Entering the 10th anniversary of the "Belt and Road" how to accumulate strength and start again?

(Economic Observer) Entering the 10th anniversary of the "Belt and Road" how to accumulate strength and start again?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 9th (Liu Wenwen) 2023 is the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

What progress and experience has the “Belt and Road” initiative achieved in the past ten years?

Standing at the node of the 10th anniversary, facing the current complex and severe international environment, how can the "Belt and Road" accumulate strength and start again?

　　Recently, the "Progress and Evaluation of the Tenth Anniversary of the 'Belt and Road Initiative'" seminar co-sponsored by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China and the Silk Road School of Renmin University of China was held in Beijing. Many experts and scholars focused on the construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative" Review and prospect of the tenth anniversary.

　　The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has achieved fruitful results in the past ten years.

Wang Yi, vice president of Renmin University of China, said that the "Belt and Road" initiative has formed more than 3,000 cooperation projects focusing on infrastructure construction, and built "heart-to-heart bridges", "roads to wealth" and "roads to wealth" one by one. Development Port" and "Happy Cities" have been highly recognized by all parties.

Chinese companies have invested a total of 397.9 billion yuan in cooperation zones in countries along the route, creating 421,000 local jobs.

　　In the past ten years since the implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative, from concept to consensus, from laying foundations, pillars and beams to comprehensive development, the international influence has been continuously improved.

The "Belt and Road" has become the largest international cooperation platform, and more than two-thirds of the countries in the world have reached a consensus with China on jointly building the "Belt and Road".

According to a World Bank research report, by 2030, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is expected to help 7.6 million people get rid of extreme poverty and 32 million people get rid of moderate poverty.

　　Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said that the "Belt and Road Initiative" represents the interests of the majority of the people and the interests of the world's least developed, poorest, and most vulnerable small and medium-sized countries.

The construction of the "Belt and Road" has found a way for these countries to develop through interconnection, and let these countries see the vision of development.

　　She bluntly said, "This is a very great event and a landmark project in the history of human development." Although some people discredit and distort the "Belt and Road" initiative, the number of countries joining the initiative continues to increase, which also shows that the "Belt and Road" initiative The power of exemplary engineering.

　　According to Zhai Dongsheng, director of the “Belt and Road” Construction Promotion Center of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, the ten-year joint construction of the “Belt and Road” has achieved a good start.

First of all, it has created a very reliable "circle of friends", strengthened the global interconnected network, and built infrastructure projects all over the world.

　　Secondly, it has reconstructed the bridge of economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation, helping to solve some common problems faced by mankind, such as green and low-carbon development, health cooperation, and international poverty reduction.

　　For China, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has greatly enhanced the breadth, depth and level of China's opening up to the outside world, especially greatly stimulated two-way trade and investment, promoted the opening up of the central and western regions, and helped form an all-round opening up. new pattern.

　　However, Zhai Dongsheng also pointed out that at present, the international situation is complex, severe and unpredictable, and the next ten years of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" will still be full of opportunities and risks.

As a world project and century project, the ten-year joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is still in its "teenage years", so naturally there are "growing pains", but this will not stop the pace of joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

　　In the next ten years, how will the "Belt and Road" go far and steadily?

　　He Weiwen, executive director of the China Institute of International Trade and chief expert of the expert committee, pointed out that in the second decade, the "Belt and Road" will have a huge improvement in terms of thinking and development pattern, that is to say, it will become more globalized and multilateral. A powerful carrier and an indispensable and powerful component of existing multilateral mechanisms.

　　Zhai Dongsheng pointed out that in the future, the “One Belt, One Road” initiative needs to expand into new fields while stabilizing its fundamentals. China needs to continue to add new vitality and new impetus to the joint construction, and to coordinate the relationship between construction and security in a more stable manner. relations and create a more harmonious atmosphere of international public opinion.

　　In Chen Wenling's view, the "Belt and Road" initiative is a long-term, transnational and systematic major project, which cannot be accomplished overnight.

The "Belt and Road" must be based on joint construction, rather than relying solely on China's own strength.

She emphasized that the work related to the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" must be done well, in-depth, detailed and practical, and the "Silk Road Spirit" of the "Belt and Road" should be transformed into the spiritual wealth of the world.

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