Chinanews.com, Beijing, March 3rd, title: The 10th Anniversary of the "Belt and Road" Initiative: Wan Lishang, Neighboring Representatives, Focus on "Going to the Sea" to Seek Business Opportunities

  Author Zhao Danmei Cui Tao

  2023 is the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. Since the beginning of the year, there have been many signs of China's efforts to open up to the outside world at a high level.

In this regard, representatives and committee members participating in the two sessions of the country have offered advice and suggestions to help Chinese companies better "go overseas" to find business opportunities.

  The China Railway Express has become one of the closest paths for China to build economic and trade ties with countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”.

According to Liu Ruiling, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of Hebei Lugang Construction Group Co., Ltd., data shows that in 2022, 16,000 China-Europe trains will be launched, and 1.6 million TEUs will be delivered.

Shijiazhuang, as the only city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region that operates China-Europe Express trains on a regular basis, has opened 14 stable international transportation lines, covering more than 50 countries and regions in the Eurasian continent, shortening the distance between Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the world.

  "As the flagship brand of the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', the China-Europe Railway Express has been widely recognized by the international community and has produced a huge driving effect." Liu Ruiling found that as the China-Europe Railway Express continues to grow, many inland provinces in China Both have built international dry ports.

Especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, the China-Europe Railway Express has effectively guaranteed the smooth transportation of international anti-epidemic materials and production materials with the advantages of all-weather, large volume, and less contact.

  Liu Ruiling said that it is necessary to make good use of the China-Europe Railway Express to help Chinese companies "go overseas" to find business opportunities.

"The first is to open more trains to provide strong support for stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment and ensuring the stability of the international industrial chain supply chain. The second is to open more smoothly, improve the efficiency of the entire train operation, and transform the advantages of transportation timeliness and logistics costs into The competitiveness of enterprises 'going overseas'."

  "I think that in the next ten years, the interconnection between countries and regions along the 'Belt and Road' will be closer, and the superimposed effect of facility connectivity will be more obvious. Coupled with the iterative development of global new technologies and new industries, In the fields of 'digital trains' and 'humanities trains', the prospects for cooperation are relatively broad." Liu Ruiling said.

  In addition, with the in-depth advancement of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, how to cultivate relevant talents and serve Chinese enterprises to "go overseas" has also become the focus of attention.

  Pei Hongxia, a deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Party branch of Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School who has been engaged in education for nearly 30 years, said that the implementation and promotion of cooperation projects between China and countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" requires a large number of talents proficient in relevant languages.

  “We should actively encourage middle schools to offer courses in minority languages, strengthen close cooperation between middle schools and colleges and universities in terms of teaching guidance, curriculum resources, teacher training, and student development guidance in minority languages, so as to provide colleges and universities with students who are interested in minority languages ​​and have a solid foundation in foreign languages. This will be more conducive to colleges and universities to cultivate compound talents with 'minor language + major'." Pei Hongxia said.

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