Release date: November 4, 2019 source: Xinhua News Agency

Zhu Lin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand, who is about to take the delegation to the second China International Import Expo, said recently that the Expo has provided many countries with platforms and opportunities to display their products, as well as China's open image and mentality.

Zhu Lin made this statement at the seminar on "the 70th anniversary of new China and China's development path of world concern" held by Thailand China Press Association in Bangkok. He said that China is Thailand's largest trading partner and the most important trade market. Since 2009, China Thailand trade volume has grown by 10.3% annually. The fair is very important for Thailand and provides a good opportunity for Thailand to show its products to China. Thailand will show convenience food such as dried mango, dried durian and some light industrial consumer goods in the fair. "Twenty years ago, as Deputy Minister of Commerce of Thailand, I successfully promoted Thai rubber to China. Today, I would like to be a salesman again to push more Thai products to China. "

At the seminar, Zhu spoke highly of the achievements of the people's Republic of China since its establishment 70 years ago and believed that China's development, especially in economic development, has created "great miracles". For example, "70 years ago, China's per capita income was only 49.7 yuan (about 212 baht), but last year's per capita income was 28200 yuan (about 120370 baht), which actually increased nearly 60 times." At present, only 1% of China's population is considered as "poor", which means that in the past 40 years, the Chinese government has successfully lifted 700 million people out of poverty. Zhu Lin shared in detail what he saw and heard when he visited Fujian Province to investigate China's poverty alleviation work. "China's goal of poverty alleviation is very clear. Every level of government and officials, from provincial governors to township heads, have their own goals. The government comprehensively investigates and records the causes of poverty in each household, and then formulates ways and methods to get rid of poverty. Not only that, the Chinese government also pays attention to how to prevent the poor from returning to poverty. "

Zhu Lin said that China's development is all-round, but the importance of science and technology has left him a deep impression. "I visited a Chinese company with more than 12000 R & D personnel." Today, China has the largest number of intellectual property applications in the world, more patent projects and new technologies than the United States, and has become the world leader in several fields such as e-commerce, Internet of things, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. "This is a key factor for China to become a world economic leader," Zhu said

Zhu said that China is a friendly neighbor of Thailand and that Thailand and China have established a good cooperation mechanism. Although the political systems of the two countries are different, they share the same principles and ideas in governing the country. The successful development of new China in the past 70 years is a case for the world to learn from. Thailand attaches great importance to learning from China's development experience.

Reporter Wang Jin