On April 8th, the 2022 China International Trade Association Annual Conference and International Trade Development Forum were held in Huangpu District, Guangzhou. This event is jointly organized by the China Society for International Trade and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, with the theme of "Promoting high-level opening up to the outside world and accelerating the construction of a trade powerhouse". The organizer provided on-site photos of the event, including Yi Xiaozhun, former Vice Minister of Commerce and former Deputy Director General of WTO, Zhao Jinping, former Minister of Foreign Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, Chen Zhenghong, Second level Inspector of the Political Research Office of the Ministry of Commerce, Wang Huiyao, Chairman of the Globalization Think Tank, Lin Guijun, Director and Professor of the Academic Committee of the University of International Business and Economics, Huang Jianzhong, Chair of the World Trade Organization, and Professor of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Seven guests, Shen Minghao, Dean of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, On the basis of "Shaping China's External Economic and Trade Environment with Openness", "Promoting Institutional Openness - Accelerating the Goal of Building a Trade Power", "Analysis of China's Foreign Economic and Trade Situation in 2023", "Benchmarking CPTPP and DEPA, Expanding China's New Dynamics of Opening up", "Global Trade and Investment Trends", "New Environment, New Features and New Countermeasures for China's Foreign Trade Operation", "The Status and Role of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area in Building a High level open economy" Give a keynote speech. Zhao Jinping, former Minister of the Department of Foreign Economic Research at the Development Research Center of the State Council, stated that the sustained growth of foreign trade has played an important role in promoting China's economic development. Zhao Jinping believes that in the new situation, China should transform from a trading power to a trading power by promoting institutional openness. He suggested deepening the pressure testing of free trade pilot zones, strengthening research guidance and policy support, expanding local reform authorization, enhancing policy implementation synergy, and improving the rule of law governance system to provide strong support for a higher level of institutional openness. Institutional openness is an important direction for China's future opening-up, "said Wang Huiyao, the chairman of the globalization think tank. China should actively align with international high-level free trade agreement rules, including the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) and DEPA (Digital Economic Partnership Agreement), which is conducive to enhancing China's influence in global economic governance. He suggested that starting from aspects such as intellectual property protection, cross-border data flow, service trade, and talent flow, we should continuously improve the rules and regulations, and enhance the level of opening up to the outside world. Shen Minghao, Dean of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, focused the discussion on the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. In his view, the advantages of the Greater Bay Area, such as its high degree of internationalization, superior resource allocation ability, strong industrial advantages and connection effects, provide a foundation for building a high-level open system. In the parallel sub forum segment, the participants had in-depth discussions on the six themes of "expanding high-level opening-up", "ensuring the stability of the industrial chain supply chain", "actively developing digital trade", "building a high-level open economy in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area", "the challenges and responses of China's foreign trade enterprises in multiple and complex environments", "international trade specialty construction and high-level talent training". (New News Agency)