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situation. If America will keep an open immigration policy and continue to attract the
elite, it will still be the strongest economic entity in the coming century. Meanwhile
the relationship between China and America is more of complementation than of
rivalry. He believes that China is a prime mover in regional and global economic
growth and will play a leading role in the world economy. The 6-7% economic growth
rate that China keeps is a great propelling force.
Moore stated that he does not view China as a regional monster but rather as a great
consumer in the region. China‘s imports are growing rapidly and it is in great need of
energy. Thus China‘s development will boost the economic development in many
other regions. He does not think that China‘s development will stop the development
of Malaysia, Singapore, or America. Quite on the contrary, China is promoting their
development with its own development. He believes that people should aim high and
China is doing so. He objected to the criticisms directed towards China, saying that
the present criticism of China was just like the criticism of Japan twenty years before.
He denounced as nonsense the idea that China would displace others, a view that
went back ten years before.
After China‘s entry into the WTO, its standardization work made substantial progress
in terms of openness and transparency. In November 2004, Moore led a New
Zealand Standardization, Technical and Legal delegation to visit China and
conducted work talks with the Standardization Administration of China. The two
sides fully exchanged views on such issues as the fulfillment of WTO member
obligations in accordance with WTO rules, the technical, legal, and standardization
problems in the trade between New Zealand and China, and the participation of New
Zealand enterprises in establishing the Chinese standards. Moore thought highly of
the achievements of the Standardization Administration of China in fulfilling its
promise made at WTO entry and expressed his appreciation for its standardization
work according to WTO rules. He also expressed his earnest wish that New Zealand
and China could step up their cooperation in the field of standardization and in the
joint efforts in promoting economic and trade development of the two countries.
On the Ninth Business Week Annual CEO Conference held in Beijing on November
15-16, 2005, Moore made a speech to the participating political figures, dignitaries,
and business leaders from all over the world. In the speech, he said that China would
play an increasingly important role in the world economic arena.
China can lead the world: that is his faith in China.
Great Contribution to Trade Liberalization and WTO Development
International free trade interests Moore the most and embodies the very essence of
his life pursuit. Back when he was Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing of New
Zealand, Moore led his delegation around the world to promote economic and trade
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