Unveiling a New Era of High-Quality Joint Construction of the Belt and Road: Achievements, Prospects, and Action Plan

Welcome new developments of higher quality and higher level in jointly building the “Belt and Road”

Commentator of “Qiushi” magazine

“Spring brings out its beauty, and autumn brings its true harvest.”

In October 2023, on the 10th anniversary of the major initiative of jointly building the “Belt and Road”, the third “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum was held in Beijing. At the opening ceremony of the summit forum, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled “Building an Open, Inclusive, Interconnected, and Common Development World”, reviewing the achievements of the past 10 years, summarizing successful experiences, and announcing that China supports high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road” The eight actions have clarified a new direction, opened up a new vision and injected new impetus into the Belt and Road Initiative.

The joint construction of the “Belt and Road” is a major initiative personally planned, deployed and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping. In the autumn of 2013, when the General Secretary visited Kazakhstan and Indonesia, he successively proposed major initiatives to jointly build the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”. The original intention of proposing this major initiative is to learn from the ancient Silk Road, take interconnection as the main line, and strengthen policy communication, facility connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and people-to-people bonds with other countries, so as to inject new momentum into world economic growth and contribute to global development. Open up new space and create a new platform for international economic cooperation. This major initiative complies with the historical trend of economic globalization, the requirements of the times for changes in the global governance system, and the strong desire of people of all countries to live a better life. It opens up a new path for mankind to jointly realize modernization and opens up a new path to promote the construction of a destiny for mankind. A broader path for community.

Over the past 10 years, we have jointly built the country, carried forward the Silk Road spirit, promoted the “Belt and Road” international cooperation from scratch, flourished, and reaped substantial and fruitful results. The “One Belt, One Road” cooperation extends from the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America. It has entered the “meticulous painting” stage from “general freehand brushwork”, transformed the planning map into a real picture, expanded from hard connectivity to soft connectivity, and opened up a path to common development. The road of cooperation, opportunity and prosperity has become the most popular international public product and the largest international cooperation platform in the world today, painting a magnificent picture of connecting the world and sharing beauty and prosperity. The joint construction of the “Belt and Road” adheres to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, spanning different civilizations, cultures, social systems and differences in development stages, opening up new paths for exchanges between countries, building a new framework for international cooperation, and bringing together the greatest convention for the common development of mankind. The number of friends is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more good partners, the quality of cooperation is getting higher and higher, and the development prospects are getting better and better. The ancient Silk Road that has lasted for thousands of years has taken on new vitality in the new era.

Achievements are precious, and experience inspires the future. In his keynote speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly summarized the valuable experience of jointly building the “Belt and Road” and emphasized that “humanity is an interdependent community with a shared future”, “Only through win-win cooperation can things be accomplished, good things and great things done”, and “peaceful The Silk Road spirit of cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, and mutual benefit is the most important source of strength for jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative.” It sends a clear and unambiguous signal to the world that we must unite, not divide, and cooperate. Don’t be confrontational, be open rather than closed, and be win-win rather than zero-sum. The 10-year history has proved that the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” stands on the right side of history, conforms to the logic of the progress of the times, and follows the right path in the world. In the midst of a century of changes intertwined with chaos, the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative will always bring stability and positive energy to the world.

The first 10 years of jointly building the “Belt and Road” is a glorious prologue. With this summit forum as a symbol, a new stage of high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road” has begun. During the forum, participants, builders, and contributors to the Belt and Road Initiative, including representatives from 151 countries and 41 international organizations, gathered together to discuss development plans, draw a blueprint for cooperation, and achieved new important consensus. : Support further deepening interconnection, build high-quality, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure, continuously improve the level of infrastructure soft connectivity, and build an open world economy; advocate accelerating the construction of the “Digital Silk Road” and promote healthy and orderly artificial intelligence Safe development; believes that the “Green Silk Road” should be deeply cultivated, jointly respond to the challenges of climate change, strengthen biodiversity protection, establish green development investment and financing partnerships, and empower green development; looks forward to comprehensively promoting pragmatic cooperation and promoting trade and investment freedom We will promote facilitation, optimize the business environment, develop the blue economy, build a clean Silk Road, deepen local exchanges, and carry out a variety of people-to-people and cultural exchange activities. In short, this summit forum has consolidated the international consensus on the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, enriched the cooperation results of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, and expanded the bright prospects of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. Another important milestone in the process. Starting from a new historical starting point, the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” will be more innovative and dynamic, more open and inclusive, and open up new windows of opportunities for China and the world. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said that under the promotion of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, countries have gained more opportunities in the field of infrastructure and accelerated the implementation of the sustainable development goals. “This brings benefits to billions of people and the planet we share.” Come to hope and progress”.

Achieving modernization is the common aspiration of people of all countries. The most ambitious vision proposed by this forum is to work together to realize world modernization. In his keynote speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that “world modernization should be modernization of peaceful development, modernization of mutually beneficial cooperation, and modernization of common prosperity” and pointed out that “what we pursue is not China’s modernization in isolation, but looks forward to working with the vast number of developing countries in “China is willing to work with all parties to deepen the ‘Belt and Road’ cooperative partnership, promote the joint construction of the ‘Belt and Road’ into a new stage of high-quality development, and make unremitting efforts to realize the modernization of all countries in the world.” . This grand vision profoundly demonstrates China’s courage and responsibility to lead historical progress, and fully demonstrates China’s ambition as a major country to join hands with other countries on the road to modernization and to stride forward on the right path of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The joint construction of the “Belt and Road” requires not only condensing the concept of cooperation, but also taking practical actions. In his keynote speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly announced China’s eight actions to support high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative: build a three-dimensional interconnected network of the Belt and Road Initiative, support the building of an open world economy, carry out pragmatic cooperation, and promote green development, Promote scientific and technological innovation, support people-to-people exchanges, build a road of integrity, and improve the “Belt and Road” international cooperation mechanism. The eight actions have specific goals, as well as important cooperation initiatives and institutional arrangements. For example, we will accelerate the high-quality development of China-Europe freight trains, accelerate the construction of the New Land-Sea Corridor and the Air Silk Road; create a “Silk Road E-commerce” cooperation pilot zone, comprehensively cancel restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector; coordinate the promotion of landmark projects and ” “Small but Beautiful” livelihood project, implemented 1,000 small livelihood assistance projects; held the “Liangzhu Forum” to deepen civilized dialogue with countries co-building the “Belt and Road”; continued to hold the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum and established a summit forum Secretariat; etc. These pragmatic measures once again prove that China is not only the initiator of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, but also an activist in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. China’s eight actions to support high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road” have received positive response and support from all parties. They will provide greater momentum and expand wider space to promote world economic growth, promote common global development, and advance the modernization of countries around the world. .

“The joint construction of the ‘One Belt and One Road’ has gone through its first vigorous decade, and it is now in its prime. We must forge ahead high-spirited and head towards the next golden decade!” Looking to the future, all parties are deepening international cooperation on the “Belt and Road”, To embrace the new development of higher quality and higher level in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, promote the modernization of all countries in the world, build an open, inclusive, interconnected and common development world, and jointly promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, we will surely create a better world for mankind. glorious future.

2023-10-31 01:30:09
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