On November 23, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of MOFCOM Comrade Zhong Shan presided over the 2018 Commercial Strategy Seminar. Attending were eight experts from the Development Research Center of the State Council, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Technology and Business University and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation. Leaders of the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing and heads of departments and agencies attended the seminar.
Revolving around the theme of "strategy and theory of reform and opening up in the new era", the experts shared their views on opening up, trade in services, global economic governance, commercial theory innovation, China-US relations, consumption expansion, foreign investment, and imports promotion, and put forward relevant policy recommendations.
Minister Zhongshan said that this year marks the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up. The Commercial Strategy Seminar is an important activity for the Ministry of Commerce to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, and is also an important measure to strengthen commercial strategy planning. In the future work, the Ministry of Commerce should give full play to the intellectual support function of the experts, further strengthen strategy research, and promote the high-quality development of commerce.
