Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 3: Creating the Next Golden Decade of the “the Belt and Road” Initiative
At the fourth symposium on the construction of the Belt and Road, General Secretary Xi Jinping made comprehensive arrangements for promoting the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative in the current and future periods, providing important guidance and direction for the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the next decade.
Since the pioneering initiative of jointly building the “the Belt and Road” in 2013, China has always adhered to the principle of jointly building and sharing. It has signed cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations to jointly build the “the Belt and Road”, and comprehensively promote policy communication, facilities connectivity, smooth trade, financial integration, and people to people connectivity. Over the past 11 years, the cooperation field of the joint construction of the “the Belt and Road” has been expanding, the scope of cooperation has been expanding, and the level of cooperation has been rising. It has become the world’s most extensive and largest international cooperation platform. It has made great achievements in practical and profound ways, and has drawn a magnificent picture of connecting the world, beauty and common.
In recent years, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with unilateralism and protectionism on the rise, and local conflicts and turbulence occurring frequently. In this context, it is particularly crucial to seize opportunities, respond to challenges, and seek benefits while avoiding harm. At this symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward a series of new requirements such as “four combinations” and “three overall plans” to promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, providing strategic ideas and guidance for the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative under the new situation, demonstrating China’s determination and confidence to expand high-level opening up to the outside world and promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
To promote the high-quality co construction of the “the Belt and Road”, we need to focus on the mechanism construction and improvement. From the “freehand brushwork” of planning and layout to the “meticulous brushwork” of intensive work, today, the joint construction of the “the Belt and Road” has entered a new stage of high-quality development. We must focus on promoting systematic and institutionalized cooperation, and continue to improve the top-level design, formulate practical measures, deepen foreign cooperation, and constantly expand new space for win-win development at a higher level, more resilient and more sustainable from the aspects of cooperation planning and overall management mechanism, “hard connectivity”, “soft connectivity”, and “heart connectivity” coordinated promotion mechanism, industrial chain supply chain practical cooperation mechanism, and international exchange and cooperation mechanism in emerging fields.
Looking forward to the future, we must always uphold the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win results, adhere to the blueprint to the end, work one after another, pay close attention to implementation, and work hard for a long time to create the next golden decade of jointly building the “the Belt and Road”, and contribute to promoting common development of the world and building a community with a shared future for mankind.