The Tenth International Infrastructure Forum Will Be Held In Macao At The End Of May.

With the east wind of the second "one belt and one way" International Cooperation Summit Forum, an international forum with the theme of "promoting the sustainable development of international infrastructure and quality" will continue to explore the opportunities and challenges facing the "one belt and one road" construction.

In May 7th, the China International Contractors Association and the Macao trade and Investment Promotion Bureau jointly announced at the Beijing press conference that the tenth international infrastructure investment and Construction Summit Forum (hereinafter referred to as the "Summit Forum") will be held on May 30-31 at the Venice people's hotel in Macao. This summit has arranged 36 conferences and thematic events, and will also publish the "one belt" national infrastructure development index (2019) and the "one belt and one road" national infrastructure development index report (2019).

It is reported that 41 government ministers at ministerial level and above in 31 countries and regions have confirmed their attendance. The figure is expected to increase to about 50. In addition, the world bank, the Asian infrastructure investment bank, the European Development Bank, the new development bank and other multilateral development institutions, China National Development Bank, China Import and export bank and other more than 30 financial investment institutions, as well as 641 domestic and foreign enterprises and industry organizations have already signed up for the meeting. The size of the forum is expected to exceed 1800.

Fang Qiuchen, President of the China Association for foreign contracted projects, pointed out that the current Summit Forum is to actively implement the relevant initiatives and achievements of the second "one belt and one way" International Cooperation Summit Forum, promote the landing of key infrastructure cooperation projects, and promote the pragmatic action of "one belt and one Road" construction towards high quality and sustainable development.

Fang pointed out that China's foreign contracted projects have been developing for fortieth years this year, transforming from the traditional EPC to EPC+F, EPC+I and to the more high-end BOT and PPP mode. In the process of transformation, Chinese enterprises need to make short positions in the fields of localization management, social responsibility, compliance management, integration of investment and construction, industrial collaboration, and third party market cooperation, so as to promote the high quality and sustainable development of infrastructure projects.

Han Yong, deputy director of the Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference that strengthening the investment and construction of the international infrastructure will inject new impetus to the sustained growth of the world economy and make up for the gaps in infrastructure construction, promote interconnection, deepen international economic cooperation, and improve the global value chain, industrial chain and supply chain.

In the same period of this summit, the Ministry of Commerce will hold the fifth Sino Latin American infrastructure Cooperation Forum in Macao. According to the briefing, as of the end of April, 12 ministerial officials from 9 Latin American countries have confirmed their participation. Shao Yingjun, deputy director of the US Department of Commerce, said at the press conference that Latin American countries' active participation in the "one belt and one road" will promote the docking of Sino Latin American development strategy and cooperation plan, and promote the landing of a large number of infrastructure cooperation projects.

With the continuous development of the "one belt and one way" initiative, the prospect of Sino Latin American infrastructure cooperation is also growing. During the second "one belt and one way" International Cooperation Summit Forum, China and Peru signed a joint international cooperation agreement on "one belt and one road", thus becoming the nineteenth Latin American Caribbean country to sign the agreement.

Foreign contracted projects drive us $17 billion for export of equipment and materials.

Under the guidance of the "one belt and one way" initiative, China's foreign cooperation has maintained sustained, healthy and orderly development in recent years. In 2018, the total foreign direct investment of the whole industry was US $129 billion 830 million, an increase of 4.2% over the same period last year. The total amount of newly signed contracts for foreign contracted projects is US $241 billion 800 million, with a turnover of US $169 billion 40 million, an increase of 0.3% over the previous year, mainly in transportation, general building and power engineering construction.

In 2018, foreign contracted projects drove the export of equipment and materials to US $17 billion, an increase of 10.4% over the same period in 2017, and the creation of more than 840 thousand jobs for foreign contracted projects.

Han Yong pointed out that strengthening international infrastructure cooperation will open up new space for the economic development of all countries, so that more countries, especially the developing countries, will benefit from it and achieve sustainable growth. "It can be said that infrastructure construction is the cornerstone of the national economy. Without it, the economy will not be able to achieve sustainable and stable growth.

In the first quarter of this year, China's foreign investment cooperation started smoothly. Non financial direct investment totaled $25 billion 200 million, which is basically the same as the same period last year, and is expected to grow by 4.8% over the same period last year. The total turnover of foreign contracted projects was 33 billion 100 million US dollars, and the new contract amount was US $50 billion 600 million, up 13.5% over the same period last year.

Han Yong said that building a "one belt and one road" is going forward to take root, go deep into development and go deep. "China's economy is changing from rapid growth to high quality development, and the international competitiveness of Chinese enterprises is also growing. From the international perspective, developing countries are pushing forward industrialization, and developed countries are experiencing a strong demand for re industrialization and infrastructure investment."

Han Yong pointed out that Chinese enterprises have strong equipment manufacturing capability, complete industrial chain, high cost performance of products and services, and fruitful results in overseas cooperation in international infrastructure. "We can see from last year's statistics that in the top 250, China has 69 enterprises, and the overall market share has reached 24%, ranking first in the world. Our strength has been seen everywhere in the world.

But at the same time, Han Yong also admitted that with the increasing instability of the international situation, Chinese enterprises are also faced with a series of problems and challenges. "The traditional business mode is insufficient in supporting business development, and we must develop new formats and new models. This is what we will further study in the future and strive to develop."

In order to promote investment and cooperation in international infrastructure, the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Interim Measures for reporting and approving foreign investment with relevant departments last year. "This is an innovation of the management system mode. According to the" method ", we have established a management mode of unified information rules, management classification and grading, and illegal joint disciplinary action with various departments, so as to realize the full caliber and whole process monitoring of foreign investment. Han Yong pointed out that at present, according to the "measures", the implementation rules and implementation rules are being studied and formulated.

Latin America has become the third largest market for China to undertake contracted projects overseas.

Shao Yingjun said Latin America and the Caribbean are rich in resources and huge in size, and are one of the most dynamic and potential regions in the world. Latin America and the Caribbean as the natural extension of the maritime Silk Road in twenty-first Century are important objects for enterprises to carry out "one belt and one way" cooperation. At present, China and Latin America have formed an economic and trade cooperation pattern with mutual help and common development on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

"The important manifestation of Sino Latin American economic and trade cooperation is the continuous growth of bilateral trade." Shao Yingjun pointed out that in 2018, Sino Latin American trade broke through 300 billion US dollars for the first time, reaching US $307 billion 400 million. Of them, I exported $144 billion 800 million to Latin America and $158 billion 600 million from Latin America. "Both total trade and import and export growth reach two digits, and Latin American imports are 25%."

China has become Latin America's second largest trading partner for five consecutive years. China's top three trading partners in Latin America are Brazil, Mexico and Chile. "While the volume of trade between China and Latin America is growing, the products of communication are increasingly diversified." "In addition to traditional products, more and more agricultural products, including food and manufacturing products, are imported from Latin America," Shao Yingjun said. At the first international import fair in China, a total of 15 Latin American countries participated and 277 companies participated in the exhibition.

At the same time, Latin America has become the second largest gathering place outside Asia's Chinese enterprises overseas. According to Shao Yingjun, there are more than 2200 Chinese enterprises in Latin America, and the total stock of investment in Latin America exceeds 380 billion US dollars, accounting for 1/5 of the total foreign investment. "In recent years, the investment situation of Chinese enterprises in Latin America has become increasingly diversified, the field of cooperation has been widening, and the industrial chain has been continuously improved. It involves not only energy resources, agriculture, manufacturing, but also infrastructure, such as power, highways, ports, railways and other fields, including new fields such as electronic commerce, Internet and digital technology."

Latin America has also become the third largest market for Chinese enterprises to undertake contracted projects outside Asia and Africa. "In recent years, Latin American countries have continuously promoted industrial upgrading, transformed the economic mode and increased investment in infrastructure. Chinese enterprises actively expand their cooperation with Latin American countries with the management advantages of capital, technology and construction. Shao Yingjun said.

According to statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, as of the end of 2018, the total amount of contracts signed by Chinese enterprises in Latin America contracted by more than US $180 billion, and the total turnover was 124 billion 900 million US dollars, involving a wide range of fields such as power stations, railways, highways, ports, communications, housing and so on. Shao Yingjun pointed out that the way of cooperation between China and Latin America in contracting projects is increasingly diversified. "While stepping out of the EPC mode, Chinese enterprises, guided by the idea of integrated construction and operation, actively explore the participation of PPP and BOT in the construction of infrastructure in Latin America."

In addition, in the construction of the free trade area, China Latin American economic and trade cooperation has been upgrading and upgrading. At present, the Sino Chile FTA has been formally upgraded, and China and Peru have made positive progress in the negotiations on the escalation of the FTA; the FTA agreement between China and Costa Rica has been carried out smoothly; China and Panama have already completed the five round of negotiations on the FTA.