STORY: China's innovation benefits world: Belgian expert
SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 12, 2024
DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:15
LOCATION: Brussels
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of China
2. SOUNDBITE (English): BERNARD DEWIT, Chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce 

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE (English): BERNARD DEWIT, Chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce
"I'm personally convinced that we have interest to have a prosperous China, because that brings also a kind of stability in the world economy. I think that continuous growth of economy in China is important also for the world economy. Well, I would say that China has had incredible growth these last 20 years. What is interesting to see is that now the growth is more focusing on quality and high quality. And this gives results. We see that in various fields, where now Chinese products are equivalent to top quality products, to top quality scientific products. We see that (in) electric vehicles, with a certain number of brands in China that are now exporting more and more of their cars. I think the Chinese government has a very intelligent policy by developing these aspects. As I mentioned earlier, the future is there. The future is in artificial intelligence. The future is in high-tech. The future is in digitalization, and China is now playing a key role in all these aspects. I think due to the size of China, we can expect that with an open China to the outside world, we would all benefit from that. I think innovation always brings good things to the world. What is also interesting is to see that in China, the number of patents registered each year is the highest in the world together with the U.S. So that is also interesting. That means that China is now an innovation country. That means your country believes in the future, believes in the progress of the future. That is something important. We need to follow this positive spirit that you have."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Brussels.
(XHTV)