(Looking back at the 13th Five-Year Plan) "Ballroom Dance" of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan": China and the world perform gorgeous dance steps together

　　China News Service, Beijing, December 11th, title: "Ballroom Dance" in the "13th Five-Year Plan": China and the world perform gorgeous dance steps together

　　China News Agency reporter Diao Haiyang

　　This year is the closing year of the "13th Five-Year Plan", and it is also a crucial year for China to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieve its first centenary goal.

Looking back at the past five years, China has made tremendous achievements in economic and social development.

At the same time, China continues to expand its opening up and expand its "circle of friends" to form a benign interaction with countries around the world for win-win cooperation.

China and the world jointly performed a "ballroom dance" with tacit cooperation.

　　During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China actively promoted economic globalization, supported the promotion of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and took a clear-cut stand against unilateralism and protectionism.

In the past five years, in the context of increasing instability and uncertainty in the world economy, China has not only continued to open up to the outside world, but has instead introduced a series of policy measures to expand opening up.

At the same time, China actively promotes the formal signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP); supports the reform of the World Trade Organization; and has hosted many important international exhibitions such as the China International Import Expo and the Service Trade Fair.

Data map: Location of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), where the 3rd China International Import Expo was held.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China has actively led the reform of the global economic governance system, promoted the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, and better safeguarded the common interests of developing countries.

At the 2016 Hangzhou Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20), Chinese President Xi Jinping comprehensively explained China's global economic governance outlook for the first time.

At the fifteenth summit of G20 leaders this year, Xi Jinping emphasized China's principled propositions on global economic governance.

This important argument has an important leading role in the current and future changes in global economic governance.

　　During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China has joined hands with other countries to continuously transform the "Belt and Road" initiative into pragmatic cooperation and put forward a new concept of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

In the past five years, the “Belt and Road” construction has taken root and blossomed all over the world.

China has successfully hosted the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum twice, and has signed 201 cooperation documents for jointly building the “Belt and Road” with 138 countries and 31 international organizations, including major projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway, China-Laos Railway, Gwadar Port, etc. Positive progress has been made. By the end of August 2020, the total number of China-Europe Express trains has reached 29,000.

The construction of the "Belt and Road" has allowed many developing countries and underdeveloped countries to no longer be "isolated islands" and "closed countries", but have become a hot spot for investment and trade.

　　During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank initiated by China has grown into a widely recognized international institution.

In the past five years, the AIIB has experienced a journey from opening operations to achieving substantial development: the number of members has grown from 57 to 103 when it was founded; a high-standard governance structure has been established; it has invested in multiple projects that benefit people’s livelihood, and is actively active internationally The capital market has provided a total of more than 20 billion US dollars in loans.

The AIIB actively participates in the “Belt and Road” international cooperation, and will work with many other multilateral development banks to increase support for infrastructure and interconnection projects.

　　During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the concept of a "community with a shared future for mankind" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and its connotation has been enriched day by day.

Since the beginning of this year, the severe impact of the new crown epidemic on the world has forced mankind to seriously think about its own future and destiny. The practical significance of the concept of "a community with a shared future for mankind" has become more prominent.

China proposes to build a human health community in due course.

This new concept is considered to be an organic part of the community with a shared future for mankind. It provides impetus for international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic and adds confidence to the fight against the epidemic for all mankind. It has won high praise and positive responses from the international community.

　　In the past five years, the international situation has undergone complex and profound changes. China has always adhered to the concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and danced with the world with open arms.

What is gratifying is that China has not only not lost its dancing partners because of the "headwind", but has attracted more partners because of its sincere and open attitude.

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the dance steps between China and the world became more and more harmonious and resonated with each other.

　　In the next five years, China will embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and march towards the second centenary goal.

According to the blueprint drawn by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, China will unswervingly advance reforms and unswervingly expand opening up during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

This will not only provide a strong impetus for China's modernization drive, but also inject more confidence and vitality into the world in a century of change, and provide new development opportunities for all countries.

In the next 5 years, the "ballroom dance" between China and the world will surely perform more beautiful dance steps.

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