Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Enters a New Era

3. Jointly build a new platform for international cooperation that conforms to the trend of economic globalization

The construction of the “Belt and Road”, from initiative to action, from concept to practice, from vision to reality, has continuously achieved fruitful results, has become a global public good welcomed by all countries, and has become a process of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and making new progress. As Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out, jointly building the “Belt and Road” is becoming China’s plan to participate in global opening and cooperation, improve the global economic governance system, promote global common development and prosperity, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. “We should focus on jointly building the Belt and Road, work with all parties to build a new platform for international cooperation, and add new impetus to the common development of the world.“1 China will follow the Strategic Plan for the Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road adopted in 2014, the Vision and Actions for Jointly Building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road issued in 2015, and the Maritime Cooperation Vision for the Construction of the Belt and Road in 2017 , focus on key points, intensive cultivation, promote the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” in the direction of high-quality development, and make it a common road of opportunity and prosperity. First, build the Belt and Road into a road of peace. The ancient Silk Road, the rise of the times, the decline of wars. Once “the place of milk and honey”, many places are now synonymous with conflict and crisis. To promote the building of a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind, countries along the Belt and Road need to respect each other’s sovereignty, dignity and territorial integrity, respect each other’s development paths and social systems, respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, and create a security pattern of joint construction and sharing. Especially in view of the characteristics of the security situation in the regions through which the “Belt and Road” passes, China will work with countries along the route to resolve hot spots and adhere to political solutions; Focus on mediation, adhere to fairness and justice, and strive to promote counter-terrorism, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, eliminate poverty and backwardness and social injustice, and contribute to the “Belt and Road”; Build an environment of peace and tranquility.

Second, build the Belt and Road into a road to prosperity. Development is the overall key to solving all problems. China’s promotion of the “Belt and Road” is precisely in view of the characteristics that most countries along the route are developing countries, focusing on the fundamental issue of development, and by redeploying their respective advantageous resources, releasing the development potential of all countries, and realizing great economic integration, development linkage and sharing of achievements. Grasp the industry as the foundation of the economy, promote in-depth industrial cooperation among countries, run economic and trade and industrial cooperation parks, make industrial development plans compatible and promote each other, especially grasp the construction of large projects, strengthen international production capacity and equipment manufacturing cooperation, seize the development of new opportunities of the new industrial revolution, cultivate new business forms, and maintain the vitality of economic growth. Grasp finance, the bloodline of the modern economy, promote all countries to jointly establish a stable, sustainable and risk-controllable financial security system, innovate investment and financing models, promote public-private cooperation, build a diversified financing system and multi-level capital market, develop inclusive finance, and improve the financial service network. In particular, we will seize the trend of a new round of energy structure adjustment and energy technology change, build a global energy Internet, and achieve green and low-carbon development. In addition, China will work with countries along the Belt and Road to improve the construction of cross-regional logistics networks. Third, build the “Belt and Road” into an open road. Openness leads to progress, closure leads to backwardness. China promotes the construction of the “Belt and Road” with openness as the guide, works with countries along the route to build an open cooperation platform, maintain and develop an open world economy, and create an environment conducive to open development; promote the construction of a fair, reasonable and transparent system of international economic, trade and investment rules, promote the orderly flow of production factors, efficient allocation of resources and deep market integration; jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system, promote the construction of free trade areas, further promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and solve the imbalance of economic growth and development, governance dilemmas, Digital divide, distribution gap and other issues; help developing countries better integrate into and benefit from global value chains, industrial chains and supply chains. At the same time, China supports countries to actively develop an open economy in light of their own national conditions, participate in regional and global governance, jointly create more public goods, and work together to build a broad community of interests.

Fourth, build the “Belt and Road” into a road of innovation. Innovation is an important force for development. The construction of the “Belt and Road” itself is an initiative, and to do a good job in the construction of the “Belt and Road”, we must also seek impetus for innovation. While China adheres to innovation-driven development,

Strive to work with countries along the Belt and Road to conform to the development trend of the fourth industrial revolution, jointly grasp the opportunities of digital, networked and intelligent development, jointly explore new technologies, new formats and new models, explore new growth drivers and development paths, strengthen cooperation in frontier fields such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computers, etc., promote the construction of big data, cloud computing and smart cities, and build a digital Silk Road and innovative Silk Road in the 21st century. We will continue to implement the “Belt and Road” action plan for science and technology innovation, and work with all parties to promote the four major measures of scientific and technological people-to-people exchanges, joint construction of joint laboratories, cooperation in science and technology parks, and technology transfer; promote the deep integration of science and technology with industry and science and technology with finance, optimize the innovation environment, and gather innovation resources; Create entrepreneurial spaces and entrepreneurial workshops for young people from all over the world in the Internet era, and realize the youthful dreams of the future generation. At the same time, China will work with countries along the Belt and Road to formulate the Green Investment Principles of the Belt and Road, work together to build a “Green Silk Road”, jointly implement the new concept of green development, and advocate green, low-carbon, circular and Sustainable production and lifestyle, strengthen ecological and environmental protection cooperation, build ecological civilization, and jointly achieve the 2030 sustainable development goals.

Fifth, build the “Belt and Road” into a road of civilization. “The friendship between countries lies in the affinity of the people, and the affinity of the people lies in the common heart.” China is committed to working with other countries to promote exchanges and mutual learning among other countries, taking into account the rich and diverse characteristics of religions and civilizations along the “Belt and Road”, so as to enhance mutual understanding, mutual respect and mutual trust, and make cooperation more inclusive; Make the foundation of cooperation more solid; promote the establishment of a multi-level humanities cooperation mechanism, build more cooperation platforms, open up more cooperation channels, and deepen exchanges; Promote educational cooperation, expand the scale of mutual exchange of international students, improve the level of cooperation in running schools, and continue to implement the “Silk Road”; Chinese Government Scholarship Program, running “Chinese Bridge” summer camp for young students and other activities; Promote the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” International Think Tank Cooperation Committee, News Cooperation Alliance and other mechanisms, and jointly build the “Intellectual Silk Road”; promote innovative culture, sports, In the field of health, we will actively carry out practical projects, promote the good use of historical and cultural heritage, jointly create tourism products with Silk Road characteristics and do a good job in heritage protection, and hold the “Belt and Road” Youth Creativity and Heritage Forum.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought, China’s foreign affairs work has made all-round historic achievements, greatly enhanced China’s international influence, appeal and shaping power, created a peaceful international environment and a good surrounding environment for China’s development, improved China’s ability and level to participate in global governance, and won the strategic initiative for China’s development in the international arena. Practice has proved the greatness of Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thought.

Facing the future, China in the new era will deeply practice Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought, firmly grasp the main line of serving national rejuvenation and promoting human progress, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, strive to create a new situation in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and create better external conditions for the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.