作者：涂蕾來源：環球時報英文版時間：2023-11-23 13:46:49
11月21日上午，我校舉行第二屆WZBC溫商論壇國際研討會。本次論壇以“中國民營經濟與溫商走出去”為主題，羅馬尼亞前總理阿德里安·訥斯塔塞、英國前商務大臣文斯·凱布爾等海內外300多位專家學者、民辦財經院校校長齊聚我校，圍繞“高水平對外開放，助力民企走出去”“釋放民營經濟活力，高質量共建‘一帶一路’”等話題，為推動中國民營經濟和溫州民營經濟高質量發展、推進溫商精神傳承創新建言獻策。論壇期間，英國前商務大臣文斯·凱布爾在接受《環球時報》采訪時表示，中國對外開放40多年，經濟政策實施取得輝煌成就。“至于對所謂脫鉤的擔憂，我認為任何能讓中國與西方世界融合的做法都是值得歡迎的。”以下是報道具體內容：
China has been opening-up for over 40 years with a brilliant success in economic policy implementation as a result. "As to concerns about the so-called decoupling, my view of that is anything which keeps China integrated with the Western world is welcome," said the UK's former business and industry minister Sir Vince Cable, in an interview with the Global Times.
Cable made the remarks on the sideline of the 2th WZBC Wenzhou Entrepreneurs Forum held by Wenzhou Business College in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday.
There is no need to worry about a few loud hostile voices against developing China-UK relations, because a good number of British officials value the close relationship with China, said Cable, who served as secretary of state for business, innovation and skills from 2010 to 2015 in the coalition government led by David Cameron.
"There is wide variety of political views in the UK and we have some people who are rather extreme, who are echoing what you could call hawkish views. But I don't share them," he said.
"There are many politicians who value close ties with China, we don't want confrontation. And so I would suggest not worrying too much about the few loud voices which are more hostile than the British public," he added.
Former UK prime minister David Cameron (left) leaves 10 Downing Street with Sir Philip Barton, the permanent under-secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, after being appointed Foreign Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle on November 13, 2023 in London.
On November 13, Britain's former prime minister David Cameron was appointed as Foreign Secretary. During his term as the prime minister, China-UK relations enjoyed a golden era.
When asked what kind of expectations he held for China-UK relations going forward, Cable said that Cameron was his boss in the coalition, and that they had worked together and he hoped that the "same spirit will continue." "We must be honest, in the last few years there have been problems partly due to the global geopolitics at play."
Cameron's predecessor James Cleverly came to China a few weeks ago and made it clear that Britain wants to restore the best relations with China, he added.
On August 30, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Cleverly, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, in Beijing.
The UK is committed to strengthening communication with China, taking positive actions to resolve difficulties, enhance understanding, and embrace opportunities, Cleverly said, adding that British enterprises look forward to more cooperation with China and exploring the Chinese market, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
China has long been one of the top trade partners of the UK. According to data released by the UK Department for Business and Trade on November 17, total bilateral trade in goods and services was 108.7 billion pounds ($136.08 billion) during the four quarters to the end of the second quarter of 2023.
"Trade complementarity is that China is brilliant manufactured goods with high quality and competitive pricing. Britain's strength is more in the services sector, such as financial services, educational services, banking consultancy and legal services. So that is the nature of the complementarity," Cable said.
He is also upbeat about China's economic development. In his view, the around 5 percent growth of China's GDP is much higher than almost any other country in the world.
"There I see evidence of a genuine problem which is the over-expansion of the property sector, but I think it will be returning to comfortable growth without too much problem as the Chinese government is adjusting it," he said.
（環球時報英文版2023年11月22日）
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