BRI builds closer people-to-people bonds
By
Ma Xiaoning, People’s Daily
The
2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
(BRF), which opened on April 25 at the China National Convention Center in
Beijing, has sparked lively discussions and reaped fruitful results.
Twelve
sub-forums were held during the 2nd BRF, twice that of the first
forum. The Belt and Road CEO Conference, which was the first time be included
in the BRF, was attended by around 900 representatives from home and abroad and
held nearly 1,000 business matching meetings.
So
far, a number of positive results have been released at the forum, including the
signing of inter-governmental agreements and that on projects between Chinese
and foreign enterprises.
People
have reasons to believe that the 2nd BRF is a successful
one.
The topics for discussion
at the forum ranged from policy coordination, innovation, people-to-people
bond, green development, exchanges between think tanks, and economic and trade
cooperation.
The
participants conveyed a common message that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
has changed the world’s landscape of development since it was initiated 6 years
ago.
As
former Pakistan Prime Minister
Shaukat Aziz expressed, the joint construction of
the BRI, which connects various countries across the world with each
other, is changing people’s views about the development of the world.
With
many developing countries having already benefited from the BRI, the world is
ready to fully embrace this ambitious initiative, said Aziz.
Many
participants expressed that it is the principle of extensive
consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits that makes the
BRI unique, and that the key point of the initiative is that all the endeavors
under its framework aim for shared benefits, so that inclusive economic
development could be achieved and a community with a shared future for mankind could
be built.
The
BRI is a project of the century that came at the moment when people are still
tapping into the potential of the fourth industrial revolution, said Iqbal
Survé, executive chairman of South Africa-based Independent Media, comparing
the con-construction of the Belt and Road, which is proceeding smoothly, to the
fifth industrial revolution.
Africa
is ready for further endeavors under the BRI, Survé said.
During
the forum, many participants talked about how the BRI has helped build
emotional bond around the world. Indeed, the BRI construction featuring
boosting connectivity is not merely aimed at delivering material prosperity and
benefits to the world, but more importantly intensifying people-to-people exchanges and bonds.
With
pragmatic cooperation,
the BRI has created great opportunities for the people along the BRI routes,
forging closer ties among people of different cultural backgrounds.
Over
the past 6 years, the world has given more praise to the BRI, precisely because
the latter has yielded tangible achievements. As facts have explicitly
demonstrated, the construction of the BRI is not only about common prosperity,
but also emotional bond, which is the special charm of the BRI.
Entrepreneurs have business negotiations at the Belt and Road CEO Conference during the 2nd BRF. Photo by Meng Xianglin, People’s Daily
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