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The Yangtze River has created a thousand-year cultural context from the Bashan and Shu River to the Jiangnan water town, and is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and a symbol of Chinese civilization.

——Xi Jinping

This is a great river that has nurtured Chinese civilization.

Starting from the glaciers on the roof of the world, crossing the mountains and valleys, moistening the fertile plains, and rushing thousands of miles into the sea. The Yangtze River not only shaped China's history, but also connects the past and the future in the long river of human civilization, connects the East and the world, and writes a wonderful chapter of "harmony but different, beauty and beauty."

The source of civilization: The endless Yangtze River rolls

When the cuneiform of Mesopotamia solidifies on the pottery plates, rice-farming technology in the Yangtze River Basin has begun to be nurtured. The stone tools on the Longbone Slope, the bone turtle in Hemudu, the painted pottery in Qujialing, and the jade cong at the Liangzhu site... These fragments of civilizations indicate that the Yangtze River, the Nile River, the Mesopotamia Basin, etc., together form the "golden latitude belt" of early human civilization.

From the pottery patterns of Daxi culture to the golden surface of Sanxingdui, from the chisel marks of the Bayu plank road to the eaves of the Jiangnan gardens, from the poetry and songs of the Tang and Song dynasties to the rise of the merchant gangs in the Ming and Qing dynasties, this eastern river has created splendid civilization and has always been a natural link for mutual learning between civilizations.

As early as thousands of years ago, the Yangtze River civilization encountered and blended with Indian, Arab and European civilizations through the Maritime Silk Road. Porcelain, silk, tea and spices weave the earliest global trade network; and Buddhism, Islamic culture and Western technology were also introduced to China along the banks of the Yangtze River. This kind of communication and mutual learning has long been engraved in the blood of Yangtze River civilization.

The new civilization: the light boat has passed thousands of mountains

The Yangtze River flows forever, and civilization will last forever.

Entering the new era, the Yangtze River is not only the link of civilization, but also the backbone of China's high-quality development. The Yangtze River Economic Belt contributes more than 40% of the national economic output with 21% of its land area. This golden waterway connects the brilliant Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, the prosperous middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the booming Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle like silk threads.

From precision manufacturing in Suzhou Industrial Park to Hefei Quantum Communication Laboratory; from chip research and development in Wuhan Optics Valley to Chongqing intelligent connected new energy vehicles, it is accelerating its integration into the global industrial chain. In Chongqing, located at the junction of the "Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the "four-directional channel" connects all directions, and the open hub is full of atmosphere. The new western land-sea channel closely connects the Yangtze River to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and the China-Europe freight train and the Yangtze River freighter run through the river and sea. The majestic mountains and rivers are full of new charms. The "Song of the Yangtze River" in the new era is played magnificently here.

Green waters and green mountains are gold and silver mountains. From the former chemical industry surrounding the river to the reappearance of the river porpoise today, from the ecological consciousness of "jointly protecting and not engaging in large-scale development", to the heroic man who "returning farmland to forests for ten years to ban fishing", the Yangtze River Economic Belt is becoming the main battlefield for China's ecological priority green development, the aorta of domestic and international dual circulation, and the main force leading high-quality economic development. Yangtze River civilization is providing reference-based oriental solutions for global river management, and vividly interpreting the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The wish of civilization: hanging straight on the clouds and sailing across the sea

Diverse civilizations are the true nature of the world. Diversity brings communication, communication breeds integration, and integration produces progress.

---Xi Jinping

Civilization is colorful because of exchanges, and civilization is rich because of mutual learning.

From the Yangtze River to the Nile River, from the Yellow River to the Rhine River, the fusion of civilizations is the most beautiful encounter in the world. These big rivers will eventually merge into the vast ocean of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Just as the Yangtze River accepts every tributary, China has always embraced the world with an open mind. From Zheng He's treasure ship voyage to the West to the cargo ship on the new land-sea channel, the Yangtze River tells us with its eternal rush: Only by crossing the river and sea can civilization be endless; only by working together can mankind reach a farther future. On the journey of the new era, the Yangtze River will carry the wisdom of Chinese civilization and work hand in hand with countries around the world to jointly write a new chapter of a community of shared future for mankind that is mutually beneficial and win-win, people know each other, and civilizations learn from each other!