Regional cooperation is an important support and foundation for jointly building the "Belt and Road", and jointly building the "Belt and Road" also provides a strong driving force and platform for regional cooperation. The two complement each other and promote each other, which has effectively promoted the economic development, social progress and improvement of people's livelihood of jointly building the country. On September 17, the "Belt and Road" Regional Cooperation Forum was held in Kunming. The forum focused on the theme of "land and sea meet together to develop together", and exchanged and discussed the new situations, new opportunities and new challenges facing the "Belt and Road" regional cooperation, and contributed to deepening regional cooperation and promoting high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Xiaozhi shares with you the exciting views of the big names.

2025 "Belt and Road" Regional Cooperation Forum

Infrastructure and products achieve "hard connectivity"

"Hard Unicom" is the practical basis for jointly building the "Belt and Road" and is the bloodline connecting the economies of various countries. China has always regarded infrastructure construction as a key area of ​​cooperation, and has continuously promoted the improvement of regional connectivity level through a series of major projects. Sun Weidong, Secretary-General of the China-Central Asia Mechanism, pointed out that China and Central Asian countries are actively developing international transportation and logistics channels to achieve the upgrade of "hub to hub", and continue to empower the construction of China-Europe freight trains by channel-leading logistics and logistics gathering industries, playing an important role in ensuring the stability and smooth flow of the global industrial chain and supply chain.

Sun Weidong, Secretary-General of China-Central Asia Mechanism

Wang Pinghua, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the China-Laos Railway Blueberry Express Cold Chain Special Train has achieved "cloud flowers" picking in the morning and exporting in the afternoon, and consumers in Bangkok, Thailand can receive roses from Yunnan in 48 hours. Fresh Yunnan pomegranates can reach Vientiane, Laos in 26 hours via the China-Laos Railway Blueberry Express. Specialty agricultural products such as cloud flowers and cloud fruits are introduced to the global market, becoming a vivid and beautiful business card for the world to understand Yunnan.

Khalid Albarhalli, general manager of the Morocco News Media Group, stressed that in 2018, China carried out billions of infrastructure projects in Algeria, and in Morocco, Chinese companies have invested more than $10 billion in electric vehicle battery manufacturing. China can become an economic supporter and a helper for improving people's livelihood in many countries.

Khalid Albarhalli, General Manager of the Moroccan News Media Group

Platform rules and trade cooperation achieve "soft connectivity"

With the deepening development of economic globalization, the important role of rules and standards in improving the level of openness, smoothing investment and financing channels, and facilitating economic and trade exchanges is becoming increasingly prominent. The increasingly sound "soft connectivity" has built a bridge of interconnection between rules and standards among countries, and has strongly supported the process of jointly building the country's economic and social construction.

Fu Lei, executive vice minister of the Propaganda Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China, pointed out that Inner Mongolia actively holds the China-Mongolia Expo, the World Mongolian Business Conference, and the National Opening of Economic and Trade Negotiation Conference to the North. Every year, foreign-invested enterprises actively participate in the Consumer Expo, the CIIE, the Silk Road Week and other activities. The circle of friends continues to expand and trade cooperation continues to deepen.

Li Yi, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce, said that Yunnan provides free online malls for the five Mekong countries, with convenient trade, logistics and customs clearance for market procurement, allowing friends from neighboring countries to share opportunities in China's consumption market and explore new space for trade cooperation.

Wang Guangjun, member of the Standing Committee of the Chengmai County Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department of the County Party Committee, pointed out that Chengmai is building a service system for enterprises to go overseas and building a comprehensive service platform for enterprises to go overseas. It only takes one day for enterprises to register a company, and there are also successful cases in which enterprises only take 75 hours from signing a contract to obtaining land to completing construction procedures. A good business environment allows enterprises to go overseas and "out of the circle" in Chengmai.

Cultural exchange and cultural identity achieve "heart-to-heart connectivity"

The friendship between a country lies in the people's relationship, and the relationship between a people lies in the mutual understanding of the heart. Over the past 12 years, we have jointly built the country to inherit and carry forward the spirit of friendly cooperation on the Silk Road, widely carried out cultural tourism cooperation, education exchanges, media and think tank cooperation, folk exchanges, etc., promoted mutual learning and cultural integration and innovation, and the "heart connectivity" of mutual help continues to deepen.

Liu Ying, member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Yuhang District Party Committee, pointed out that Yuhang has held a series of high-level international cultural exchange activities this year, promoted the construction of the Liangzhu Cultural Corridor with high standards, and relied on the national foreign cultural trade base to promote the "new three" of culture to the world. This year, the revenue of large-scale cultural enterprises in the region has exceeded 200 billion in half a year, with a growth rate of more than 8%.

Gao Yalan, member of the Party Committee of Shaanxi Xifeng Wine Factory Group Co., Ltd. and deputy general manager of Shaanxi Xifeng Wine Co., Ltd., said that the company has developed a product sequence that adapts to local tastes in response to the consumption habits and cultural characteristics of different regional markets. It not only maintains the traditional characteristics of Xifeng Wine, but also incorporates local cultural elements. By organizing art exhibitions such as Qin Opera and Huayin Laoqu, overseas consumers can taste fine wine and feel the charm of Chinese civilization.

Gomez, vice president of Cuba Latin America News Agency, emphasized that the "Belt and Road" initiative promoted by China, as well as the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and the recently proposed global governance initiative, are of great significance to promoting mutual learning and communication and dialogue between civilizations.