In 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping pioneered the initiative to jointly build the "Belt and Road". The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" insists on consultation, joint construction and sharing, crosses the differences in different civilizations, cultures, social systems, and development stages, opens up new paths for exchanges among countries, builds a new framework for international cooperation, and brings together the greatest common divisor of common development of mankind.

"Co-construction of the Belt and Road" has not only developed China, but also benefited the world. In a world with increasing uncertainty and unstable factors, the contemporary value and world significance of the joint construction of the Belt and Road initiative are becoming increasingly prominent." Wu Hongliang, director of the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in the "High-quality Development Story Collection" column of the People's Daily that jointly building the Belt and Road will follow the trend, win the hearts of the people, benefit people's livelihood, and benefit the world.

——The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has become the world's largest, most extensive and most influential international economic cooperation platform.

"The joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative" focuses on the construction of economic corridors and international channels, and project cooperation as the carrier to basically form an integrated interconnection pattern of land, sea and sky network." Wu Hongliang gave an example. The China-Europe Express has become a flagship project and iconic brand for jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, and has achieved the "acceleration" of cooperation.

"The China-Europe Express is like a 'logistics Internet', making Asia-Europe trade more convenient." Su Lu, general manager of Xi'an Tiedakant International Logistics Co., Ltd., said in an interview with a reporter from People's Daily. Sulu is from Kazakhstan. In 2021, she chose to root her career in Xi'an, an important hub city of the China-Europe Express. "We are an international company focusing on cross-border container logistics in Asia and Europe. The number of China-Europe trains has increased and stable operation. It has reshape the logistics logic of Asia-Europe trade with only one-quarter of the cost of air freight and two-thirds faster than sea freight. China-Europe freight trains are the key help for my business development."

"Now, there is a China-Europe freight train arrives or departs every 80 minutes, which is 20 minutes shorter than last year. Our core indicators such as operation volume, freight volume, and heavy container rate have always ranked first in the country." Qi Chao, deputy director of the multimodal transport department of the Freight Department of the Xi'an Bureau of the National Railway, said.

China has signed cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road" with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations. The initiative to jointly build the "Belt and Road" is deeply connected with the development strategies of multiple countries, and establish a multi-level, multi-platform and multi-subject communication channel.

Wu Hongliang said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" takes the "heart connectivity" of the people of the country as an important foundation, continues to improve cooperation platforms in the fields of culture, tourism, education, etc., support people's exchanges, and form a multi-interaction and a blooming exchange pattern. At the same time, cooperation in new fields is steadily advancing. my country and its partners adapt to the new global development trends and actively build new platforms for multilateral and bilateral cooperation in the fields of green and innovation.

——The initiative to jointly build the "Belt and Road" has embodied valuable Chinese wisdom.

In Wu Hongliang's view, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative adheres to peace, highlights openness, practices equality, and emphasizes mutual benefit, which embodies valuable Chinese wisdom. "What we pursue development, advocate win-win, and convey hope."

Finance and Finance is an important support for jointly building the "Belt and Road". In 2024, the contract will be signed for the Oasis project group energy storage project tendered by the South African government and undertaken by China Power Construction. After the project is completed, the energy storage scale will reach 1,000 megawatt hours, which can meet the daily electricity needs of 100,000 households.

Shen Hua, general manager of the trade and finance department of the Johannesburg Branch of Bank of China, said that for a long time, it was almost impossible for Chinese-funded enterprises to participate in energy projects like South Africa. But this time, the situation changed.

"China Power Construction was selected as the contractor, which is largely due to the solid financial guarantee provided by Bank of China." Shen Hua said that, as the credit guarantor, Bank of China issued a letter of guarantee to the owners that comply with South African market practices to guarantee China Power Construction's performance. This move not only helps enterprises break through the entry threshold, ensures that the contractor can successfully obtain advance payments and promote project construction, but also helps owners avoid risks, while enhancing the professional image of Chinese companies in international projects.

Every fund is a "booster" and "lubricant" for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation between China and South Korea, and contributes to the docking of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative with South Africa's "Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan". "This project will light up the lights of thousands of homes for the 'Rainbow Country'," said Shen Hua.

——The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" not only developed China, but also benefited the world.

Over the past decade, the "Belt and Road" initiative has brought tangible benefits to the joint construction of countries, added new vitality to the global economy, provided new solutions to improve global governance, and gathered civilized power for the progress of human society. Wu Hongliang said that in a world with increasing uncertainty and instability, the contemporary value and world significance of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative are becoming increasingly prominent.

The small mushroom grass has become a "happy grass" and "rich grass" that crosses national borders; the "Bright Tour" free medical consultation has allowed eye diseases patients in countries that jointly build the "Belt and Road" to see the light again; Gambian farmer Musa crossed 12,000 kilometers, holding hybrid rice produced in Africa, and presented it to Academician Yuan Longping's tomb... A batch of projects jointly build the "Belt and Road" are down-to-earth and gathering people's hearts.

The Thai Luban Workshop was established in 2016 by the Ayutthaya Technical College and the Tianjin Bohai Vocational and Technical College. It is the first Luban Workshop outside China. To date, more than 2,000 technical and skilled talents have been trained for Thailand and more than 460 Thai students have been supported to study in China.

Huang Keying, a Thai teacher who teaches at the Bohai Vocational and Technical College in Tianjin, introduced that international students who graduated from the Luban Workshop have both mastered advanced technical skills and were able to speak Chinese, which is very "popular" in the employment market, and many people choose to find jobs in Chinese-funded enterprises in Thailand. Their salary is generally higher than the average level of local higher vocational graduates. "This directly improves the economic situation of students and their families, and is an embodiment of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative to improve people's livelihood and well-being," said Huang Keying.

Looking forward, we must take the eight actions to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality as a guide, comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of pragmatic cooperation, deepen institutionalized and systematic construction, and promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" to move forward steadily and for a long-term way.

Wu Hongliang said that from the "physical connectivity" of infrastructure to the "institutional resonance" of rules and standards, to the "emotional resonance" deep in the hearts of the people, China will continue to strengthen itself while integrating into the development of the world and promote world progress with its own development. China is willing to work with all parties to always stand on the right side of history and human progress, make the "Belt and Road" a happy road to benefit the world, and make greater contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. (People's Daily reporter Wu Chengliang Cui Yue)