Moscow, 5 May (Xinhua) -- Looking forward to working together to create a new situation in Asia-Europe cooperation -- President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Eurasian Economic Forum of the Eurasian Economic Union aroused a warm response

Xinhua News Agency reporter

On May 5, President Xi Jinping was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Second Eurasian Economic Forum of the Eurasian Economic Union by video link and delivered a speech. People from many countries spoke highly of China's important role in promoting regional and world peace and development, believing that President Xi Jinping's speech pointed out a clear direction for China's cooperation with countries in the Asia-Europe region, recognized that the "Belt and Road" is a "happy road" that benefits all countries and the world, and looks forward to working with China to create a new situation in Asia-Europe cooperation.

Share new opportunities for the development of Asia and Europe

The Second Eurasian Economic Forum of the Eurasian Economic Union was held in Moscow, Russia, on May 5-24 with the theme "Eurasian Integration in a Multipolar World". Participants discussed the Eurasian integration agenda, covering topics such as economic and trade cooperation, energy security, digital transformation, technical cooperation, and climate change.

President Xi Jinping stressed in his speech that as a member of the Asia-Europe family, China's development is inseparable from and benefits the Asia-Europe region.

Mankevich, chairman of the Russia-Asia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, who listened to President Xi Jinping's speech at the forum, said that as a business person who has been engaged in regional economic and trade cooperation for a long time, "we can personally feel that China's development has brought great opportunities to countries in Asia and Europe, as evidenced by the fruitful results of the China-Central Asia Summit held in Xi'an, China, on May 5-18, and the visit of Russian Prime Minister Mishustin to China on May 19-5."

"President Xi Jinping's speech shows that China attaches great importance to strengthening cooperation with countries in the Asian and European regions." Kyrgyz political scientist Baktaev said: "Many members of the Eurasian Economic Union are also members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and have close ties with China. China will provide more impetus for the development of the Eurasian Economic Union. ”

Vice Chairman of the Russian Banking Association Pleksin has a personal feeling of China's development and progress. He said he visited China for the first time in 1988 and has visited China regularly for more than 30 years. "China has a broad market and its influence in the international market is constantly increasing. Deepening trade and financial cooperation with China will bring more opportunities for the socio-economic development of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. ”

Lanninga, first vice-chancellor of the Eurasian Economic Community Parliamentary University, said that many Eurasian Economic Union member states hope to cultivate talents with the help of joint education programs with China, which will greatly promote the flow of talents and improve employment, and promote common development.

Pioneering the "Road to Happiness" for the benefit of all countries

President Xi Jinping said in his speech that this year marks the 10th anniversary of my proposal to jointly build the "Belt and Road" initiative. The fundamental starting point and foothold of this initiative is to explore new ways for common development of distant relatives and neighbors, and to open up a "happy road" that benefits all countries and the world. People from countries in the Asian and European regions said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" in the past ten years has achieved fruitful results in the Asia-Europe region and truly benefited the countries and peoples of the region.

Mankević believes that the Belt and Road Initiative has brought rapid economic growth to many countries in Asia and Europe, and these countries are taking practical steps to promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", which has not only achieved very concrete results, but also has broad prospects for the future.

"As President Xi Jinping emphasized, China is working with its distant relatives and neighbors to promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road faster and more effectively." Baktaev said.

Oganyyan, president of Yerevan State University in Armenia, who participated in the Eurasian Economic Forum's science and education sub-forum, looked forward to expanding new ways of cooperation with China in the field of education. Yerevan State University has set up Chinese courses and established good relations with Chinese universities, and can explore teaching cooperation under multilateral mechanisms in the future, he said.

The prospects for cooperation are very broad

President Xi Jinping said in his speech that China is willing to work with the "Belt and Road" co-founders and Eurasian Economic Union member states to continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, share opportunities, overcome difficulties together, create the future together, and work together to write a new chapter of multipolar world civilization and progress.

"Whether starting from the present or focusing on the future, China is an important partner of the Eurasian Economic Union, which is not only reflected in the data of cooperation in various fields, but also in our mutually beneficial cooperation relationship." Dolgov, deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament), said: "It is very important to jointly build the 'Belt and Road' and the construction of the Eurasian Economic Union, and we have very broad prospects for cooperation in trade, industrial cooperation, technological development, new logistics and transportation corridors." ”

Bravlev, director of the Eurasian Institute of the Eurasian Institute of the Eurasian Economic Community Parliamentary University, said that President Xi Jinping's speech has a positive effect on promoting cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union, and the joint projects carried out by the two sides in the fields of science and technology will gain new impetus.

Rector of the Belarusian State University of Economics, who attended the Eurasian Economic Forum, said that when people talk about the results of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of the Eurasian Economic Union, the most important thing is to improve the well-being of the people. "At this point, we see that China's economic construction has achieved great results, and the successful experience of Chinese-style modernization deserves serious study and has been used as a reference by the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union." (Xinhua News Agency, written by Liu Kai; Participating reporters: Chen Ting, Bai Xueqi, Meng Jing, Guan Jianwu, Hua Di, Geng Pengyu, An Xiaomeng, Lu Jinbo)