CCIEE Holds the 2nd Exchange Meeting for the Delegation of Asia’s Mainstream Media

On the morning of May 28th, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) held an exchange meeting for the delegation of Asia’s mainstream media. Zhang Dawei, Vice Chairman of CCIEE, Zhang Yansheng, Chief Researcher of CCIEE and Xu Zhaoyou, Director-General of the Department of External Affairs of CCIEE, introduced the progress of the “Yangtze River Economic Belt” to 13 foreign media reporters from nine countries. The meeting was chaired by Wang Fuqiang, head of the Department of Industry Planning.

Vice Chairman Zhang Dawei gave a comprehensive introduction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt from five aspects, namely, an overview of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the deployment and progress made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the relationship between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the opening up, as well as the difficulties and challenges facing the establishment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Moreover, he interpreted the guiding ideology of “working together on environmental protection and do not engage in large-scale development” and the importance of handling the “five relationships” properly in order to promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Chief Researcher Zhang Yansheng elaborated on the regional economic development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the connection between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the “Belt and Road” initiative, and other international economic issues.

Many questions were raised by the participating reporters from different presses, including Japan Kyodo News, Lianhe Zaobao, Korean Central News Agency and so forth. CCIEE Vice Chairman Zhang Dawei and the Chief Researcher Zhang Yansheng answered all the questions one by one.