It is a great pleasure for me and the World Bank Group to address the WTA Xianghu Dialogue 2018 and jointly launch selected cases. We praise this conference, which puts a focus on poverty reduction and sustainable tourism.?As we heard today, sustainable tourism is important for development and poverty alleviation. The Dialogue is to share knowledge and experience.

The World Tourism Alliance (WTA) and the China Tourism Academy (CTA) jointly released a report titled Tourism for Poverty Reduction: Global Process and Call of the Times at this one-day forum.

As the importance and impact of the tourism industry on the global economy and socio-economic progress increases, its role has moved to the center stage in the fight against poverty.

With the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international poverty reduction cause has ushered in a new era when poverty reduction knowledge cooperation and sharing has become an increasingly important area, as well as the most robust and promising area of international cooperation.