The "Belt and Road" is not just a key, but a "'a string' key to common development". It can be connected with different countries and different national conditions and provide different win-win, multi-win and win-win cooperation plans

Egyptian female workers who witnessed the rise of the China-Egypt Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, Kazakh girl who has "has a deep relationship with China" from studying abroad to employment, and Sri Lankan engineers who develop wind power and energy with Chinese colleagues... In the past few days, a large-scale documentary filmed over a year, spanning four continents, with a cumulative journey of 200,000 kilometers - "The Belt and Road" was popular on CCTV Comprehensive Channel. The real and historically rich light and shadow scenes, the ordinary but vivid life of ordinary people, outline a colorful Silk Road picture for the audience, and inspire simple emotional resonance.

Some scholars have pointed out, "What kind of people are most suitable to tell the Belt and Road story? They should be those who are on the road every day, always suffer from jet lag, always change the water and soil, constantly find ideas, and are always stinging, but are often moved." Indeed, whether it is the employees of corporates who have gone abroad and measured the land with their steps, or the Chinese and overseas Chinese who are well versed in the local society, many people have touching stories. Telling their flesh-and-blood experiences can indeed pluck the softest string in people's hearts. However, the stories are not just Chinese people who "go out", but the local people have a more personal and deeper feeling about the changes in their hometown. Pull the camera closer and observe the real changes brought to life by the "Belt and Road" from the perspective of ordinary people along the route. It is vivid and three-dimensional, and is also more convincing than any preaching. This is also an important reason why the documentary won so much high decibel applause as soon as it was aired.

Documentaries are condensed space and time. One by one, one by one, not only records touching moments from multiple angles, but also concentrates on the glory and dreams of the 4.4 billion people of the countries along the route. As the commentary in the film says: "The long-standing Silk Road is full of not only the memory of the exchanges of economic, cultural and civilization in the past in the East and West, but also the seal of real development." Over the past three years, the "Belt and Road" has brought "the sun-like luster" to the development of countries along the route. The third episode of the documentary tells a story where there is a little girl in the mountainous area of ​​northern Pakistan. Because of insufficient electricity in the local area, she often has power outages at night, and the place where she goes to school is far away from home. Every time she runs home after school, just to finish her homework before dark. Now, not far from her hometown, a giant hydropower station built by Chinese enterprises and local governments is about to be completed, and the dark night will soon be illuminated by the light. "The construction of the Belt and Road Initiative is not an empty slogan, but a visible and tangible practical measure that will bring tangible benefits to regional countries." The stories that are being staged along the Belt and Road Initiative vividly interpret this conclusion.

People often say that one key opens the lock. In fact, as the documentary shows, the "Belt and Road" is not just a key, but a "'a string' key to common development". It can be connected with different countries and different national conditions and provide different win-win, multi-win and win-win cooperation solutions. From the "China-Europe Express" full of cargo running from Chongqing to the hinterland of the Eurasian continent and the Baltic coast, to the Shahristan tunnel that enabled Tajikistan to achieve "true unity between the north and the south"; from the Colombo South Port Terminal, which recreates the glory of history by the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean", to the Minsk Zhongbei Industrial Park, which fosters huge business opportunities and potential, there are all indisputable facts: the "Belt and Road" pursues the great fortune of blooming flowers, not the small profit that stands out. This is why some people sigh, "Great countries should participate in great causes, and the Belt and Road Initiative is a truly great and historical cause."

Behind the story is actually the guidance of thought. Napoleon has a famous saying, "There are two kinds of powers in the world: sharp swords and thoughts; in the long run, sharp swords are always defeated by thoughts." Abandoning the old thinking of zero-sum games, you and you lose, and I win, and pursuing more balanced and universal common development. The new concept shown by the "Belt and Road" initiative - building a community with a shared future is the idea that can defeat the sword. When the "Belt and Road" goes from splashing ink to fine brushwork and fine brushwork, and when countries along the route emphasize that they are unwilling to miss "China's opportunities" in their future voyage, even former US Secretary of State Kissinger sincerely praised: the globalized Chinese governors "try to guide the direction and build a new, powerful and peaceful force in the international community."

"Will this world be good?" When the ancient Silk Road burst out with tenacious vitality and strong pulses, we believe that we can find the answers to the questions from these Silk Road stories.

"People's Daily" (Page 05, September 9, 2016)