Yang Xiaoping,Member of the National Committee of CPPCC and Vice Chairman of Chia Tai Group——CMI Launches its Global Advisory Council
This topic is well-selected: "Energy Saving and Emission Reduction -- Common Cause of the World and New Opportunities of CMIG". I will offer my observations from the common cause of the world. We will use a new word to eliminate discrimination and fear and establish a new enlightenment thought. For instance, if there is no fresh water and when the price rockets to a certain point, sea water desalination could replace fresh water. Discriminatory and terrified thought has constrained our global economic developments at the moment. So, if we don't eliminate such a concept and build a nationalism and statism that breaks narrowed meaning, no progress will be made. This echoes the idea put forward by Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont - benefiting the country, public, enterprises, investors and then ourselves. So when Chia Tai Group operates in China, the Chinese government treats the Thailand-based group as a Chinese company. The central government approved the investment in CITIC this time. If we don't establish the enlightenment thought, eliminate the idea that "the Asian people should be poor", and only fear for the future and resource fighting, I think the world will have no future to speak of.
The second topic is related to CMIG's new opportunities. The new normal is much of the talk in China. I think this involves new opportunities. In the macro sense, there is a downward pressure; when it comes to micro economy, it means more opportunities. So favorable climatic, geographical and human conditions mentioned by Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont are opportunities. In the meantime, CMIG is constantly improving efficiency. CMIG also has a special function -- reduce transaction cost.
The third topic refers to energy saving and emission reduction. This is not just an issue of the technical department. I think agricultural modernization is the largest area with energy saving and emission reduction. For instance, 60-70% of fresh water is used in agriculture, while industries only consume 20% and the remaining 10% is water for life. So agriculture plays an important part in the energy saving and emission reduction of water resources. We hope CMIG will not only focus on solar energy and similar technical departments, but also lay an emphasis on energy saving and emission reduction in specific field.