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今天很高兴出席马来西亚中资企业总商会成立20周年的欢庆晚宴。首先，我谨代表中国驻马来西亚大使馆，对总商会成立20周年华诞表示衷心的祝贺！
二十年前，总商会创始会员仅十余位，现在，总商会已发展成有1个地区分会、2个行业分会、28家理事、198家普通会员、37家联系会员的，组织健全、机制成熟、影响力广泛的企业社团。总商会的发展壮大，是总商会历届领导班子和会员集体努力的结果，更是中马双边关系蓬勃发展的生动体现。
二十年间，中马两国高层互动频繁，政治互信不断加深，2004年两国领导人就发展中马战略性合作达成共识，2013年建立全面战略伙伴关系，两国携手共建“一带一路”，合作抗疫，共同维护多边体制，携手推动双边经贸合作不断爬坡。
2002年，中马贸易额首次超过百亿美元，今年1—11月，双边贸易额超过1800亿美元，全年有望突破2000亿大关。二十年前，中国企业刚刚开始探索对外投资，在马中资企业只有寥寥几家，在“走出去”战略、共建“一带一路”倡议的引领下，中资企业纷纷来马投资兴业，目前在使馆经商处备案的中资企业就有四五百家，涉及金融、物流、能源、高端制造、高科技等各个领域，今年上半年，中国对马直接投资110亿美元，占马吸收外国直接投资总额的55.6%。
在座的各位中马企业家朋友，你们的拼搏进取，创造了中马经贸合作的累累硕果，中马关系的持续稳定就是你们事业长远发展的坚实基础。
当前，中马关系正迎来新的发展机遇。安瓦尔总理带领的新一届马政府，把服务人民放在首要位置，着力恢复经济发展，高度重视对华关系，强调要加强中马贸易投资合作。
以习近平同志为核心的新一届中国领导集体，始终坚持经济全球化正确方向，推动贸易和投资自由化便利化，推进双边、区域和多边合作，不断以中国新发展为世界提供新机遇，推动建设开放型世界经济，更好惠及各国人民。中马两国战略目标高度契合，发展方向基本一致，我相信，在双方的共同努力下，中马关系定能再次乘势而飞，中马企业将从日益密切的双边关系中发掘源源不断的发展机遇，中国驻马来西亚大使馆愿与中资企业总商会一道，为中马企业搭建合作舞台，助力中马经贸合作再创佳绩。
最后，再次预祝此次庆祝活动顺利圆满，祝在座的各位企业家朋友事业成功！
祝大家圣诞节快乐，新年快乐！
谢谢大家！
Speech by H.E. Mr Ouyang Yujing
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Malaysia
Good evening to everyone!
It gives me great pleasure to attend the celebration dinner for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of CECCM today. First and foremost, on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to CECCM for the 20th anniversary of its establishment!
Twenty years (20) ago, CECCM only had approximately ten (10) founding members. Now, CECCM has expanded to one (1) regional Working Committee, two (2) industrial Working Committee, twenty-eight (28) committee members, one-hundred and ninety-eight (198) ordinary members and thirty-seven (37) affiliate members. The business association is influential, complete with a mature organizational system. The development and growth of CECCM is the fruit of the collective efforts of the past leaders and members, and it is also a testament of the flourishing development of the China-Malaysia bilateral relations.
Over the past two decades, the high-level interactions between China and Malaysia were frequent and political mutual trust has continued to flourish and strengthened. In 2004, the leaders of the two countries reached a consensus on the development of China-Malaysia strategic cooperation. In 2013, a comprehensive strategic partnership was established, China and Malaysia joined hands and worked together in the development of “Belt and Road”, fought against the COVID-19 pandemic, worked together to support the multilateral system and promote bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
In 2002, the trade volume between China and Malaysia exceeded USD 10 billion for the first time. From January to November this year, the bilateral trade volume has exceeded USD 180 billion, and it is expected to surpass the 200 billion marks for the whole year. Twenty years (20) ago, Chinese enterprises were just starting to explore foreign investment, and there were only a handful of Chinese enterprises in Malaysia. Under the “Go Global” strategy and “Belt and Road” joint contribution Initiative, Chinese enterprises came to invest in Malaysia continuously. Currently, there are approximately 400 to 500 Chinese enterprises in Malaysia who are registered with the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy, doing businesses in various sectors including finance, logistics, energy, high-end manufacturing and high technology. In the first half of 2022, China’s direct investment in Malaysia amounted to USD 11 billion, accounting for 55.6% of the total foreign direct investment.
To all our Chinese and Malaysian business associates who are present here tonight, your dedication and hard work have contributed to the blossoming China-Malaysia economic and trade cooperation. The resilient and stable China-Malaysia relations is the solid foundation for the long-term development of your businesses.
Currently, China-Malaysia relations are ushering in new development opportunities. The new Malaysian government led by The Honourable Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim is people-oriented, where he strives to restore economic development, has high regards for China relations, and has also emphasised the need to strengthen trade and investment cooperation between China and Malaysia.
The new top leadership of China led by Comrade Xi Jinping has always supported the correct direction of economic globalization, promoted trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, encouraged bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation, strive to create new opportunities for the world with China’s new development, promote the development of an open global economy that delivers greater benefits to the people. The strategic goals of China and Malaysia are like-minded and the development directions are generally aligned. I believe with the joint efforts of both countries, China-Malaysia relations will be able to ride on the good momentum again. The increasingly close bilateral relations will enable Chinese and Malaysian enterprises to identify more development opportunities continuously. The Chinese Embassy in Malaysia is willing to work with CECCM to build a platform for Chinese and Malaysian enterprises cooperation and propel China-Malaysia economic and trade cooperation to achieve greater success.
Finally, once again I hope everything goes well for the celebration event tonight, wishing all business associates present here today continued success!
Once again, I wish the organizers a successful celebration and may all the arrangements for the event be smooth and successful. Wishing all our business associates who are present here today continuous success!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you!
