My name is Peter Grauer. I am the chairman of Bloomberg and feel privileged to speak with you today.
我是高逸雅，是彭博的董事长。我很荣幸有机会在此发言。
At Bloomberg, we began our journey in china in the early 1990s and have grown rapidly in this market ever since. Today, 40 percent of our Asia workforce are based in greater china – including at our newest office in Shenzhen, marking our commitment to the Greater Bay Area.
Throughout those decades, we have seen the opening-up of China’s markets first-hand, and I am so impressed by the tremendous progress China has made in its liberalization of financial markets.
过去几十年中，我们亲眼目睹了中国市场的开放。中国在金融市场开放方面取得的巨大进展令人印象深刻。
Bloomberg is proud to play its part in connecting china with the global investor community. By way of example, Bloomberg was the first index provider to include Chinese bonds into a major global bond index, driving substantial foreign capital into China’s bond market. We are also a key technology partner in the infrastructure of the Bond Connect schemes that act as crucial junction between Chinese and global capital.
Forty years ago, Bloomberg was born with the mission to enhance market transparency. We believe that transparency spurs investor confidence, drives investments and enables economies to grow.
Today, no market better represents the promise of market transparency and market growth than China. The long-term integration of China’s economy with its global counterparts has the potential to be an indelible marker of progress for this and future generations.
The shared economic understandings between distant markets can serve as the basis for a greater shared understanding – an understanding of our future: the risks, the challenges, and the opportunities. The advent of covid-19 has brought many of those shared challenges and opportunities into clear focus.
My hope is that we take the urgency of the past two years and apply it to our other critical issues, like climate change, unbalanced economic development and the delicate role of geopolitics in global progress.
For our part, Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies have committed themselves to supporting countless projects in environmental protection, public health, government innovation, education, and the arts – both here in China and around the world. We see these contributions as pivotal to our wider role as a platform for market transparency and a venue for collaboration between market participants.
In that light, we are dedicated to being the all-weather partner to Chinese customers and stakeholders. We are proud to continue facilitating global participation in China’s capital market by providing reliable data, technology, and information to drive future growth.
China continues to be one of the fastest growing markets for Bloomberg globally and we are committed to our Chinese presence. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our China team, and our friends and clients in China, who contribute tremendously to the company’s success.
The China Development Forum is a crucial platform, fostering vital dialogue and collaboration. I would like to thank the organizers for their very hard work over the years to make CDF a reality.
I am very much looking forward to hearing from China’s policymakers about their views and priorities, and to another engaging dialogue with my fellow delegates.
我非常期待聆听中国政策制定者的观点和工作重点，也期待与其他与会嘉宾展开深入的对话。
I wish the China Development Forum every success in 2022. Thank you.