Science and Technology Daily Chengdu, June 11 (Reporter Liu Yin) On the 11th, the second "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Ministers' Meeting was held in Chengdu, Sichuan. Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun presided over the meeting, and Vice Minister Chen Jiachang introduced the relevant contents of the Chengdu Declaration on Jointly Building the Belt and Road Innovative Community of Science and Technology on behalf of China.

Yin Hejun said that President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the first "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Exchange Conference, emphasizing that scientific and technological cooperation is an important part of the cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road" and pointed out the direction for further deepening the "Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation. Yin Hejun said that China has always adhered to open science and technology cooperation to benefit mankind, and has proposed the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Initiative" and the "Open Science International Cooperation Initiative" to the international community, giving full play to the role of platforms such as jointly building the "Belt and Road", and working with countries around the world to create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory international scientific and technological development environment, and jointly respond to global challenges such as climate change, food security, and energy security. The Chinese government has signed intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation agreements with more than 80 countries jointly built the "Belt and Road" and launched the construction of more than 70 "Belt and Road" joint laboratories and 10 international technology transfer centers, actively carried out scientific and technological cultural exchanges and scientific and technological park cooperation actions, organized and implemented special cooperation plans such as sustainable development technology, spatial information technology, scientific and technological poverty reduction, innovation and entrepreneurship, and injected a steady stream of innovation impetus into the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

Yin Hejun said that China will always uphold the concept of openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and sharing of international science and technology cooperation, work with all parties to continuously deepen the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation cooperation, jointly carry out joint research in cutting-edge fields, weave a tight innovation partnership network, promote technology transfer and innovation and entrepreneurship, launch special cooperation plans in the fields of artificial intelligence, traditional Chinese medicine, etc., jointly implement the international large scientific plan, promote the improvement of the global science and technology governance system, and work together to build an innovation-driven, open and inclusive, common prosperity, fairness, fairness, and universal sustainable "Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation community, so that scientific and technological innovation can better empower the joint construction of the country's economic and social development.

The ministers of science and technology innovation from various countries attended the meeting focused on exploring new potential and new paradigms of scientific and technological cooperation, building a "Belt and Road" science and technology innovation community, and exchanged extensive opinions on issues such as deepening exchanges and cooperation in key areas such as artificial intelligence, spatial information, green and low-carbon, and life and health, and improving the global science and technology governance system. Everyone agreed that international scientific and technological cooperation is the key path to achieving global scientific and technological progress and lasting prosperity of civilization. All parties attending the meeting will jointly embark on a new journey of scientific and technological innovation cooperation with a more open attitude and mind, and more pragmatic measures and actions.

The 2nd Belt and Road Ministers' Meeting of Science and Technology Innovation is hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology and is one of the important activities of the 2nd Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference.