Dear Guests:

Ladies and gentlemen, friends:

I am very pleased to attend the 7th International Corporate Social Responsibility Forum on Enterprises’ Social Responsibility in China (CSR), and. On behalf of the Ministry of Commerce, I would like to express my warm congratulations congratulate to on the convening of the forum on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce. In the world today,At present, enterprises have attachinged much importance to and are practicinghonoring corporate social responsibility, which is not only the objective requirements ofnecessary for their own development, but is also an important symbol sign of progress of a national and social civilization and progress. Today, it is of great practical significance for China News Agency to host theorganizes this forum to have an in-depth discussion on enterprises’ corporate social responsibility with the theme of “Changing as the Start: Reconsideration and Reconstruction of Responsibility”. This is highly relevant.

As an old Chinese saying goes, “Benefiting the nation and the people is most important for business”. China's business community has always been well-known for their courtesy and honesty, and for their helping those in distress and in difficulties, and for their readinessy to stand out for justicepublic good. There have been many beautiful stories from ancient times to modern day., and many stories have been going around since ancient times. Since the reform and opening up, along with the deepening ofas the market oriented economic reform deepens, Chinese enterprises have achieved considerable notable progress in following market rules, undertaking social responsibilitiesy and contributing to public welfare., hHowever, there also exists behaviors that are in contrary to corporate social responsibilitiesy, such as harming customer interests, making and selling counterfeit goods, lack of creditdishonesty and and commercial fraud, disturbing market order and IPR infringement, moral anomie decadence and problems in food safety.

MOFCOM attaches great importance to works on enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilitiesCSR, and has in recent years been providing policy guidance and behavior monitoring, and promoting industry self-discipline and related services to foster an enabling environment for CSR. The concrete measures include the following: in order to create an environment for enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities, MOFCOM has taken the following measures from the four aspects of policy guidance, behavior supervision, industry self-regulation and services promotion:

First, establish a long-term mechanism on of cracking down on IPR infringement and the manufacturinge and distribution sales of fake and shoddy products;, in order to give full play to the role of the network of 12312 website on IPR protection and ChinaAanti-Fraudfraud;, regulate corporate relations between retailers and suppliers,; strengthen supervision and management of single-purpose card;, improve long-term market mechanismthe forward market for of large bulk quantity commoditiesy;, and promote legal legitimate operations of enterprises.

Second, strengthen building offurther improve the credit system in the commercial area., fFocusing on security issue in the area of food and drug safety during circulationdistribution,; implement such sales regulations to ensure as compulsory certification and invoice for retailers and catering enterprises ask for certificate and invoice during procurement;, cracking down on illegal slaughtering, and clenbuterol-tainted porkmeat and water-injected meat;, establish launch pilot program projects for on traceability system on the circulation of vegetables and meat traceable system;, so as to promote the building up of industrial credit systembuild up the industry’s credit.

Third, improve consumption policy, . jWorkoining efforts with the fiscal departments to implement the trade-in programs and promote recycling of renewable resources,; promoting promote bulk cement in urban areas and rural sales networkareas;, and indicators forinclude such social responsibilities responsibility indicators as including energy consumption, employment and social security shall be covered in the performance evaluation system, in order to; promote resource conservation and environmental protection, expand consumption, and enhance consumers’ life quality of life.

Fourth, enhance the social service function of commodity circulationdistribution., Sstrengthen public welfare services including direct purchase from farms by supermarketsfarm-supermarket chain program and community weekend vegetable bazaar, and promote market prosperity. Guiding ; guide circulation distribution enterprises to cooperate in state regulation of join in regulations on major national products of vital to people’s livelihood;, carry out such “heart winning projects” aslivelihood projects like transporting fresh vegetables from South to North,; stabilize supply and demand in the market, and prevent the ups and downs of the prices of vegetablesbig price fluctuations.

Fifth, focus on corporate culture development. G, guiding uide and pushing encourage commercial and tradeforward commercial and circulation enterprises to establish brand awareness, and promote realize scientific development.

Sixth, encourage companies to honor CSR implement corporate social responsibility in when “introducing investmentin” and "going global" strategy,. eEncourage foreign companies in China to actively involved in social causes;, facilitate encourage domestic enterprises to go global, and integrate into the local community when going global, and make a positive contributions to the development of the host country.

At present, the development of China's Chinese enterprises is are facing the first-ever unprecedented opportunities as well as severe formidable challenges, with as great changes have taken place in international and domestic marketChina and in the world,. and tThe 12th Five-Year Plan, which was implementedis being implemented, stressed to focus onunderlines the importance of scientific development, acceleratinge the transformation of economic development model, and effectively protecting and improve improving people's livelihood, . Thiswhich proposed a higher requirement forholds enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilityeven higher CSR standards. Therefore, MOFCOM will keep working with relevant departments and industrial organizations in the following six areas:

First, strengthen moral consciousness. “It is more important to gain success by morality than by wisdom”. It is necessary to guide make enterprises to fully realize the hazards of have a deep understanding of the unethical behaviors such as forgetting honor at the prospect of profits, or harming the interests of consumers. It is nEecessaryncourage the companies to stick to businessuphold integrity, attaching equally importance to benefits and obligations, and permeating a sense ofembrace morality and ethics conception into during the whole process of enterprise business and managementevery link of business operations.

Second, maintain the market order. To strengthen efforts on cMore vigorously cracking down on IPR infringement and the manufactureing and distribution sales of fake and shoddy products;, speeding up building up ofthe credit system in the commercial areafield,; improve the consumption environment of key circulationdistribution of key products industry including food and drugs;, be responsible for consumers, and enhance service awareness.

Third, guarantee people’s livelihood. To give support tEnocourage enterprises to involve cooperate in national disaster relief and emergency supply, as well as in reserves and regulation of major livelihood materials vital to livelihood;, hoping encourage more enterprises to increase investment in public welfare distribution infrastructure, and actively involved participate in circulation distribution network construction in rural areas and poor and remote areas.

Fourth, guide thepromote green development. The "green Green development" which based on energy conservation, environmental protection, low-carbon and sustainable development has become the main direction of China's economic development. We will improve the green consumption policy policies to encourage enterprises to research into and develop energy efficient and environmentally friendly products;, implement standards of energy conservation, consumption reduction and emission reduction, so as to achieve sustainable social

Fifth, eEncourage cultural development. An honest, healthy, harmonious, positive and progressive corporate culture with integrity is an important guarantee for the development of an enterprises, and is an important part of the development and prosperity of socialist culture. We will push forwardencourage enterprises to absorb learn from domestic and overseas advanced management experienceexpertise, and create a commercial and culturale atmosphere environment with outstanding distinguished features, so as to enhance their soft power of enterprises for development.

Sixth, promote participation in social public welfare projects. Guide enterprises to establish a correct view of profits and development. , and help them realize that Tputting the interests of producers and consumers first are is the basis to achieve the interests of the operatorsdistributors, . Encourage hoping enterprises to combine commercial interests with social public welfare, meet the needs of the community, create aachieve positive interactiona virtuous cycle of of enterprise development and social welfare undertakingspublic welfare, so as to make due contributions to building a harmonious society.

I wish this forum a complete success.

Thank you!