The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to steadily expand institutional opening up, maintain the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, promote reform and development through opening up, and share opportunities and common development with countries around the world. As a high-level open platform, the 8th China International Import Expo is about to be held. Yesterday afternoon, the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government held an academic salon for Chinese and foreign media to "focus on the Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and interpret the global perspective of Chinese path to modernization". Experts from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences were invited to interpret the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and the significance of the Expo in promoting high-level openness. During the 15th Five Year Plan period, China's development environment will face profound and complex changes to promote hub construction through openness and enhance global resilience. The world is intertwined with turmoil and increasing turbulence, and geopolitical conflicts are prone to occur frequently; Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, hegemonism and the threat of power politics are on the rise, the international economic and trade order is facing severe challenges, and the momentum of world economic growth is insufficient. Regarding this, Zhang Guangting, Associate Researcher at the Institute of World Economy at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the uncertainty of the international situation is actually a new type of tariff, as it suppresses global investment willingness, drags down economic growth, and weakens trade momentum in the global economy. Countries and enterprises are actively exploring new response paths, such as adjusting supply chain strategies, focusing on regional layout and core markets. China continues to play a stabilizing role in this process, promoting trade facilitation through regional economic cooperation and other forms, supporting the development of the multilateral trading system with practical actions, and consolidating the foundation of an open world economy. The CIIE held year after year is a clear example. The CIIE builds an efficient docking platform, focuses on cutting-edge issues, and promotes industrial investment cooperation. It is not only a symbol of China's high-level opening-up to the outside world, but also injects strong momentum into the turbulent global economy and trade with its unique platform function, ensuring the stability and sustainability of global trade. So, the CIIE has been upgraded from an import exhibition to a comprehensive platform and ecosystem that integrates trade promotion, investment docking, institutional innovation, and cultural exchanges. From a higher level, it is building a resilient hub that supports the stable operation of the global multilateral trading system, which is valuable for global trade to resist risks and achieve common development. Promoting common development through openness and assisting in green transformation. Climate change is a common challenge faced by humanity. However, many developing countries are facing a dilemma between decarbonization and development, while some developed countries are gradually pushing for the implementation of "carbon tariffs" and setting barriers to "green opening" on a global scale. In response, Zhou Fengqi, director of the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that in order to balance "carbon tariffs" and fair development rights, it is necessary to promote the liberalization of "green trade". Strategically, we should shift from building walls to building bridges. For example, instead of imposing tariffs on high carbon products, it is better to reverse incentives and significantly reduce tariffs on green products and services. For example, instead of imposing punitive measures, it is better to empower in reverse, promote technology sharing through open technology markets, and transfer advanced green and low-carbon technologies to developing countries. As an important platform for China to build an open world economy, the CIIE has the potential to become a key carrier for practicing the concept of open cooperation, balancing "carbon tariffs" and fair development rights. An energy low-carbon and environmental protection technology zone will be set up in the venue to showcase the world's most advanced energy-saving and emission reduction technologies and renewable energy equipment. Through the "first launch and exhibition", the technology gap will be narrowed, and the agglomeration effect will provide a docking platform for both supply and demand sides to reduce transaction costs. In addition, the CIIE is not only a platform for commodity trading, but also a catalyst for technology exchange, ideological collision, and project cooperation, thereby becoming an incubator for green technology. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to accelerate high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and lead the development of new quality productive forces by promoting industrial cooperation through openness and deepening the exploration of new quality productive forces. Liu Liang, Deputy Director of the Institute of Applied Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that an open and inclusive environment creates new space for the development of new quality productive forces. The 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum held in Shanghai is an international and open technology feast. The upcoming CIIE is even more so. The CIIE is not just a showcase of international products, but also a showcase of technological innovation. The display of these innovative achievements and cutting-edge technologies on international platforms has injected global momentum into the development of Shanghai's new quality productivity. As one of the three leading industries in Shanghai, the artificial intelligence industry has developed rapidly in recent years and has become an important area of international cooperation. Hui Zhibin, director of the Internet Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that China has always adhered to the purpose of open cooperation, guided by the concept of a community with a shared future in cyberspace, promoted the release of a number of international cooperation initiatives, and is also actively promoting the introduction of credible AI standards. Through standards based technical frameworks, China has carried out industrial cooperation with relevant countries to promote the formation of underlying technical consensus with common standards and frameworks. (New Society)