Belt and Road Initiative sets example for world
By
Khalid Rahman (Pakistan)
I have visited more than 10 Chinese cities in
my nearly 30 trips to China. I liked interacting with the local communities
every time I arrived in a new place, during which I was deeply impressed by the
elements of inclusiveness and harmony contained in Chinese culture while
maintaining diversity. Such inclusiveness and harmony are reflected in every
aspect, including China’s interaction with the world.
Over the past 40-plus years, China has made
incredible accomplishments in the economic arena. At the same time it witnessed
comprehensive and historical changes in the society, with advances being made
in every field.
With increasing comprehensive national
strength, the country is playing a more important role in regional and
international affairs. Belt and Road initiative is a reflection of Chinese
willingness to share development opportunities with the world, which indicates
the confidence and sense of responsibility of a major country.
In my opinion, inclusiveness and harmony are
the essence of Chinese wisdom. They not only serve as a cultural factor that
propels China’s social advances and development, but also are a reason for the
popularity of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in many countries. People of
insight across the world, envisioned by the BRI, are aware that global
challenges require all the people to seek shared development by treating each
other as equals, beefing up coordination and making good use of resources. The
BRI, which encourages all countries to realize peaceful co-existence and common
development through more inclusive and harmonious cooperation, sets a great
example for the world. By proposing the BRI and building of a community with a
shared future for mankind, China has contributed new solutions to global
governance by following a principle of mutual benefit and win-win result.
Harmony and development are complementary to
each other in Chinese philosophy. The BRI underlines the inseparable
relationship between national and regional development, in a belief that every country makes contribution to regional
stability by its own development, and in turn, regional stability will provide
guarantee for the economic and social development of individual countries, as
well as the mutually beneficial cooperation among them. During the past five
years, the BRI has started improving the connectivity among the countries along
the route, and thus bringing closer the people from different countries and
regions. It will be facilitating win-win economic and trade cooperation, and
will also be creating substantial opportunities for progress in more developing
countries.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is
a very good testimony. As an important pivot linking the land and maritime silk
roads, the CPEC has reaped abundant harvests. A batch of infrastructure
projects have facilitated the life of Pakistani residents after they were completed
and put into operation. The construction of the CPEC has also increased the
connectivity between Pakistan and the region, and in a long run, it will fully
unleash the economic potential of the region and boost their trade.
Indeed, the BRI is making tangible
contribution to regional prosperity and stability.
(Khalid Rahman is Executive President at
Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad. The article is compiled by People’s
Daily reporter Ding Xuezhen based on an interview with Rahman.)
The
first 1,000 tons of asphalt produced by Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical
Company is being loaded in Meishan Port Area of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo,
Zhejiang province on February 12, 2018. The asphalt will be shipped to Pakistan
for the construction of the superhighway connecting the country’s southern
port city of Karachi with northwestern city Peshawar. It is the
first highway along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: People’s Daily Online
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