When the highest leader of the PRC
In his inaugural speech, he said
China needs to learn more about the world
The world also needs to know more about China
In Spanish, it means
China needs to learn more about the world
The world also needs to know more about China
President Xi’s words reflect
One of the biggest challenges that our generation will face in the next 30 years
The first half of the 21st century
The rise of China may be the most important political and economic transformation in the world
The driving force behind
We will not only serve as witnesses
And it will also be a participant
This will be the first time in our life
It is also the first time in our life that our parents and grandparents
See the tremendous influence that non-Western countries have on the international stage
This leads me to ask you two questions
The two problems are actually the same side of the same coin
The first one: How much do we know about China?
Second: How much do we ignore about China?
In order to answer these questions, I would like to propose a small test
If you can name the names of the 5 people you see on the screen
Please raise your hand
We have 2,000 people in the auditorium today
Everyone raised their hands
Please put your hand down
They are the President of the United States and the former Secretary of State
There is another challenge here
If you can name the names of the 5 people you see on the screen
Please raise your hand
– Three? – Five!
Needless to say, we can also see the results
To be honest, the results of this test made me very curious
Because on the one hand, we do not know who the former and current leaders of China are.
On the other hand, one fact is that
Year after year in the La Plata region
One of the best-selling books
But it was Ludovica Squirru’s Chinese Zodiac.
But perhaps more importantly
What inspiration did this test give us?
Today, China is a major trading partner of Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and many other countries.
However, our understanding of China is still very limited
And obviously, this ignorance is very different from the importance she has for our economy.
Not to mention her influence on our future
If you do not fully understand the current status of China’s rise, what are the risks?
In Latin America, we are usually based on
Allow us to have a single opportunity for smaller benefits to deal with China
But if we don’t use a global, international perspective
To examine China
We are just letting a lot of opportunities pass us
These opportunities can help our business transformation
Can make our society less inequality
Through them we can substantially improve our country’s infrastructure
May even fundamentally change the course of our lives
This is not a friend’s friend told me
Not to mention the hollow concept that others sell to me
This is the life I really experienced
Today I want to tell this story to you
It was April 2013
I was sitting at the Randall Library at Harvard Law School.
I also maintain the habit of developing at the Tsinghua University in Beijing as an exchange student.
Read China Daily every morning
English newspaper news about China
Every morning I read
At the time, I was in graduate school
Still worrying about what to do next
Although there are some job opportunities around
But that’s not what I really want to do
What I really want to do
Is to find an opportunity in China
Enable me to pass it
Play my role
Establishing a bridge for mutual understanding between the people of China and Latin America
Thinking about this, I continued to read the China Daily.
Suddenly, I saw a page with a bright orange message
Probably the size, writes
“A rare opportunity:
Foshan Municipal Government
Is seeking to hire foreign professionals
Assist in trade and investment promotion activities. “
I must admit
Actually, for me, I had wanted to choose to develop my business in China a long time ago.
One evening in September 2004, when I was 16
I told my parents, I want to learn Chinese
I always think that my future will be in China, but I never thought it would be in Foshan
I used to hear about this city before, but I don’t understand
however
Intuition told me that this is not an ordinary opportunity
I have seen foreigners working in foreign companies in China
Engage in service work related to their country in China
Working in a Chinese company
But foreigners who have never worked directly in the Chinese government
After six months, after several interviews
I finally started a job in the city of Foshan, a world full of opportunities is unfolding
When I first started working
I realized that there are some great things in our hands
Foshan Municipal Government hires foreign professionals
Maybe they didn’t realize it at the time
What they did was to give the words of President Xi practical significance.
Turn it into concrete actions
Because I work shoulder to shoulder with my Chinese colleagues
We helped them learn more about the world
They also helped us learn more about China.
Foshan is a city with a population of 8 million
Is a dynamic emerging city
Therefore, according to McKinsey’s forecast
From 2010 to 2025, the city will contribute more to global economic growth than Zurich, Milan or Madrid
Local leaders set
An innovative investment promotion initiative
And we work together to communicate it to the world
After a few weeks
China is talking about the work of our team
Some people praise this innovation
Make it an example for China to be open to the world
Some people may say that we are spies
But the fact is that after years of hard work by our team
Foshan government investment promotion strategy has become a prominent example
Ranked No. 1 in Mainland China by one of the most prestigious magazines in the investment community
Fourth place in Asia
Working for the Chinese government
It is an attractive experience from every angle
It allows one to observe its mysterious structure from an internal perspective
And have the opportunity to see the details of China’s development model
This model has largely changed the world
But now let’s put this story aside
As Frank Underwood said
Let us take a step back and look at the Chinese version of the English text as a whole: Take a step back and look at the overall situation.
China’s rise is very alarming
And if you look closely
You will find it reflected in many fields
Next we look at some data
Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China
If this province is a country
It will be the 16th largest economy in the world
Equivalent to the economic scale of Mexico
China is already the second largest investor in the world
Unlike many people think, their investment is not limited to natural resources.
It also involves infrastructure, mechanical technology
Even Latin American ventures and other aspects, such as Brazil’s 99taxis project
In 2016, the number of outbound tourists from China reached more than 135 million
A total of more than $261.0 billion in consumption
Is the country with the highest total tourism consumption in the world
Alibaba and Wanda, two famous companies in China
Is the main sponsor of World Football and International Olympic Committee
One Belt One Road
Originated from the ancient Chinese Silk Road
General Secretary Xi Jinping defined it as “Century Project”
Through this strategy, China encourages the export of its advantageous resources
Infrastructure
thus
Facilitate the substantial transformation of Asian infrastructure
Bringing global chain effect
Institutions established within the framework of this initiative
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
There are 77 member states
Including Germany, Canada, France
United Kingdom, Israel and Chile
This is the first time that a specific strategy has been established
An organization with the capabilities of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank
The current trade volume between China and Latin America
More than 250 billion U.S. dollars a year
And people generally believe that in recent years will continue to grow
Just like the lingering pop music we always heard during this time
I think it is precisely used to describe the current good momentum
It reminds us
Step by step, a little bit
Latin America and China gradually join together
The above mentioned are just some of the external manifestations
But we can’t just look at the problem by looking at the problem
When we talk about Silicon Valley
We will think of Google and Facebook’s headquarters there
But if you mention the Pearl River Delta
I think you must not know that there is Tencent’s headquarters there.
It’s a valuation of the top ten companies in the world
Last year, the benefits of its management
Even higher than Apple, Intel, IBM and other companies
Its app WeChat developed, with about one billion active users
once
China is synonymous with cottage products
But nowadays
China can already be said to be synonymous with innovation
sometimes
We think it’s easy to enter the Chinese market
People may say something like this
Just solve the problem of selling our products to 10 million Chinese people
In fact, the Chinese market is the most competitive market in the world
Feel free to sell products to millions of Chinese people
Already a crazy dream
Even Uber with such a wealth of resources
Can’t beat its Chinese competitor
China urges us to reconstruct our innate ideas
Regardless of the pattern of world geography
Or the connotation of the education system
To better understand the new Silk Road
When our children learn the history of the world
The ancient Silk Road will be a very important part
Slowly, but beyond doubt, we will become more and more accustomed to
Chinese brand
Chinese tradition
Chinese expression
Today, the major European football club players
Whenever the Chinese Lunar New Year, they will send Spring Festival wishes
At the same time, China will also propose new tests to us.
What can we do to enable the next generation to better build its cross-cultural communication capabilities?
As proposed by Graham Allison
When intrinsic forces and rising forces meet
In history, with the exception of three or four exceptions, there will be a threat of war
In the face of such circumstances, what attitude should we take?
In the 21st century, on the road to becoming a top talent
No matter what career you choose
Whether you are a lawyer, an engineer, a pilot or a football player
You will soon have an intersection with China
You must understand
You must know how to deal with
Learn how to use
You must encounter difficulties
But when you get it, you will laugh
You also need to learn how to define it clearly
Sometimes for Latin Americans
If you are not “someone’s son”
Or “a certain friend”
So some doors will not open for you
And China needs your extra efforts
But sooner or later, China will repay your efforts
Through an interesting story about China
Or, a dream about China can prove this
In 2011, I came to China with two things
A scholarship and a lot of ideas
In the first few months of China
I even took selfies with President Xi’s portrait
Dreaming maybe one day
Can see him
Five years later, experienced many challenges
I finally had the opportunity to meet with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People.
And can tell him briefly what I did in his country
I received his kind encouragement
Also, the most indispensable is to take a selfie with him.
Jokingly, I would like to thank the security personnel for their dedication and hard work.
Did not interrupt our selfie
At the end of this speech
I request you
When daytime madness is thrown behind you
When you think about the various ideas you heard today
Ask yourself how China will influence your life.
When you ask yourself this question
Please don’t forget
The best story about Latin America and China
Still waiting for you to write
Thank you very much. Or let me use Chinese, thank you!
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