The President's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

"China is willing to deepen the 'the Belt and Road' cooperative partnership with all parties, promote the joint construction of the 'the Belt and Road' to enter a new stage of high-quality development, and make unremitting efforts to realize the modernization of all countries in the world."

On October 18, the opening ceremony of the third the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photographed by Li Xin, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency

From scratch, thriving and achieving fruitful results

"Jointly building the 'the Belt and Road' initiative has become a popular international project and large cooperation platform, and has made great achievements for all to see."

At the opening ceremony, President Tokayev of Kazakhstan spoke in Chinese, bringing everyone's thoughts back to the autumn of 10 years ago.

In the past 10 years, the "the Belt and Road" international cooperation has flourished from scratch and achieved fruitful results.

In Greece, the port of Piraeus is bustling with bridges and cranes.   It also provides assistance for promoting the integrated development of aviation and trade in the "Silk Road Maritime Transport" port.

On July 10th, the large container ship "Oriental Piraeus" arrived at the Greek port of Piraeus. Shen Jizhong 

Kelvin from Tanzania is a water project quality inspection engineer who has worked at China Civil Engineering Group East Africa Co., Ltd. for 6 years. The water supply project built by Chinese companies has improved the local water use situation and significantly reduced water prices.

"I not only learned business knowledge in Chinese companies, but also met many Chinese friends." Kelvin said that the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" focuses on poverty eradication, employment increase, improving people's livelihood, and creates more development opportunities for developing countries.

On June 13th, in Misongwe, Mwanza Province, Tanzania, Kelvin and his colleagues connected the water pipe and won applause and cheers from local residents. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen

On October 17th, the heads of state of China and Indonesia unveiled the official opening and operation of the Yawan high-speed railway in Beijing. Chen Yun, Chairman of China Railway Corporation, said that the high-quality promotion of the "the Belt and Road" construction will give China's high-speed railway a "wing" to the sea. Over the past decade, from the increasingly busy China Europe train to the overseas infrastructure projects that China has participated in, it has greatly promoted economic integration and cultural exchanges among countries.

On October 17th, on an overpass in Bandung, Indonesia, Chinese and Indonesian employees of China Railway Electrification Bureau, one of the construction units of the Yawan High Speed Railway, waved the flags of China and Indonesia and cheered at a distant Yawan High Speed Railway high-speed multiple unit train (drone photo). Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Qin

Ou Xiaoli, secretary-general of the "the Belt and Road" High Quality Development Academic Forum, said that 10 years of practice has proved that through the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", the international community can find a practical path and implementation plan that transcends ideological differences, social system differences, geopolitical interests disputes, development level gaps, and a community of shared destiny.  

Utilize valuable experience to create a better future

"During the COVID-19, China and we worked together and took concrete actions to help us gradually recover from the difficulties." Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said that the practice of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" has proved that countries should adopt a cooperative attitude and work together to meet challenges.

UN Secretary General Guterres said that the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" initiative can promote the economic sustainability of developing countries and enhance environmental sustainability. "We must find ways to promote economic growth, create decent jobs, transform energy systems and promote sustainable development. The the Belt and Road Initiative can provide these opportunities."

On September 18th, at the Wujie Third Storage Yard of Tianjin Port, staff inspected a China Europe (Central Asia) train before shipment. Photographed by Zhao Zishuo, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency

KPMG China and Asia Pacific Chairman Tao Kuangchun said.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi said that Africa was once a source of raw materials and is now fully tapping into its own potential and development capabilities. The joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation project has brought infrastructure development to Africa, created a large number of employment opportunities, improved people's living standards, and injected impetus into the economic development of the African continent.

  It is an important path to jointly achieve modernization with other countries through practical actions.

Eight actions to support high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road"

China will provide broader market opportunities for global investors, including countries that jointly build the "the Belt and Road", deepen industrial chain supply chain cooperation with investors from all countries, and jointly build an open world economy.

We will expand market access for digital products, deepen reform in state-owned enterprises, the digital economy, intellectual property rights, government procurement and other fields. China will hold the "Global Digital Trade Expo" every year... Focusing on the development of the digital economy, a series of measures will paint a new picture of a win-win era of cooperation.

Luan Jie, the preparatory group of national data bureaus, said that the next step would be to actively compare the international high standard digital rules, deepen the reform in the field of digital economy, strengthen the policy convergence and experience exchange with countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road", promote multi-level exchanges and cooperation among cities, enterprises, scientific research institutes, etc., and strive to promote digital infrastructure, digital industry development, digital transformation We will create a number of iconic projects and "small and beautiful" cooperation projects in the fields of digital literacy and skill enhancement, enabling more countries to achieve industrial upgrading and unleash development momentum through the development of the digital economy, and promote the construction of a more open, inclusive, and inclusive digital silk road.

"One click of a button can span the distance between different continents, which is an endless opportunity brought by the digital era." Kenyan President Ruto said that to bridge the digital divide and meet the vision of the digital economy, we must have a solid infrastructure foundation. Cooperation under the "the Belt and Road" framework will better enhance Africa's economic vitality.

China National Development Bank and Export Import Bank of China will each set up 350 billion yuan financing windows, and the the Silk Road Fund will add 80 billion yuan of new capital; China will implement 1000 small-scale livelihood assistance projects; Carry out 100000 training sessions for partner countries by 2030; Hold the first "the Belt and Road" Science and Technology Exchange Conference, and expand the number of joint laboratories jointly built with all parties to 100 in the next five years; Holding the "Liangzhu Forum" and establishing the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance... a series of practical measures demonstrate China's firm determination to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" in high quality.

Open innovation has always been an important force in promoting development. Nie Xiaowei, assistant executive director of the secretariat of the the Belt and Road International Association of Scientific Organizations and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, said that in the future, we should further understand the scientific and technological innovation trend of co building countries, promote scientific and technological cooperation on common problems and problems, promote the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements in co building countries, and promote the deepening and implementation of scientific and technological innovation and cooperation on the the Belt and Road.

Starting from a new historical starting point, the joint construction of the the Belt and Road will be more innovative and dynamic, more open and inclusive, and open a new window of opportunity for China and the world.

Over the past 10 years, a series of major infrastructure and livelihood projects have been built, creating "power expressways" that span thousands of mountains and rivers. Song Hailiang, Chairman of China Energy Construction Group Co., Ltd., said that in the future, we will closely focus on "innovation, green, digital intelligence, and integration", so that green energy and digital economy can bring more benefits to the co construction of the country.

On September 30, 2022, at the Rio converter station of the Meishan UHV transmission project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the operation and maintenance supervisor (center) of the converter station of State Grid Brazil Control Company had a conversation with Brazilian personnel. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Tiancong

Xie Monil, President of the Cambodian Cambodian China Relations Development Association, said that people to people connectivity is the social foundation for the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", playing an "invisible but very important role". In the future, it is necessary to further strengthen cultural exchanges between countries and countries. We believe that the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance will further promote the development of Southeast Asian countries' tourism industry

"The initiative of jointly building the the Belt and Road has continued to play a positive role, and anti-corruption must be involved in every stage of the work." The Director General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, Gada Wali, said that building a clean road would provide a strong guarantee for promoting the higher quality development of jointly building the the Belt and Road.

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