Mr. Chairman,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

First of all, please allow me to express my deep gratitude to you all for the confidence you have shown in the Government of the People’s Republic of China and in me personally, by re-electing me as the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. With your permission, I would like to share your confidence with the many experts active in ITU-T during the last four years, and the staff of my Bureau who have supported the ITU-T’s activities with great enthusiasm and professional competence. I am grateful for the valuable support from ITU Members and the ITU staff, which has assured the success of the ITU-T.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese Government and the Chinese delegation for their invaluable confidence and constant support they have given me. At this moment, I also wish to thank my dear wife who is always beside me to face challenges and to assist me in serving the ITU.

Four years ago, I shared with you my understanding of the challenges facing the ITU standardization work, and my visions of ITU standardization in the 21st century. I quoted then in my statement five measures: improving working methods and efficiency, strengthening the participation of private sector and developing countries, active cooperation with other ITU Sectors and outside bodies, transparent financial arrangements, and good management of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB). I promised to do my best and invited you to cooperate with ITU. I am very pleased with the results and progress of our cooperation on these measures. As far as those challenges are concerned, I am realistic that, despite the meaningful progress we have achieved, major challenges still remain. The difficulties and problems encountered by the IT industry during the recent years do have repercussions on us. However, in my opinion, standardization has always played a key role in making telecommunication accessible to all, thus fostering development and growth in all domains on a global scale. To meet expectations, the ITU has demonstrated its ability to face challenges with openness, transparency, efficiency, energy and dynamism, and an active partnership between Governments and industry members. The new environment of ITU standardization work has been promoted with positive results. Strengthening ITU’s pre-eminence and maintaining its leading position in global telecommunication and information standardization of the 21st century will benefit all Members and thereby the general public. ITU has both challenges and opportunities.

Having been re-elected, I would like to assure you that I will do my best to work with you all to further improve our efficiency, to enhance the Union’s promotion, and to exploit new measures as permitted by the ITU rules so that a more attractive environment will be provided to all players, particularly to those from industry, in order for all to enjoy working with ITU.

To conclude my brief speech, I would like to express my personal congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected officials with whom I will work closely for the next four years, and my best wishes for Mr. Jones, outgoing Director of BR.

Thank you for your attention.n