategy' in a famous saying: 'The Earth is not that we inherited from the parents, but we have borrowed from our own future generations of.' We have to leave our future generations a survival and development of the planet, we must build low-input, high output, low consumption, less emissions, can recycling, and sustainable national economic system, changes in the existing development pattern and consumption patterns, promotion of human society to embark on the development of production, an affluent life and sound eco-development path.

Order to allow human beings to their homes more beautiful, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development adopted the 'Rio Declaration' and the 'Agenda 21', two programmatic documents, as well as the Declaration of Principles on Forests, signed of the 'United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,' and the 'Convention on Biological Diversity.' Since then, the green civilization has drawn worldwide attention, sustainable development in the international community a broad consensus. Adopted in 1997, 'Kyoto Protocol' and in 2007 established the 'Bali road map', defined the different stages of development the responsibility of the national response to climate change, the gradual rise of the global environment and economy the coordinated development of the green wave. The upcoming conference in Copenhagen, will be the international community to address climate change, another important moment. Countries in the world to express the will and commitment, will promote the green economy and sustainable development of the historical process. The Chinese government will adopt a positive and constructive attitude to participate in the meeting, and sincerely hopes that the meeting yielded positive results. 
  
This year is the China's entry into the new century, economic and social development of the most difficult year in which we calmly in the face of adversity to tackle tough, to withstand the test of the year. Due to the severe impact of the international financial crisis, China's sharp decline in external demand, excess capacity problems are conspicuous, enterprise production and management difficulties, unemployed people increased, a marked decline in economic growth. The Chinese government promulgated the rapid expansion of domestic demand and promote stable and rapid economic development of the 10 measures, determined to implement a proactive fiscal policy and loose monetary policy appropriately and comprehensively implement and continuously improve the response to a rich package of international financial crises, in a shorter time in reversing the economic decline. In the first 10 months of total retail sales of social consumer goods grew 15.3%, urban fixed-asset investment rose 33.1%, the first three quarters of gross domestic product growth of 7.7%. We are trying to do its own thing, it is also actively developing countries in the world economic and trade cooperation and exchanges, expansion of imports of goods, foreign investment and foreign assistance to strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination with the countries concerned to promote international trade and financial system reforms, the world economic recovery has made positive efforts.

The face of an extremely severe and complicated domestic and international economic environment, the Chinese government's adherence to resource conservation and environmental protection a basic national policy, the full implementation of the 'China National Climate Change Program', this year, 14.6% of new investment for structural adjustment, technological innovation, energy saving and environmental protection and ecological construction, to promote green development, cycle development, and sustainable development. Energy-saving emission reduction achieved remarkable results, predicted that the annual energy consumption per unit of GDP has decreased substantially over the previous year, sulfur dioxide emissions and chemical oxygen demand decreased by 2.1% and 2.7%; elimination of backward production capacity can achieve positive results throughout the year shutting down small thermal power more than 21 million kilowatts, close all small coal mines in various 1000; forest carbon sink capacity increased, in 2008 China's forest coverage rate has increased to 20.36%, achieved two years in advance to the World commitment to goals; environmental protection facilities to accelerate the building of the year new urban sewage treatment capacity of 11.25 million cubic meters, coal-fired power plant flue gas desulphurization plant 70 million kilowatts; green economy, the rapid development of industry in 2008, renewable energy and clean energy accounted for the proportion of the total primary energy consumption of 9%, hydropower, nuclear power construction scale, solar water heater collector area and the cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaic ranking first in the world, wind power installed capacity of the fourth largest in the world. These are both China's economic restructuring, changes in mode of development of the significant results, but also on the global development of green economy and a positive contribution to climate change.

A few days ago, the Chinese government just announced that by 2020 China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP decreased in 2005 compared with 40 ~ 45%, non-fossil energy accounts for the proportion of primary energy consumption reached about 15% forest area and forest stock volume respectively in 2005 40 million hectares and 13 billion cubic meters. This is taken in accordance with national conditions of China's own actions in response to global climate change is also the great efforts made, fully embodies the Chinese to the Chinese nation and mankind as a whole spirit. To achieve these goals, it will take arduous efforts, we have to a greater determination, to take stronger action to implement more effective policies to fulfill our commitments. 
  
Ladies and gentlemen, friends:

Chinese government has always attached importance to developing China-EU relations, the EU as an important strategic partners. China and the EU established diplomatic relations 34 years ago, in the careful maintenance and the joint efforts of both sides, China-EU economic and trade relations have developed steadily and matured into comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the EU an important component. At present, the EU is China's largest trading partner, largest export market and largest technology supplier and fourth largest source of foreign investment utilization. China is the EU's second largest trading partner and the largest source of imports, and jumping the EU's third largest export market. This year, despite the serious impact of the international financial crisis, China-EU economic and trade cooperation is still achieved a steady state. The first 10 months, China-EU trade in 292.4 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 16.7% of China's total foreign trade. At the end of September, the EU's direct investment projects in total 31000, actual investment 66.5 billion U.S. dollars; China imported technology from the European Union 31600, total contract value of more than 1250 billion U.S. dollars. Practice has proved that: the economic and trade cooperation is a China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership between the major engines, but also help promote balanced and orderly development of the world economy.

This morning, I Reinfeldt Prime Minister and President Barroso and other leaders met to discuss the future development of China-EU relations. We agreed that the development of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership in order to trade and economic cooperation should be based, high-tech as the lead, to focus on the green economy, strengthen mutual trust, long-term perspective, mutual benefit and win-win situation. To this end, I propose the following:

First, deepen cooperation in energy-saving environmental protection, to jointly cope with climate change. Since 2005, the establishment of China-EU Partnership on Climate Change, held seven times since the very fruitful bilateral consultations, conducted a series of energy and environmental cooperation projects, both sides should be an institutional guarantee, funding arrangements, technical cooperation and other issues for further consultation, to establish a government lead , enterprise participation and market operation of the operating mechanism, comprehensively enhance the ability to address climate change. The EU has advanced energy-saving environmental protection technology and rich management experience in industry, transportation, construction and other fields has developed an effective energy-saving environmental protection policy, the Chinese side is willing to learn. Hope that the two companies to fully explore and utilize the response to climate change, trade and investment opportunities brought about by extensive technical cooperation and exchanges.

Second, to further open markets, opposes all forms of protectionism. EU economic and trade cooperation, the depth and breadth, has not just trade in goods, the data can reflect them. The two sides should take a strategic and overall perspective, look at the status and prospects of China-EU trade. Should make full use of the two economies complement each other, to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, undertake not to take protectionist measures. The WTO Doha Round negotiations to strengthen coordination and communication to promote an early conclusion of negotiations on a comprehensive and balanced results. China has strictly implemented its WTO commitments, and actively opening up the market to take in foreign trade, finance and other policies are in line with WTO rules. China does not pursue an excessive trade surplus. In order to alleviate the imbalance in bilateral trade conflicts, has sent batches of trade and investment promotion mission to Europe to carry out economic and trade activities in the future China will continue to take active measures to expand imports from Europe. 
 
Third, to promote trade in services and high-tech products trade. China is speeding up economic restructuring, high-tech industry and tertiary industry development is the strategic focus. EU trade in services has a strong advantage in a number of high-tech field is a world leader. China-EU trade in services and high-tech products to enhance trade cooperation and broad prospects. At present, the two sides have set up high-tech Trade Working Group hopes to start as soon as the relevant work, the formulation of development and the promotion of bilateral trade in services and high-tech trade principles and methods to identify priority areas, and promote cooperation to achieve substantive progress. Hopes that the EU high-tech products to China to relax export controls for the enterprises of the two relaxed, full release of the EU's industrial advantages. The Chinese side is willing to expand China-EU IPR cooperation and further strengthen IPR protection and enforcement efforts, including the European Union to maintain business enterprises from different countries, including the legitimate rights and interests.

Fourth, to further expand the cooperation of small and medium enterprises. SMEs are the main Central European economies, but also the future of China-EU trade and economic cooperation between the main growth. European Union finance for SMEs strength, more financing channels, operating wide area, in the capital-and technology-intensive industries and service industries competitive. Chinese SMEs are still labor-intensive production and processing enterprises mainly in science and technology research and development, cultural creativity, industrial design and brand creation of such lack of technical support. The two sides have broad prospects for cooperation of SMEs. The two sides should strengthen dialogue on SME policy, to increase financing, participation, investment and trade facilitation support for such areas, the Chinese government is willing to pave the way for SME co-operation between the two sides bridge.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends:

The EU is the world's largest economy, China is the world's largest developing country, to strengthen China-EU cooperation in line with their fundamental interests. All of us here today, EU economic and business leaders in China-EU trade and economic cooperation of the great potential to be you to come and dig. I firmly believe that as long as we seize the opportunity with an open mind, a spirit of cooperation for the future, we can continue to open up a new situation in Sino-EU economic and trade cooperation!

Thank you!