Distinguished delegates, esteemed investors, business leaders, and partners, This conference has demonstrated that our economy is entering a new phase of growth. Having witnessed and heard the announcement of commitments of investment that will be made
Programme Directors, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr.Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Parks Tau, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Premiers of the provinces,
Programme Director, Ms Lin Honghong, Director General of CCPIT, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Han Zheng, Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South Africa, Ms
Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members, We are living through a period of geopolitical rupture in which the normative, institutional and political foundations of the post-1945 international order are being tested, strained and, in some cases, openly defied.
