“Son of China” special interview with Wang Jinzhen, former Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade |

Editor’s note
Culture is an important force for the survival and development of a nation. The Chinese nation has a civilization history of over 5000 years. Throughout thousands of years of historical changes, the Chinese nation has never been smooth sailing, encountering countless difficulties and hardships, but has been able to survive and overcome them. It still holds a position and influence among the world’s ethnic groups, not through military aggression or external expansion, but through the strong appeal and attraction of Chinese culture and national spirit. One of the important reasons is that generations of Chinese people have cultivated and developed a unique and profound Chinese culture, providing strong spiritual support for the Chinese nation to overcome difficulties and continue to thrive. In the upcoming hopeful year of 2024, China Culture Window will utilize the dissemination and influence of new media platforms covering 39 countries and regions worldwide to select and invite 75 elite heroes from all walks of life at home and abroad to co star in “The Son of China”, telling the story of a confident and powerful life journey, explaining patriotism and life values, conveying ideals and beliefs, and promoting Chinese culture and national spirit.

Column Introduction
“The Son of China” is a high-quality interview themed program created by China Cultural Window Network Television in 2023, aiming to “promote Chinese civilization, record life journey, inspire patriotism, and demonstrate faith and mission.” With a unique perspective and innovative concept, the program will invite outstanding Chinese overseas Chinese and elites from all walks of life worldwide, using documentary and interview shooting techniques to pay attention to the fate of characters, extract their spirit, and Explore faith missions, shape cultural identity, express patriotism, and convey lofty values and worldviews.

Interpretation of “The Son of China”
The “sons of China” have the belief of “respecting benevolence and love, valuing the people, upholding integrity, emphasizing dialectics, advocating harmony, and seeking great harmony”. They stand up in times of national and ethnic crisis, promote righteousness and goodness, and help those in need; In the journey of the development and strength of the Chinese nation and the great motherland, we set an example, are willing to contribute, confident and self reliant, uphold integrity and innovation, work hard, forge ahead with courage, persevere, and achieve remarkable results; In the process of world peace and development, actively taking action, daring to take responsibility, and demonstrating the broad mindedness of peace ambassadors.

Special guest host
Song Peng, former vice president of the National Development and Reform Commission International Cooperation Center, former Vice President of the Great Health Research Institute, producer of the Chinese Culture Window “Son of China” column, once worked in the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, and served as the executive editor of the editorial committee of the Poetry Association of the National Development and Reform Commission. He has visited the United Nations Headquarters, UNESCO, the United States, Italy and other international organizations and regions, delivered keynote speeches at many international and domestic forums, and been invited to host dozens of summit forums and international conferences.

Introduction of this issue
Wang Jinzhen, former Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Chamber of International Commerce, former Chief representative of the International Exhibitions Bureau in China, and an expert who enjoys special government subsidies from The State Council. He served as deputy manager of the Foreign Exchange Department of the China International Economic and Technical Cooperation Consulting Company in 1979, deputy director, director, deputy minister and minister of the International Liaison Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, deputy Secretary-General, spokesman, secretary general and director of the office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. Since December 2006, he has served as Vice President and member of the Party Group of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. In 2010, he also served as a member of the Organizing Committee of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Executive Deputy head of the Contact Group, Chief representative of China to the Bureau of International Exhibitions, member of the Business Advisory Council of the United Nations ESCAP, and Chinese member of the China-India Celebrity Group.

Dialogue Wang Jinzhen: Into the international trade experts home feelings

Song Peng: In 1979, at the beginning of China’s reform and opening up, what was the form of the country’s foreign trade and economy? What opportunities and challenges do you face?

Wang Jinzhen: This year marks the 45th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. I joined the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in the year of the official reform and opening up. As an eyewitness of the country’s reform and opening up, I feel that the Council for the Promotion of International Trade, as an association administered by the central government and a national trade and investment promotion agency under the leadership of The State Council, in different periods before and after the reform and opening up, It played a vital role in the country’s trade and investment as well as various forms of economic and technological exchanges. As a very rare window for foreign exchanges at that time, it belonged to a new field of development in many aspects and needed to be explored and verified constantly.

Song Peng: Another brand of CCPIT is the China Chamber of International Commerce. What is China’s position and leading position in international trade?

Wang Jinzhen: The international situation is complicated, and international trade itself is also changing. With the changes in the economic situation, the West’s cognition of trade rules has also changed. From a certain perspective, the rules of international trade are biased towards the Western world, so China’s “first-class goods” should increase brand investment and strengthen brand building, so that Chinese goods can truly go abroad and go to the world.

Song Peng: “Enterprise marketing without borders, entrepreneurs have the motherland”, how do you understand this sentence?

Wang Jinzhen: Entrepreneurs should run first-class enterprises well, lead enterprises to work hard and strive to stay, and achieve better quality, higher efficiency, stronger competitiveness, and greater impact on the development, but at the same time, they must have patriotic feelings, must have a noble sense of mission and a strong sense of responsibility for the country and the nation, and closely combine the development of enterprises with the prosperity of the country, the prosperity of the nation, and the happiness of the people.

Song Peng: From the reform and opening up to the accession to the WTO, China has achieved a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong. As a witness, witness and beneficiary, what are your feelings?

Wang Jinzhen: From a poor country to a middle-income country and now an important player in the global economy, China’s rapid development is obvious to all around the world. Whether it is the Belt and Road Initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank or its active participation in global climate change negotiations, China has always delivered China’s voice, contributed China’s wisdom and provided China’s solutions for the development of human society.

Song Peng: The era of web3.0 digital economy is also the era of the fourth industrial revolution. In your opinion, how should the digital economy and the real economy coexist and win?

Wang Jinzhen: The arrival of the fourth Industrial Revolution represented by artificial intelligence has brought a deeper and more extensive impact, and the development of the digital economy as The Times require will bring revolutionary changes to human society, economy and cultural development. The digital economy and the real economy are mutually reinforcing. We need to improve the governance system of the digital economy and promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy.

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Chief Producer: Bi Fei Editor: Wang Bingfeng Editor: Yan Yuyang
Art Editor: He Jianping Editor: Zhang Jianxu Proofread: Liu Bo