Xi Jinping: China will continue to promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", strengthen infrastructure connectivity with other countries, and accelerate the construction of the Green Silk Road and the Digital Silk Road.
This sentence comes from the keynote speech delivered by President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transportation Conference on October 14, 2021.
The core of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is to realize the interconnection of the infrastructure of all parties involved in the joint construction.
In the past nine years since the "Belt and Road" initiative was proposed, China, together with the co-constructed countries, has built a lot of infrastructure, including railways, highways, ports, airports and other transportation infrastructures, as well as wind power plants, photovoltaic power plants, hydropower plants and many other energy infrastructures. The facilities not only increase the employment opportunities in the countries where the projects are located, drive economic growth, but also promote the development of green economy and digital economy in these countries.
The China-Laos Railway is one of the key projects of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", and it will be officially opened to traffic on December 3, 2021.
The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has been increasing since the opening of the railway for five months. The freight volume in the latest month has increased by 5.5 times compared with the first month, indicating a very good development prospect.
The China Railway Express is also a typical project of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
Between Central European countries and cities, the China Railway Express not only transported more than 50,000 kinds of goods, but also delivered a large amount of anti-epidemic materials from China to Europe during the anti-epidemic period, which has made great contributions to protecting people's lives and is well-known For the "channel of life".
Under the framework of high-quality co-construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation, Chinese companies are building and developing green and clean energy projects in many countries to promote the development of local green economies.
For example, the solar thermal project with the largest installed capacity and the largest investment in the world is being built in the desert hinterland of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; by the end of 2020, 10 hydropower stations have been completed and put into operation in Cambodia; wind power stations have been built in Pakistan and Croatia; Participated in several photovoltaic projects.
At the same time, the construction of the Digital Silk Road has also achieved fruitful results.
In 2021, China's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume will reach 1.98 trillion yuan.
China and Egypt have cooperated in the research and development of intelligent irrigation technology, which has promoted the development of desert agriculture in Egypt, and has carried out the selection and breeding of fine varieties in Africa combined with digital technology, which has greatly increased local grain production.
The Belt and Road Initiative originated in China, but the results belong to the world.
The construction of the "Belt and Road" carries the people's desire for cultural exchanges, the expectation of peace and tranquility, the pursuit of common development, and the yearning for a better life. It not only provides new opportunities for the development of all countries in the world, but also opens up China's Development has broken new ground.
It will continue to bring hope and light of development to people of all countries, and let the dividends of development benefit every corner of the world.
Special expert in this issue: Hu Biliang, Beijing Normal University Belt and Road College