After the symposium on promoting western development in the new era, the 6th China Western International Investment and Trade Fair, with the theme of "New West, New Manufacturing, and New Services", opened in Chongqing on the 23rd, sending a strong signal of China's determination to expand opening up and cooperation. More than 1700 domestic and foreign association leaders and experts from 40 countries and regions, as well as 27 provinces and cities in China, came to Chongqing to participate in the exhibition. The attendees also included leaders and experts from domestic and foreign associations such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. The symposium on promoting western development in the new era held in Chongqing on April 23rd emphasized the need to adhere to the principle of promoting development through great opening up and improving the level of opening up in the western region to the outside world. Promoting the expansion of opening up in the western region with great development potential means that China's door to opening up to the outside world is becoming wider and wider. At this year's West China International Fair, 196 major projects were signed in a concentrated manner, reaching a new record in terms of quantity. Projects from 12 countries and regions, including Russia, Spain, and Japan, were signed and settled in the western region. The 4-day exhibition will also hold economic and trade activities such as global procurement docking meetings and foreign investment and trade service docking meetings. On May 23rd, guests visited the Belarus National Pavilion as the guest of honor at the West China International Fair. Wang Quanchao, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency, said at the West China Economic and Trade Fair that "Only with openness can we achieve win-win results." Turchin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Minsk Oblast in Belarus, expressed his willingness to further expand the cooperation space between the two countries in areas such as trade and investment, industry, energy, culture, and tourism, and welcomed more Chinese enterprises to invest and develop in Minsk Oblast. "China conforms to the historical trend of economic globalization, firmly expands opening up, shares the development opportunities brought by economic growth, and injects a continuous stream of power into the severe and complex world economy." Professor Zhai Kun from the School of International Relations at Peking University said. Since the beginning of this year, a series of international exhibition activities such as the Boao Forum for Asia, the Canton Fair, and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit have arrived as scheduled. Within this year, international exhibitions such as the China International Fair for Trade in Services and the China International Import Expo will also be held, which is a concrete manifestation of China's construction of a comprehensive, multi-level, and diversified open cooperation pattern. On May 23rd, staff introduced and explained robots to the audience at the Xi'an International Fair. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Ziyu took a photo of the western region of China, which accounts for about two-thirds of the country's land area. The cost advantage of production factors is obvious, making it one of the regions with the most development potential in China. In 2023, the total import and export volume of the western region reached 3.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 37% compared to 2019. (Lai Xin She)