President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit provides a guide for action to build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future
This is a landmark diplomatic feat –
On the morning of May 5, Xi'an International Conference Center. In front of the huge mural of "Qinling Xinhui", President Xi Jinping took a group photo with the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries, and the camera froze the historical moment when the six countries held the summit in physical form for the first time.
"Let us work hand in hand, unite and struggle, actively promote common development, common prosperity and common prosperity, and jointly welcome a better tomorrow for the six countries!"
President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit, proceeding from the overall pattern of building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future, drawing a new blueprint for China-Central Asia cooperation, and showing the broad prospects of mutual benefit and win-win results and a common destiny for both sides.
On the morning of May 5, President Xi Jinping presided over the first China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Working Together to Build a China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Destiny, Mutual Assistance, Common Development, Universal Security and Friendship for All Generations". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen
In the context of the accelerated evolution of the century-old changes, President Xi Jinping's important speech focuses on the general development trend of the times and reflects the expectations of the people who are friendly for generations, which will certainly have an important and far-reaching impact on deepening China's relations with Central Asian countries and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Video: President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit provides a guide for action to build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared futureSource: Xinhua News Agency
Building a model of cooperation – opening a new era of China's relations with Central Asia
On the 19th, the Xi'an International Conference Center was full of VIPs and attracted everyone's attention.
"It is of great significance for us to meet in Xi'an today to continue our thousand-year friendship and open up a new future." President Xi Jinping clearly stated the significance of this summit.
This is the exterior view of the China-Central Asia Summit Press Center taken on May 5. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Bowen
As China's first major home multilateral diplomatic event this year, the China-Central Asia Summit has set a new milestone in the history of China's relations with Central Asia.
Speaking of President Xi Jinping's keynote speech, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang pointed out that this is the first time since the new era that China's top leader has comprehensively, centrally and systematically explained his foreign policy towards Central Asia to the international community, which has been highly endorsed and warmly responded by the heads of state of Central Asia, providing a fundamental compliance and action guide for building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
Xi'an, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road; Central Asia, the place where the "Belt and Road" initiative was pioneered. History, reality and the future are intertwined here, painting a magnificent picture of China's cooperation with Central Asia for generations.
Chang'an Pagoda in the Chanba Ecological Zone of Xi'an (April 4, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao
"China's relations with Central Asian countries have deep historical roots, extensive practical needs, and a solid foundation of public opinion, and are full of vitality and vitality in the new era." President Xi Jinping reviews history, looks to reality and guides the future.
Lu Shanbing, dean of the Silk Road Research Institute at Northwest University, said that President Xi Jinping's speech quoted Li Bai's poem "Chang'an rejoins hands and pays attention to thousands of gold", vividly expounding the long history and bright prospects of friendly exchanges between China and Central Asia.
Moving forward in the century of changes, the trend of China's relations with Central Asia has attracted much attention.
At present, the changes in the world, the times, and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way. What kind of Central Asia is built and how to promote relations between China and Central Asian countries have a bearing on regional and even world peace and stability.
The world needs a stable Central Asia, the world needs a prosperous Central Asia, the world needs a harmonious Central Asia, the world needs a connected Central Asia - President Xi Jinping put forward the "four-point proposal" on what kind of Central Asia to build in his speech.
Li Yongquan, director of the Eurasian Social Development Research Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that President Xi Jinping's speech shows China's unswerving concept of peaceful development. To develop relations with Central Asia, China has been based on mutual respect and trust from the very beginning, refrained from zero-sum games and the law of the jungle, created a new model of win-win cooperation, and built a big family of harmonious coexistence.
Mutual respect, good-neighborliness and friendship, common support, mutual benefit and win-win results -- in the 31 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, it is precisely by adhering to this "success code" of friendly exchanges that China's relations with Central Asian countries have achieved a historic leap from good-neighborliness and friendship to strategic partnership to a community of common destiny, becoming a model for building a new type of international relations and making new contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The new mechanism opens a new era, and the new starting point creates new brilliance.
This is the Xi'an Bell Tower taken on May 5. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Bowen
"Today, the first China-Central Asia Summit held in Xi'an, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road, will surely open up a new era of relations between Central Asia and China and open up broad prospects for future cooperation." The words of President Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan expressed the common sentiment of the heads of State of Central Asia attending the meeting.
Taking the right path on earth - pointing out the path for building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future
The summit carried out a comprehensive layout of the China-Central Asia mechanism. The countries agreed to take this summit as an opportunity to formally establish the China-Central Asia Summit mechanism, which will be held every two years. The establishment of the new mechanism has injected strong impetus into the construction of a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
Focusing on the fundamental interests of the people of all countries and a bright future, President Xi Jinping put forward "four persistences" on building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future in his speech:
Adhere to mutual help - work together to build a community of mutual assistance, unity and mutual trust;
Adhere to common development - work together to build a community of win-win cooperation and mutual achievement;
Uphold universal security – working together to build a community free from conflict and lasting peace;
Adhere to friendship from generation to generation - work together to build a community of mutual knowledge and one heart and one mind.
According to Timur Kuvatov, director of the "Kazakhstan Today" news agency, the heads of state of China and the five Central Asian countries gathered at this summit to seek future development plans, and President Xi Jinping's speech further pointed out the practical path of building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
In the face of a world full of uncertainty, only by working together can we achieve stability and long-term success.
Among the "four persistences", adhere to watching and helping each other to build a solid foundation for cooperation——
"We must deepen strategic mutual trust, always give clear and strong support to each other on issues involving core interests such as sovereignty, independence, national dignity, and long-term development, and work together to build a community of mutual assistance, unity and mutual trust." President Xi Jinping's words were firm.
Kyrgyz President Zaparov said that a series of initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping have injected new impetus into the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and as long as they work together and form a joint force, they will certainly make important contributions to the prosperity and development of the region and even the world.
Among the "four persistences", the implementation of the three major initiatives brings together cooperation forces——
In his speech, President Xi Jinping proceeded from the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and provided fundamental guidelines for building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
Xi'an Tang Paradise (taken on April 4, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao
China's initiative is crowded with responders. Kazakh President Tokayev said that under the current complex international situation, the three major initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping are of great significance, and Kazakhstan actively supports them, and is willing to work with China to make full use of the China-Central Asia mechanism to jointly promote regional security, stability and development.
To implement the global development initiative, President Xi Jinping proposed in his speech to continue to be at the forefront of cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road".
"The Belt and Road Initiative takes into account the interests of all parties and is committed to aligning with the development strategies of various countries, which has strongly promoted the economic and social development of Central Asian countries." Azamat Sheitov, an expert at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy of Uzbekistan, said.
Ding Xiaoxing, director of the Eurasia Institute of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said that with the implementation of President Xi Jinping's series of initiatives as the path, the construction of a China-Central Asia community with a shared future will certainly have a positive demonstration effect on promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and a new type of international relations.
Facing a bright future together - drawing a beautiful blueprint for win-win cooperation
To draw a new blueprint for China's cooperation in Central Asia, China is both an advocate and an activist.
Strengthening institutional construction, expanding economic and trade relations, deepening connectivity, expanding energy cooperation, promoting green innovation, enhancing development capabilities, strengthening dialogue among civilizations, and safeguarding regional peace – President Xi Jinping put forward the "Eight-Point Proposal", demonstrating China's responsibility with unprecedented pragmatic measures.
Among the "Eight-Point Proposals", specific measures were further implemented in the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit adopted by the summit, and refined into 54 major cooperation consensus and initiatives in the "China-Central Asia Summit Outcome List", 19 multilateral cooperation platforms initiated by China, and 9 multilateral cooperation documents.
"These suggestions highlight the word 'real', indicating that the cooperation mechanism between China and Central Asia is not a clear concept, but a concrete action to go deeper and deeper, and shows China's determination and willingness to inject more certainty into regional peace and development with its own development." Li Yongquan said.
Take the platform as a bridge to continuously consolidate the cornerstone of mutual trust——
On the afternoon of the 19th, the China-Central Asia Industrialists Committee was established, marking a new stage of business cooperation under the framework of the China-Central Asia mechanism.
"The establishment of the Committee has built a new platform for dialogue and cooperation for the business communities of all parties, which will help give full play to the potential of all parties, integrate strong resources, and open up huge prospects for cooperation between Central Asia and China." Baitrov, commercial representative of the embassy of Turkmenistan in China, said.
Take cooperation as a bridge to build consensus on prosperity and development——
In his speech, President Xi Jinping put forward a series of pragmatic measures for all-round cooperation between China and Central Asia, with unprecedented determination and strength.
On May 5, Xi'an opened the first international route to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, achieving full coverage of passenger routes from Xi'an to five Central Asian countries.
The maiden flight ceremony of the Xi'an-Ashgabat/Dushanbe international route was held in Xi'an (pictured on May 5). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui
Uzbek independent analyst Gulshada Urazarieva said that the opening of Xi'an to cities in Central Asian countries is of great significance, which will promote economic and trade exchanges between China and Central Asian countries, and further promote tourism development and people-to-people exchanges.
"We always welcome entrepreneurs from all over the world to come and invest." President Rahmon of Tajikistan said that in the face of common threats and challenges, deepening practical cooperation between Central Asia and China, especially expanding cooperation in a wider range of fields such as industry, energy and trade, will inject a steady stream of vitality into regional economic development and create more jobs.
Take dreams as a bridge and firmly move forward with the confidence to move forward side by side——
In the new era and new journey, China is comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Tourists visit the Xi'an City Wall Scenic Area (photo taken on April 4). Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zou Jingyi)
"We are willing to strengthen exchanges of modernization concepts and practices with Central Asian countries, promote the docking of development strategies, create more opportunities for cooperation, and work together to promote the modernization process of the six countries." President Xi Jinping's speech shows the determination and action to provide new opportunities for the world with China's new development.
Outside the Xi'an International Convention Center, the land of Chang'an in the past is east, and the gushing Ba River flows forward.
Xi'an International Conference Center in Xi'an Chanba Ecological Zone (April 4, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao
Starting from Xi'an again, China and Central Asian countries will ride the boat of cooperation and raise the sails of the times, and will surely ride the wind and waves and forge ahead courageously on the new voyage of building a community with a shared future.
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