The 22nd Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (CIEP), one of China's biggest annual gatherings for talent exchanges, opened in Shanghai on Saturday.
The two-day event is set with 32 conference venues and scheduled with 48 talent exchange events. More than 1,300 international experts from more than 120 countries and regions attended the opening ceremony.
Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin attended the opening ceremony, and inspected the work on introducing talents and employment services in Shanghai.
She stressed that it is necessary to further support and guarantee overseas talent introduction, strengthen international talent exchanges, in a bid to establish win-win cooperation, and provide talent and intellectual support for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Shen also stated precise skill trainings which are necessary to better serve people in employment seeking and bring them additional income.
Founded in 2001, the Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (the CIEP) has been successfully held for 22 sessions so far.
According to initial statistics, each session of the CIEP has attracted professional organizations to participate in the exhibition from more than 40 countries and regions such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Israel, Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa.
In its history, more than 35,000 foreign experts, overseas students and professionals have attended the conference, and a total of over 10,000 projects have been launched under the event.
Themed "Pursuing Common Development and Benefiting Worldwide Professionals in the Drive to Scientific and Technological Innovation", the CIEP has become a national, international and comprehensive exhibition and negotiation occasion for the exchange of international technological innovation talents.
22nd Conference on Int'l Exchange of Professionals opens in Shanghai
The series of erroneous words and actions by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not only seriously deviate from the spirit of pacifist Constitution of the country but also further exacerbate regional tensions, said Tomoko Tamura, a member of the House of Representatives.
In an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Tamura criticized Takaichi for straining Japan-China relations by making erroneous remarks on Taiwan, calling on her to improve bilateral relations.
Tamura pointed out that the political consensus reached during the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries remains of great significance, and Japan should respect and abide by it as the basis for repairing and rebuilding friendly relations with China.
"The erroneous remarks by Sanae Takaichi this time have led to the deterioration of China-Japan relations. This is absolutely unacceptable and must be retracted. Regarding the relations between two sides, the consensus reached during the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1972 is of utmost importance. At that time, the Chinese government asserted that Taiwan is part of China and the Japanese government fully understood and respected this stance. Now we should reaffirm this consensus, as well as the crucial agreements reached by both countries after 1972. Japan should explicitly acknowledge these significant agreements to rebuild friendly relations with China," she said.
Tamura also pointed out that in recent years, Japan has attempted to reshape its security policy, boosting defense spending, easing arms-export restrictions, pursuing offensive weapons development, and clearly deviating from the fundamental principle of "exclusively defense-oriented" policy.
"Japan's possession of long-range missiles clearly exceeded the scope of 'exclusively defense-oriented' policies. Japan is accelerating its military expansion. From the perspective of the Japanese constitution, this is absolutely not allowed. We are deeply concerned about the current Takaichi administration's disregard for the Japanese constitution. We clearly demand that Japan should adhere to the position of resolving issues through diplomatic efforts," she said.
Japanese official criticizes Takaichi's erroneous remarks
