The achievements of China's joint construction of the "Belt and Road" with neighboring countries are solid and heavy

Recently, in Bandung, Indonesia, a high-speed railway comprehensive inspection vehicle drove in the Yawan high-speed railway test section (drone photo). Photo by Jiao Hongtao (Xinhua News Agency)

Indonesia's Yawan high-speed railway was successfully put into trial operation, Cambodia's Golden-Port Expressway was opened, China-Laos Railway Freight Station was fully opened, and the first 4F-class runway and modern water flight terminal were opened at Velana Airport in the Maldives... Recently, a large number of key projects of the "Belt and Road" jointly built by China and neighboring countries with high quality have "blossomed in an all-round way", making positive progress, adding another vivid example to the deepening of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between China and neighboring countries.

The results are real

Recently, during the G20 Bali Summit, the Yawan high-speed railway in Indonesia under construction was successfully put into trial operation. As a landmark project of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the construction achievements of the Yawan high-speed railway were unveiled, allowing the world to once again witness the "Chinese speed" of high-standard construction.

Recently, there is still a lot of good news about China's strengthening of connectivity with neighboring countries. During the visit of Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, China and Vietnam agreed to accelerate the negotiation and signing of cooperation plans between the two governments to promote the "Belt and Road" initiative and the "two corridors and one circle" framework. Under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China and Pakistan will accelerate projects such as the upgrading of the Gwadar Port No. 1 railway trunk line. At the meeting of the China-Singapore bilateral cooperation mechanism, China and Singapore announced the important achievements in the field of connectivity, and agreed to further deepen strategic docking and jointly promote the construction of a new land-sea corridor.

At the same time, a large number of key projects jointly promoted by China and neighboring countries have "blossomed".

In September, the power generation ceremony of the Shelek wind power project, jointly invested and developed by PowerChina and Kazakhstan's Samluk Energy Company, was held as scheduled. After the project is put into operation, the average annual on-grid power generation can reach 230 million kWh.

According to Chinese customs statistics, since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, the total value of international freight has exceeded 10 billion yuan, and the role of the golden corridor has continued to be prominent, and it has increasingly become an accelerator of regional connectivity and a new engine of economic cooperation.

"China has repeatedly said that it welcomes neighboring countries to take the 'express' and 'free ride' of China's development, so that China's development achievements can benefit more neighboring countries. Driven by the strong willingness of China and neighboring countries to cooperate, the Belt and Road Initiative has achieved many tangible results in China's neighboring countries in recent years. Especially in the field of infrastructure, a number of important projects have been completed on schedule, producing positive economic and social effects. In addition, China and neighboring countries have also carried out cooperation in education, medical care, agriculture, water resources and other fields, reflecting the characteristics of multiple fields and all-round. Xie Laihui, executive director of the "Belt and Road" research office of the Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed.

"The successful trial operation of the Yawan high-speed railway has allowed all countries to see a vivid example of jointly building the 'Belt and Road'." Liu Zhiqin, senior researcher of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Chinese Minmin University, pointed out to this newspaper that China and neighboring countries are connected by mountains and rivers, geographically close and close to each other, and have a deep foundation of friendship, which is an important reason why the "Belt and Road" has continuously achieved new results. In recent years, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has been widely supported and supported by China's neighboring countries, which are also the most direct beneficiaries.

Stimulates endogenous force

It is reported that the Yawan high-speed railway will be completed and opened to traffic in 2023, becoming the first high-speed railway in Indonesia and even Southeast Asia. After the opening of the train, the travel time between Jakarta and Bandung will be shortened from more than 3 hours to 40 minutes, which will greatly improve the local traffic situation and enhance the level of regional connectivity.

"China has made positive progress in building important cooperation projects along the Belt and Road with neighboring countries, which will play a very positive role in promoting the economic and social development of the countries where the projects are located. Taking ASEAN as an example, China is ASEAN's largest trading partner and largest export destination. ASEAN is now also China's largest trading partner. As the Belt and Road cooperation helps ASEAN improve its level of connectivity, ASEAN countries can more conveniently enjoy the dividends brought by China's economic growth and benefit more directly from the open Chinese market." The same is true of the five Central Asian countries, the high-quality promotion of the 'Belt and Road' construction, so that these countries are more deeply integrated into the global industrial chain supply chain value chain. Xie Laihui said.

In September, the relevant departments of China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway Construction Project (Inner Section of Kyrgyzstan). In October, the survey of the key plan of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway and the surveying and mapping along the line were completed, and other work such as geological exploration was advancing in an orderly manner according to the established work plan.

Kyrgyz President Sadr Zaparov said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" will create opportunities for the development of Central Asia and build the region into a transcontinental transportation hub connecting the east, west, south and north. "Under the framework of cooperation in jointly building the 'Belt and Road', promoting the implementation of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine railway construction project will become an important measure to fully release the potential of regional transit transportation."

"By jointly building the Belt and Road, China helps neighboring countries to stimulate endogenous growth momentum." Song Wei, a professor at the School of International Relations of Beijing Foreign Chinese University, said that when China cooperates with developing countries, including neighboring countries, it always adheres to the concept of sincerity and sincerity and the correct concept of righteousness and interests. In the selection of projects, we insist on basing ourselves on the development needs of the country where the project is located, and sincerely provide support and assistance. In terms of cooperation results, we will actively promote implementation, have commitment and take action. In addition to infrastructure projects, when cooperating with neighboring countries, China also pays great attention to the areas of people's livelihood, such as poverty reduction, environmental protection, medical care, disaster prevention, etc., and promotes a large number of projects that benefit the local people's livelihood. In addition, the Belt and Road Initiative opposes closed exclusivity. In the process of promoting relevant cooperation projects, China is full of sincerity, focuses on development cooperation, practices the concept of win-win cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, consults on an equal footing, and promotes relevant cooperation to achieve complementary advantages.

"The landing of a key cooperation project will drive the development of local warehousing, logistics, transportation and other aspects, and can also cultivate hundreds of related enterprises and production chains, supply chains, and consumption chains, which will play an important role in the development of the country where the project is located." Liu Zhiqin pointed out that China has achieved fruitful results in jointly building the "Belt and Road" with neighboring countries, injecting more confidence and vitality into the development of neighboring countries, and further enhancing the attractiveness and vitality of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Higher motivation

"In the future, with the deepening of the joint construction of the Belt and Road, China and neighboring countries will have more space for cooperation in green and low-carbon, digital economy, human resources development and other fields." Xie Laihui analyzed that how China can jointly build the "Green Silk Road" with neighboring countries and drive neighboring countries to embark on the road of green and low-carbon development through its own ecological civilization construction is a hot spot for the international community. At the same time, the world is experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, and countries are hoping to catch up with a new wave of technological innovation. Neighboring countries are accelerating the cultivation of new industries, new formats and new models of the digital economy. China can not only provide technical support to neighboring countries, but also carry out more cooperation in the field of digital economy governance. In addition, by providing various types of vocational training, China helps neighboring countries cultivate a large number of high-skilled talents, so that the demographic dividend of these countries becomes a new driving force for economic growth, which is also an important direction of cooperation between China and neighboring countries to jointly build the "Belt and Road" in the future.

Song Wei believes that on the basis of "hard connectivity", in the future, China will strengthen the sharing of experience in governance with neighboring countries under the framework of jointly building the "Belt and Road", help neighboring countries improve their macroeconomic governance capabilities and improve the business environment, and at the same time integrate the development aspirations of developing countries, including neighboring countries, to promote the development of global economic governance in a fairer, just and more reasonable direction.

Neighboring countries have expressed positive intentions to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with China and further strengthen cooperation.

Thai Ambassador to China Attayu Xisam recently said that the "Thailand 4.0" development strategy and China's "Belt and Road" initiative can be integrated with each other, and China has good experience in science and technology, innovation, high-speed rail construction and talent training. As a developing country, Thailand needs to learn from China's experience.

"China adheres to mutual respect, win-win cooperation, treats its neighbors as good neighbors and partners, and promotes the construction of a community with a shared future among its neighbors with concrete actions, which has won the welcome and trust of neighboring countries." It is worth noting that China's cooperation with neighboring countries is focused, helping these countries to make up for the shortcomings in the development process, and also making the results of 'all-round flowering' cooperation more sustainable." Liu Zhiqin said.

Source: Overseas.com