Dear guests and representatives of member units, on the occasion of the grand convening of the 7th International Multinational Corporation Leaders Roundtable in Beijing, I would like to express my warm congratulations and sincere welcome to all the guests who have come to attend the conference.

The International Roundtable Conference of Multinational Corporation Leaders has been successfully held for six sessions. With the support of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki moon, and the active participation of international organizations such as the United Nations, Chinese and foreign multinational corporations, as well as relevant parties, and with the unremitting efforts of 12, it has become an important platform for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign multinational corporations. This meeting continues to implement the principles of equality, integrity, cooperation, and win-win situation, adhering to the development philosophy of the United Nations. It is conducive to deepening exchanges and building consensus among guests, and has positive significance in promoting the sustained recovery and healthy development of the world economy.

Multinational corporations are an important force in the development of economic globalization. Over the past thirty years of China's reform and opening up, they have attached great importance to playing the role of multinational corporations and actively participated in international industrial division of labor. They have firmly seized the opportunities of economic globalization and become active promoters and direct beneficiaries of international investment cooperation. The current and future period is a critical period for China to comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society and accelerate the modernization process. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held last month provided a top-level design for China under the rule of law, which will inevitably improve the level of China's open economy on a larger scale and in a wider range of fields, and bring more development opportunities for multinational corporations and foreign investment in China, as well as for Chinese enterprises. The win-win cooperation and mutual development between Chinese and foreign multinational corporations are the characteristics of today's era. We will further adhere to the combination of bringing in and going out, promote two-way investment, promote the sustained and healthy development of the Chinese economy, bring tangible benefits to enterprises and people of various countries, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win situation between China and the world.

Finally, I wish this conference a complete success.

Cheng Siwei

November 12, 2014