High-quality Joint Construction Of The "Belt And Road" To Expand New Space For Win-win Development
High-quality Joint Construction Of The "Belt And Road" To Expand New Space For Win-win Development
High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" to expand new space for win-win development
【Abstract】What is pursuing development, advocating win-win, and conveying hope. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" provides an effective paradigm for global governance. Its principles, concepts, ideas and spirit are fully in line with the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction and sharing, and can practice true multilateralism, greatly promote the democratization of international relations and build a new type of international relations, and expand global partnerships. It will help expand the convergence point with the interests of countries around the world, promote coordination and benign interaction between major powers, deepen friendship, trust and integration of interests with neighboring countries, safeguard the common interests of developing countries, and promote global governance to move towards a more just and reasonable direction.
[Keywords] "Belt and Road" Multilateral civilization mutual learning [China Picture Classification Number] F125 [Document Identification Code] A
Standing at the height of the future and destiny of mankind, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a high-quality decision to jointly build the "Belt and Road" based on the overall trend of development and changes in China and the world, which has become a major innovation in major power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era, a major innovation in the theory and practice of Chinese modernization, a distinctive manifestation of the outstanding peace of Chinese civilization in the new era, and an important platform for my country to implement all-round opening up under new historical conditions and an important platform for mutual benefit and win-win"①. It conforms to the requirements of the times and the desire of all countries to accelerate development, provides a huge inclusive development platform, with a profound historical origin and a humanistic foundation, and can combine the rapidly developing Chinese economy with the interests of the country.
The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" provides mankind with a new idea of common prosperity and development, and deeply reflects General Secretary Xi Jinping's original contribution to the building of a practical platform for a community with a shared future for mankind. "The Belt and Road Initiative is a plan for common prosperity and development full of Oriental wisdom that China has provided for the world with a valuable inspiration left by the ancient Silk Road, focusing on the common dream of people of all countries' pursuit of peace and development." Over the past decade, "Construction of the Belt and Road" has adapted to the inherent requirements of the reform of the global governance system, demonstrated the sense of a community of shared future of solidarity and shared rights and responsibilities, and provided new ideas and solutions for improving the reform of the global governance system." The high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road has achieved brilliant achievements that have attracted worldwide attention and are widely welcomed by the international community, and has unique and milestone significance in the world history process of human society.
High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" gives the ancient Silk Road a new era connotation
Why did General Secretary Xi Jinping propose to jointly build the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and jointly build the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road"? In a series of speeches and speeches, he profoundly explained the great historical value and modern significance of the ancient Silk Road, which is a great wealth left to us by history. The Belt and Road Initiative evokes historical memories of countries along the route. The Silk Road in ancient times was a trade road and a friendship road. "In history, the land Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road are major channels for economic, trade and cultural exchanges between my country and Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, East Africa, and Europe. The 'Belt and Road' initiative is the inheritance and enhancement of the ancient Silk Road"②, promoting the thousand-year-old ancient Silk Road to rejuvenate new vitality in the new era.
More than 2,100 years ago, in 138 and 119 BC, Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty made two missions to the Western Regions, thus opening up a Silk Road that spans the east and west and connects Europe and Asia. Zhang Qian's actions were praised by the great historian Sima Qian as "draining the air". From then on, the Asia-Europe trade channel leading to the Western Regions of the Central Plains was opened, and Chinese silk, porcelain, lacquerware and ironware were spread to Europe and North Africa along the ancient Silk Road, and the "Western Regions" pepper, flax, spices, alfalfa, sesame, grapes, and pomegranates were also spread to China along the ancient Silk Road. Nowadays, countless ten-ton ocean freighters cross the waves between the oceans every day, but as early as the Western Han Dynasty, China's fleet arrived in India and Sri Lanka. The "silk" at that time was exchanged for local glass, pearls and other items. The Tang Dynasty was a very open dynasty in Chinese history, and all-round foreign exchanges created economic prosperity and cultural prosperity in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, there were more than 70 countries with good friends with China, and envoys, merchants and international students from all over the country gathered in Chang'an. Travelers such as Du Huan from the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties in China, Marco Polo from Italy, and Ibn Baitutai from Morocco left historical legends on the land and sea Silk Road. In the early 15th century, Zheng He voyaged the West seven times in the Ming Dynasty, and visited many countries on Southeast Asia and the east coast of Africa. He became the pioneer of the world's ocean-going navigation, earlier than Columbus' sailing. It should be emphasized that there are essential differences in the behavior, nature and motivation of Zheng He's voyage to the West and Columbus' discovery of the New World. For thousands of years, on this ancient Silk Road, people of all countries have jointly written a friendly chapter that has been passed down through the ages. The history of exchanges over two thousand years has proved that as long as we adhere to unity, mutual trust, equality, mutual benefit, inclusiveness, mutual learning, and win-win cooperation, countries of different races, different beliefs and different cultural backgrounds can share peace and develop together. This is a valuable inspiration left to us by the ancient Silk Road.
Zhang Qian opened a channel connecting the East and the West, but the one who named this legendary channel connecting the East and the West "Silk Road" was the modern German geographer Li Xihofen. He was previously famous for his many names such as "Porcelain Road" and "Tea Ceremony". The ancient Silk Road experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes and achieved thousands of years of glory. "The construction of the Belt and Road Initiative is rooted in history, but is facing the future. The ancient Silk Road embodies the pursuit of a better life by our ancestors, promotes the interconnection of countries in the Eurasian continent, promotes exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations, and makes significant contributions to the development and progress of human civilization. We can completely draw wisdom and strength from the ancient Silk Road, promote cooperation in the spirit of peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit and win-win Silk Road, and jointly open up a brighter prospect."③ Although the naming right of the "Silk Road" is not in China, "porcelain" and "tea", especially "silk", are "famous brands" in Chinese history. China uses the ancient Silk Road to declare the connectivity and cooperation between contemporary China and Europe, which has a sense of historical depth and historical compatibility. Central Asia is where the ancient Silk Road passes through, and plays a role in communicating Eastern and Western civilizations and promoting mutual exchanges and cooperation between different ethnic groups and cultures. The ancient Silk Road is famous in history. In the era of globalization, countries are increasingly close in contact. "The ancient Silk Road is increasingly full of vitality, and it continues to push China's mutually beneficial cooperation with Eurasian countries to a new historical height in a new form." ④ "Under the new historical conditions, we proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, which is to inherit and carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road, combine our country's development with the development of countries along the route, combine the Chinese Dream with the dreams of people of all countries along the route, and give the ancient Silk Road a new era connotation." ⑤
High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is the inheritance and innovation carrier for mutual learning between human civilization
The ancient Silk Road was not only a road of commerce, but also a road of exchange and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited the Louvre in France and the Palace Museum in China. Both places contain millions of artistic treasures. What attracts people's attention is the diverse civilization achievements it shows. General Secretary Xi Jinping's perception is that we cannot only be satisfied with appreciating exquisite objects and artistic expressions, but we should also appreciate the humanistic spirit contained in it and make the spirit contained in it liven up. "Civilization exchanges and mutual learning should not be based on respecting a certain civilization or derogating a certain civilization." General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited many places in the world, visited Chichen Itza, which represents the ancient Mayan civilization, also visited Samarkand, the ancient Central Asian city with a strong Islamic civilization, the Luxor Temple in Egypt, Sentosa in Singapore, the Wat Phra Temple in Bangkok in Thailand, and the Acropolis in Greece. One of his favorite things to do is to understand the different civilizations of the five continents, understand the differences and uniqueness of these civilizations from other civilizations, and understand the world outlook, outlook on life, and values of the people living in these civilizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To understand the true meaning of various civilizations, we must uphold an equal and humble attitude. If we treat a civilization condescendingly, we will not only not understand the mystery of this civilization, but also be incompatible with it. History and reality show that arrogance and prejudice are the biggest obstacles to the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations." ⑥
After the end of the Cold War, China continued to develop friendship and cooperative relations with Europe and Europe and Asia. "We hope to work with European friends to build a bridge of friendship and cooperation on the Eurasian continent. We must work together to build four bridges of peace, growth, reform and civilization, and build a more globally influential China-Europe comprehensive strategic partnership." ⑦ General Secretary Xi Jinping made a very interesting metaphor when talking about the exchange of civilizations between East and West. Just as the Chinese like tea and the Belgian like beer, the implicit and restrained tea and the enthusiastic and unrestrained wine represent two different ways to taste life and interpret the world. However, tea and wine are not incompatible. You can drink a thousand cups of wine when you meet your close friend, and you can also taste tea and taste life. Confucian culture originated in China and was praised by European thinkers such as Leibniz and Voltaire. Therefore, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to build a "bridge for common prosperity of civilization" and "connect China, an important representative of Eastern civilization, with Europe, the birthplace of Western civilization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping believes that: "Only by exchanges and mutual learning can a civilization be full of vitality. As long as you uphold the spirit of inclusiveness, there will be no "civilization conflict" and civilization harmony can be achieved." ⑧ He advocates civilized tolerance, "prevent extremist forces and ideas from creating fault lines between different civilizations" ⑨. Chinese civilization is the only civilization in the world that has not been interrupted and has been continuing to this day in the form of a country, with a history of more than 5,000 years. Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace. The Chinese civilization produced on the land of China has experienced a historical process of continuous exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. During the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese culture spread far and wide, and other cultures were also introduced to China. China's four major inventions and silkworm breeding technology were spread to Europe and North Africa, contributing wisdom to the invention and creation of modern European science and technology. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, European knowledge of astronomy, medicine, mathematics, geometry and geography gradually came to China. It can be seen that Chinese civilization is an open system formed through continuous exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations.
Buddhism originated in India gradually integrates with Chinese Confucian culture and Taoist culture through two-way interactions between spreading to China and actively seeking scriptures, becoming a Buddhist culture with Chinese characteristics. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism interpret the inclusiveness and strong inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. Buddhism has had a profound impact on the Chinese in various aspects such as religious beliefs, philosophical concepts, literature and art, etiquette and customs. The story of Tang Monk's pursuit of scriptures from the West vividly demonstrates the tenacious qualities of Chinese culture being open and inclusive and good at absorbing extraterritorial culture. Islam was introduced into China and gradually spread, forming a situation of "Israel and Confucianism". "In the long history, such as the Yellow River and Yangtze River Basin, the Indus and Ganges Basin, the Euphrates and Tigris Basin, and Southeast Asia, have nurtured many ancient civilizations, which complement each other and have made important contributions to the progress of human civilization." ⑩
The East and the West have jointly created a field of exchange for mankind with the help of the ancient Silk Road, promoting exchanges and mutual learning among all kinds of civilizations in Asia and Europe. President Xi Jinping has used a large number of arguments to prove the historical value and contemporary significance of the ancient Silk Road in many international occasions, and has refined the "Silk Road Spirit", which reflects: camel caravans and kindness rather than war horses and spears; treasure ships and friendship rather than strong ships and sharp cannons. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The ancient Silk Road spans the Nile River Basin, the Tigris River and the Euphrates River Basin, the Indus River and Ganges River Basin, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River Basin, the Egyptian civilization, the Babylonian civilization, the Indian civilization, the Chinese civilization, the gathering places of Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic believers, and the settlements of people of different countries and colors. Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Samarkand, Ancient cities such as Baghdad and Constantinople, and ancient ports in Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Beihai, Colombo, Jeddah, Alexandria, etc. are the "living fossils" that record this history. Civilization develops in openness, and nations coexist in integration. "⑪" Major cities such as Almaty, Samarkand, and Chang'an, as well as good ports such as Sur Port and Guangzhou are prosperous, and ancient countries such as Rome, Aries, and Kushan are thriving, and the Han and Tang Dynasties of China usher in a prosperous era."⑫
High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is a practical platform for promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind
In the era of globalization, mankind has become an interdependent and indivisible community of shared future. General Secretary Xi Jinping judged the situation, grasped the laws and evolution trends of human development, and put forward the original concepts and ideas of building a "community of shared future for mankind". "In this world, the degree of interconnectedness and interdependence among countries has deepened unprecedentedly. Human beings live in the same global village, living in the same time and space where history and reality converge, and are increasingly becoming a community of shared future where you have me and I have you." ⑬ General Secretary Xi Jinping also regards the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as a practical platform for promoting the construction of a community of shared future for mankind, so that the "community of shared future for mankind" has an effective carrier to transform from ideas to reality.
In 2013, President Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of "community of interests", namely "building a community of interests that win-win" in his speech at the Moscow Institute of International Relations. On October 24, 2013, at the neighboring diplomatic work symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed: "Let the sense of community with a shared future take root in neighboring countries." ⑭ At the fourth summit of the Measures for the Asian Mutual Cooperation and Confidence Measures Conference in 2014, President Xi Jinping said that Asian countries have integrated interests and shared safety and dangers, and are increasingly becoming a community of shared future where one prospers and one loses. In 2015, President Xi Jinping said that through the Asian Community of Shared Future, we will promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. In 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when presiding over the 31st collective study of the 18th Central Political Bureau: "Strive to build a community of interests, a community of responsibility, and a community of shared future."⑮On May 15, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping at the first meeting of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee: "The construction of the 'Belt and Road' is an important practical platform for us to promote the construction of a community of shared future for mankind."⑯Later, the concept of "a community of shared future" was continuously sublimated from the juxtaposition of a community of interests and a community of responsible, and condensed into building a "community of shared future for mankind", so that it has the connotation of the times that pays attention to the destiny of mankind and the major and urgent needs to solve problems in the world. Since then, General Secretary Xi Jinping has successively proposed the concepts of building a health cooperative partnership, a community with a shared future in cyberspace, a community with a shared future in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a community with a shared future in the China-Central Asia, a bilateral community with a shared future, a community with a shared future in the surrounding community with a shared future and an Asian community with a shared future. The concept of "a community with a shared future for mankind" has been widely recognized by many international organizations and countries such as the United Nations.
It should be seen that peace and development are the common aspirations of all mankind, but this task is far from being completed. The challenges faced by mankind are emerging one after another and risks are increasing. Global climate warming, nuclear weapons are the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over humans. Terrorism around the world has repeatedly become a real threat. The world economy is in a long time sluggish, and the gap between the rich and the poor and the gap between the north and the south are becoming increasingly prominent, etc. All of these are related to the destiny of all mankind, and building a community with a shared future for mankind is the need and requirement of the times.
The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is a practical platform for building a community with a shared future for mankind, and its concepts and spirit are fully in line with the "community with a shared future for mankind". "The Belt and Road Initiative is open, a vast 'circle of friends' that travels through Africa and connects Asia and Europe. All countries who are interested can add to the 'circle of friends'. The Belt and Road Initiative is diverse, covering various areas of cooperation, and the forms of cooperation can also be diverse. The Belt and Road Initiative is win-win, and all countries participate together, follow the principle of consultation, joint construction and sharing, and achieve common development and prosperity. This road is not a private path for one side, but a sunny road for everyone to move forward together."⑰This shows that the common destiny of mankind is jointly grasped by mankind, not controlled by a superpower.
The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has made great achievements as a practical platform for building a community with a shared future for mankind. The field of cooperation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has been continuously expanded, the scope of cooperation has been continuously expanded, and the level of cooperation has been continuously improved. The international appeal, influence and cohesion have been continuously enhanced, and major achievements have been made, and China has made contributions to enhancing the friendship between building a country and promoting the economic and social development of building a country. The "Belt and Road" cooperation extends from the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America. More than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road", held the three "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, and established multilateral cooperation platforms in more than 20 professional fields. The 3rd Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum in 2023 has produced 458 results. "The 10-year process proves that the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative is on the right side of history, in line with the logic of the progress of the times, and is following the right path in the world." ⑱
Chinese-style modernization is a great practice in the process of world modernization. Chinese-style modernization not only has extremely important practical significance to China, but also has extremely important world significance. Chinese-style modernization is inseparable from the process of world modernization. "China is comprehensively promoting the great cause of strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization. What we pursue is not China's modernization alone, but we look forward to working with all countries, including the vast number of developing countries to achieve modernization together. World modernization should be the modernization of peaceful development, the modernization of mutually beneficial cooperation, and the modernization of common prosperity." "China is willing to deepen the Belt and Road Cooperation Partnership with all parties, promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative into a new stage of high-quality development, and make unremitting efforts to realize the modernization of all countries in the world." ⑲
High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is an innovative international cooperation model
The initiative to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality originated from General Secretary Xi Jinping's observation and thinking on the world situation. The world today is in the midst of great development, great changes and great adjustments. Deep-level contradictions have accumulated for a long time and have not been effectively resolved. In the face of global challenges, it is difficult for a single country to survive and cannot solve the problems faced by the world. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2023, President Xi Jinping concluded: "The original intention of putting forward this initiative is to learn from the ancient Silk Road, take connectivity as the main line, strengthen policy communication, facility connectivity, smooth trade, financial and people-to-people connection with other countries, inject new impetus into world economic growth, open up new space for global development, and create a new platform for international economic cooperation." ⑳ From this we can see that based on the accurate grasp and judgment of the general trend of world development, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative responds to global challenges, which has great practical significance and international cooperation value.
The "Belt and Road" contains rich philosophical value connotations and modern human consensus. Consultation, joint construction and sharing, openness, greenness and integrity, and high standards to benefit people's livelihood and sustainability have become an important guiding principle for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
First, "Connect": policy communication, road connectivity, smooth trade, currency circulation, and people-to-people communication are the five basic dimensions of the "Belt and Road" initiative that need to be strengthened. "Hard Unicom", "Soft Unicom" and "Heart Unicom" are concise summary of this "five-connection" dimension. Although countries in today's world live in the same "global village", Cold War thinking, harming neighbors, weaponizing economic rules - unilateral strong sanctions, various protectionism, "high walls and small courtyards" / "building walls and building bases", "decoupling and breaking chains" and the United States' forced tariffs on the world have greatly hindered normal exchanges between countries, resulting in a sluggish global economic development and frequent crises. "Use" is targeted, which is to solve the above-mentioned problems. If it is not "proper" it will "pain", so the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" aims to solve the "pain" and "pain" disease in the world we live in. The "Five Connections" can turn the "land-locked country" into "land-unit alliance", and can eliminate various development obstacles that are believed to be set; it can make world peace more secure. Interconnection is the pursuit of human society, and interconnection is the trinity of infrastructure, systems and regulations, and personnel exchanges. "This is a comprehensive, three-dimensional, network-like connection, and an open system with vitality and collective efforts." This determines that there is no way out for closure and openness to develop. How to solve the risk of fragmented regional economic cooperation? How to seek new growth momentum in the post-international financial crisis? How to solve the financing bottlenecks facing the construction of interconnection? The answer given by General Secretary Xi Jinping is to create a comprehensive interconnection pattern, because interconnection is a road under the feet, a road of rules, and a road of soul. Countries are needed to work hard to reduce the "on-border" and "post-border" barriers that restrict the flow of factors and promote cross-border connectivity.
Second, "Common": High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" adheres to the principle of consultation, joint construction and sharing. These three "commons" reflect the entire process of development of things, that is, everyone's affairs are discussed and done, and not one has the final say; everyone's affairs are done together, not one has to do it alone; everyone has to share things together, and the results are not exclusive to one. If "open" solves the problem of "blocking" and "blocking", then "common" solves the problem of "independence" and "unilateral". The principle of consultation, joint construction and sharing is the essential manifestation of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". The construction of the "Belt and Road" spans different regions, different development stages, and different civilizations. It is an open and inclusive cooperation platform and a global public product jointly created by all parties. It focuses on the Eurasian continent and is open to all like-minded friends, and is not ruled out or targeted at any party. The Belt and Road Initiative connects the Asia-Pacific Economic Circle and the European Economic Circle. China and Europe cooperate with Europe with the goal of building a large Asia-Europe market, combining China-Europe cooperation with the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt, making China and the EU the dual engines of world economic growth. Win-win cooperation is the basic idea of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", establishing a new concept of win-win and win-win, abandoning the old thinking of you winning and losing, taking into account the interests of other parties when pursuing their own interests, China does not seek political spheres of influence, adheres to the correct view of justice and interests, and grasps the greatest common divisor of development, so that more countries can catch the fast train of our country's development. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is not a solo by China, but a chorus of jointly building the country.
The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" provides an effective paradigm for global governance. Its principles, concepts, ideas and spirit are fully in line with the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction and sharing, and can practice true multilateralism, greatly promote the democratization of international relations and build a new type of international relations, and expand global partnerships. It will help expand the convergence point with the interests of countries around the world, promote coordination and benign interaction between major powers, deepen friendship, trust and integration of interests with neighboring countries, safeguard the common interests of developing countries, and promote global governance to move towards a more just and reasonable direction.
The "Belt and Road" and connectivity are closely integrated and complement each other. General Secretary Xi Jinping compared the relationship between the "Belt and Road" and interconnectedness to the relationship between the two wings that took off in Asia and its blood vessels and meridians. The Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway, China-Laos Railway, Asia-Djibouti Railway, Hungary-Serbia-Ukraine Railway, China-Djibouti Railway, Gwadar Port, Piraeus Port, Qiankai Port, etc. have become major landmark projects for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Economic corridors such as China-Pakistan, China-Mongolia-Russia, and New Asia-Europe Continental Bridge are progressing smoothly, and a three-dimensional interconnection pattern of land, sea and sky network has been initially formed. Infrastructure is the cornerstone of interconnection. The joint construction of the country can give full play to its respective advantages to integrate into the global supply chain and industrial chain, and form an interconnection network based on major channels such as China-Europe Express and new land-sea channels and information expressways as the skeleton, and rely on railways, ports, pipelines, etc.
Together, create a new space for win-win development of the "Belt and Road" with higher level, more resilient and more sustainable
The Belt and Road Initiative has achieved world-renowned glorious achievements in more than ten years. What should I do in the future and where to go? On December 2, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Fourth Symposium on the Construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, making comprehensive arrangements for promoting the high-quality development of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the current and future period, guiding the direction for promoting the high-quality development of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the next ten years, planning a blueprint, and providing fundamental guidance. General Secretary Xi Jinping made a judgment on the current and future international situation, believing that the world has entered a new period of turbulent and change, and its challenging problems are: first, unilateralism and protectionism have risen significantly; second, local conflicts and turmoil are frequent. "In the current severe and complex international environment, opportunities and challenges of promoting the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative coexist, but overall opportunities outweigh challenges." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his speech on "correctly handling the relationship between enhancing the sense of gain of the joint construction country and adhering to the favorable relationship of ours." This is a very important idea. In the future, China will enhance the "sense of gain" of the joint construction country under the conditions of "benefiting to me" and effectively guarantee the security of our overseas interests. General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has entered a new stage of high-quality development. In the future, we will take the eight actions of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" with high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as the guide, take connectivity as the main line, do a good job in the "four combinations" and "three coordinations", improve the mechanism for promoting the "Belt and Road" to build the "Belt and Road" with high-quality joint construction, and continuously expand new space for win-win development with higher levels, more resilient and more sustainable.
"Four combinations": First, adhere to the combination of high-quality development and high-level safety. High-quality development must be guaranteed by high-level security. In the current extremely complex and changeable international environment, to promote the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", we must properly respond to various risks and challenges and effectively overcome the impact of geopolitical conflicts. Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the India-Pakistan conflict, and the United States imposes tariffs on the world, it is even more important to evaluate risks, avoid risks and eliminate risks as important aspects to maintain high-quality security for jointly building the "Belt and Road". Second, adhere to the combination of government guidance and market operation. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" must be based on the basis of the market economy, strictly abide by market rules, act in accordance with the laws of the market economy, and give full play to the role of the "invisible hand". The government cannot oversteer the market for administrative non-market operations, nor can it be absent. The government's role in guiding, serving and supervising is very necessary, and the "visible hand" must also play a role. The "visible hand" and the "invisible hand" should be combined. Third, combine scientific layout and dynamic optimization. Layout and planning are generally static and are made based on relatively stable information, but the international trend is changing rapidly, which requires layout and planning. It must be adjusted, modified and improved according to the changing situation to conform to the actual situation. The layout focuses on science, and dynamic grasping is about optimization and size control. Fourth, the combination of quantitative growth and qualitative improvement. It is impossible to build the "Belt and Road" with high-quality "absorption" without "quantity" in the process of cooperation, but it is even more undesirable to pay too much attention to "quantity" and despise the "quality" of the cooperation process. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" must focus on promoting the improvement of the "quality" cooperation on the basis of a certain amount of growth to reflect the "high-quality" nature.
"Three Coordination": First, coordinate the deepening of the "hard connectivity" of infrastructure, the "soft connectivity" of rules and standards, and the "heart connectivity" of people in the country. The core content of jointly building the "Belt and Road" is to promote infrastructure construction and connectivity, but we must also focus on promoting the "soft connectivity" of rules and standards. In the process of promoting the "Belt and Road", infrastructure is often encountered, but due to problems such as "rules and standards", the infrastructure has been delayed or inadequately used, resulting in inefficiency and economic losses. The biggest success of the China-Europe freight train is that without substantial improvement and transformation of infrastructure, the "rules and standards" between the founding of the Communist Party and eliminated the hindrance factors of its "rules and standards", and the efficiency of the China-Europe freight train has been greatly improved and the economic benefits have also been greatly improved. But whether it is "hard connectivity" or "soft connectivity", we must take "heart connectivity" as our goal. Only the "Belt and Road" can bring real benefits to the people of the co-built country, adhere to the concept of openness, green and honesty, pursue the goal of high standards to benefit people's livelihood, form more cooperative results that gather people's hearts, and launch more people's livelihood projects that benefit local people, so as to enhance the sense of gain of the people of the co-built country; only when the cultural exchanges with the co-built country are very smooth, the degree of mutual trust is very high, and the high-quality co-built "Belt and Road" can we go deeper and more practical. Second, coordinate the construction of major landmark projects and "small but beautiful" people's livelihood projects. Improving the livelihood and welfare of all countries is a golden measure. In the future, we must not only manage and maintain landmark projects such as the China-Laos Railway and the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway, and build the China-Kyrgyz-Ukraine Railway, but also focus on promoting "small and beautiful" people's livelihood projects such as Luban Workshop and mushroom grass technology to benefit the people of the country jointly built, so that they can truly feel that the "Belt and Road" is not in the video, but is around them. Third, coordinate and consolidate cooperation in traditional fields and steadily expand cooperation in emerging fields. While consolidating cooperation in traditional fields, the founding of the country should also pay attention to a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution. At present, the wave of digital economy and sharing economy is surging around the world, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum science are constantly making major breakthroughs. High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" requires efforts to promote in-depth cooperation in emerging fields on the basis of consolidating cooperation in traditional fields.
Focus on promoting the construction of the "Belt and Road" mechanism for high-quality joint construction. Improve the coordinated management mechanism for the cooperation planning of the "Belt and Road" jointly, improve the coordination and promotion mechanism of "hard connectivity", "soft connectivity" and "heart connectivity", improve the pragmatic cooperation mechanism of the industrial chain and supply chain, improve the international exchange and cooperation mechanism in emerging fields, improve the diversified guarantee mechanism for investment and financing, improve the internal and external coordination mechanism for risk prevention and control, improve the overseas interest protection mechanism, improve the high-level international communication mechanism, and improve the cooperation mechanism on the honest Silk Road. Use mature and efficient mechanisms to ensure the steady and long-term development of the "Belt and Road" with high-quality joint construction. In short, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" should focus on cultivating a number of well-known and substantial cooperative brands, forming more exemplary and leading major achievements, and making greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
【Note】
①⑤⑮ "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" (Volume 2), Beijing: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 2017, pages 500, pages 500-501, pages 503.
②③④⑥⑨⑩⑫⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳㉑《Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road Initiative”, Beijing: Central Documents Press, 2023, pages 40, pages 179, pages 2, pages 14, pages 15, pages 31, pages 59, pages 164, pages 164, pages 202, pages 73, pages 349, pages 351, pages 347, pages 44.
⑦⑬⑭ "Xi Jinping: Governance of the Country", Beijing: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 2014, pages 282, pages 272, pages 297.