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4th Huatuo CEO Forum in Guangzhou, China - Mancham speaks on need for global harmony |08 August 2014



Seychelles' former President James R. Mancham has highlighted the need for global harmony in a speech he made at the 4th Huatuo CEO Forum held on July 25, 2014, in Guangzhou, China.

The forum also saw the participation of five influential political leaders of world repute from the five continents: Bill Clinton of the Americas; Tony Blair of Europe; Lee Myung-bak of Asia; Kevin Rudd of the Oceania and James R. Mancham himself representing Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Also participating in the dialogue were some selected political, business and academic elites represented by Gene Sperling - former Director of the US National Economic Council, USA and Thomas Sargent - Nobel Peace Prize winner.

The VIP guests of the forum discussed global hot issues with Yan Yiehe - China's most successful entrepreneur who is the Founder and Chairman of The China Pacific Construction Group.

The aim of the 4th Huatuo CEO Forum was to clear up the distance and gap of geolocations and to connect people and different culture with the ultimate target of providing each others understanding. A common view shared was that "Chinese development needs the global support: Global harmony also needs the effort from China."

The procedure adopted was for the VIP guests to make a 20-minute address to the 2,500 Chinese business leaders attending the Forum and afterwards answer questions for another 30 minutes each.

The following are excerpts of Mr Mancham’s speech:
“Today China is no longer a sleeping giant which is inwardly focused. China has expanded its influence abroad and is now acting, with justification, on the international diplomatic stage with a newfound confidence anchored in its growing economic power…

“However, the question which is on everybody’s mind is what China wants from the rest of the world and how will she use her power in shaping the 21st Century. So far as I am concerned, China today has become the most important factor in global politics. No global architecture can be developed without her participation…

“As can be expected, China’s involvement and impact in the global socio-economic development has become of concern by other competitive nations who have become anxious as to what would be the impact of a Chinese dominated world.

“We have known Chinese smiling diplomacy, Chinese ping-pong diplomacy, but will China adopt an arrogant diplomacy if it predominated in world business and politics?..

“Since opening up of China to the outside world, the Chinese people have known great changes and progress.

“Of course this has not personally taken me by surprise because I have always known that the Chinese people have exceptional genes when it comes to entrepreneurship, business and trading. Otherwise, how can one explain that after all the decades of socialist economic indoctrination you find Chinese people all over the world today with entrepreneurial talents in the pursuit and creation of wealth.

“China is right to continue to advance and support the policy of right is might. The prevailing atmosphere of might is right politics is very disturbing with competitive powers advocating more and more money to defence and military budgets at the expense of human resource development such as alleviation of poverty, housing, water supply, energy and other social essentials. Against the background of nuclear capacity nobody tomorrow can envisage victory through war.  China therefore must become the nation which wins the peace.   

“Today we live in a world where things do not just happen but more often than not are made to happen when people of vision and goodwill see an opportunity and decide to collaborate together to turn the vision into reality. This is certainly the foundation for joint ventures when Chinese entrepreneurs venture forth to other countries to assist different governments and local entrepreneurs in realising the common vision. When an edifice has been created it is good for both parties to be able to look at it in the knowledge that they have both participated in the creation of it and that they will both share the fruits of success.

“With the world becoming a global village we must all work together to develop our potential in a common endeavour to alleviate poverty and to improve the standard of living and the quality of life of all the people in the world."

 

 

 

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