2022两岸企业家峰会年会在厦门举行******
中新社厦门12月20日电 (记者 闫旭 杨伏山)2022两岸企业家峰会年会20日在厦门市举行。中共中央政治局常委王沪宁向两岸企业家峰会理事会发贺信。
王沪宁指出，本届峰会以“建构产业合作新模式，打造绿色数字新经济”为主题，抓住了高质量发展的重要机遇，聚焦推动制造业高端化、智能化、绿色化发展等促进两岸合作，充分体现两岸同胞携手发展、融合发展的共同愿望，必将为两岸同胞交流合作注入新动力、开拓新空间、带来新收获。
王沪宁强调，实现中华民族伟大复兴是两岸同胞共同的事业。希望两岸企业家做新时代新征程上构建新发展格局、推动高质量发展、推进中国式现代化的生力军。希望峰会双方理事会广泛团结两岸企业界、工商界，秉持民族大义，把握时代大势，为维护台海和平稳定，推动两岸关系和平发展、融合发展，推进祖国统一进程而持续奋斗。
峰会大陆方面理事长郭金龙和台湾方面理事长刘兆玄、副理事长陈瑞隆等出席年会，300多位两岸工商界人士参会。
刘兆玄自2021年9月接任峰会台湾方面理事长以来，首度来大陆参加年会活动。他表示，峰会一方面要继续坚定两岸互利共赢、合作发展的信念，努力推动既定的工作；另一方面也要审时度势、改弦更张，为两岸的产业合作厘清未来大方向、擘画发展新蓝图。
郭金龙在年会开幕式上致辞时强调，大陆一直是台湾地区最大出口市场、最大贸易顺差来源地、台商岛外投资第一大目的地，这些已成为促进两岸经贸交流、深化两岸融合发展的坚实基础。他希望两岸企业家顺应大势、抢抓机遇，完善经济布局，拥抱内需市场，参与大陆区域重大战略和区域协调发展战略，向绿色低碳、数字赋能转型升级，在资金、技术、管理、标准、品牌、渠道等方面加强合作，汇聚起高质量发展合力。
中国电子信息产业集团总经理助理朱立峰、台湾大学科技政策暨产业发展研究中心执行长詹文男、“一带一路”绿色发展国际研究院执行院长张建宇等，在年会上围绕数字化转型、绿色丝绸之路建设、两岸企业合作等议题作主题演讲。
两岸企业家峰会成立于2013年，已成为两岸层级最高、最具权威的企业家交流合作平台，跻身包括两岸两会协商、两岸经贸文化论坛、海峡论坛在内的两岸最具影响力的四大交流合作平台。(完)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
