Opens the map of the world and the two millennium silk roads are beautiful and rising。
On the northern front, zhang zhang zhang travelled westward from xi'an, china, across the highland canyon, across the desert basin, deep into the interior of central asia and across europe, and on the southern route, along the strait of malacca, across the indian ocean to the atlantic coast。
Turning away from the memoirs of history, longing for the passage of the millennium silk road, the glorious history of a thousand-year-old silk road, and the enlightened and dedicated footprints of the chinese nation are on the trajectory of years。
We are the witnesses of the years of civilization on this millennium-long road across east and west civilizationCultural exchangeBut all this belongs to the past, to the remembrance。
Under the new coordinates of the time and space of the twenty-first century, is there still the present and even the future of the ancient silk road, and can it redisperse the spirit of cooperation and sharing? The answer is yes。
From the asia-pacific economic circle to the east, across asia-africa, west into the european economic circle"away along"The big picture rolls are going on。
Over 60 countries, 4. 4 billion people, 21 trillion regional economies; from china to central asia, from africa to europe; from infrastructure to energy development, from industrial to financial cooperation this is an economic, cultural and scientific cooperation that goes beyond the broader, deeper, more multidimensional context of trade。
The ancient trade routes that passed through the millennium were once again fully activated, while china was using its wisdom and creativity to create new ideas for global connectivity。
A win-win “china programme”
In retrospect, the land-and-sea silk road was the “national path” of trade and cultural exchanges between china and central asia, west asia, south asia, south-east asia, east africa, europe。
At the moment, with the multipolarization of the world, the globalization of the economy, cultural diversity and the informationization of society, human society is increasingly moving towards a community of destinies that is at risk and in solidarity with one another. Particularly in the context of the current slow recovery of the global economy, the strengthening of regional cooperation has become an important driving force for world economic development and, more importantly, an important development trend。
For more than 30 years, the external economic situation has changed significantly. After a long period of rapid growth, china's economy has been characterized by overcapacity in some sectors and a steady rise in the external dependence of energy resources, which is clearly not adapted to current socio-economic developments。
Since its eighteenth anniversary, china's economic development has entered a phase of transformation and escalation. Today, “reform” has moved into deep water, and “open” requires a higher threshold。
China has always advocated peaceful development, but it needs to be “expressed” in its actions to prove that it is on a path of peaceful development. It is precisely a test of china's wisdom to deal with the relations between china and its neighbours after a good development。
Against this background, the “one way forward” strategy emerged。
The "one way forward" is a combination of the economic belts of the silk road and the "sea silk road in the 21st century" and is a major initiative of national president xi jinping during his visits to central and south-east asian countries in september and october 2013。
In march 2015, the vision and actions for advancing the economic belt of the silk road and the maritime silk road in the 21st century (known as “the vision and action”) were officially launched, resulting in a blueprint for the “one way forward”. China has spent a great deal of effort and energy building this huge “circle of friends” covering more than 60 countries in asia and europe。
Building a “one-way path” will be based on the concept of peaceful cooperation, openness, tolerance, mutual learning and mutual benefit, with policy communication, facilities connectivity, free trade, capital and finance, and a “five-way” of people-to-people solidarity as the main elements, and will promote practical cooperation on all fronts, creating a community of interests for political mutual trust, economic integration, cultural inclusion, responsibility and destiny。
The “across the road” runs across the continent of asia and africa, with an active east asian economic circle, a developed european economic circle and, in the middle, a hinterland with great development potential。
In the direction of cooperation, there are three main economic zones of the silk road: china through central asia, russia to europe (baltic sea), china through central asia, west asia to the persian gulf, the mediterranean, china to south-east asia, south asia and the indian ocean; and maritime silk road in the 21st century. There are two main directions of cooperation, from china's coastal ports across the south china sea to the indian ocean and to europe, and from china's coastal ports to the south china sea to the south pacific。
At the same time, the "across the road" will build the international communityEconomic cooperationCorridor. On land, international economic cooperation corridors such as the new asia-europe continental bridge, the central asia-west asia, the china-central asia-china-south china peninsula are built on international corridors, supported by central cities along the routes, with a focus on trade and economic parks as a platform for cooperation, and on the sea, with a focus on ports, to build open, safe and efficient transport corridors. Cooperation will be further enhanced by the close links between the economic corridors of china, pakistan, meng and india, and the construction of the “one-way road”。
Moreover, building a “one way forward” as an ambitious economic vision of open cooperation among the countries along the road requires countries to work together towards mutually beneficial and shared security, as well as to establish as soon as possible a secure and efficient network of land, sea and air routes, regional connectivity and a new pattern of wider, broader and deeper regional economic integration. At the same time, it is also necessary to promote a wider and deeper exchange of humanities among states along the “one way”, in order to bring together civilizations and peoples in friendship。
The “across” is not an “airlock”, but a realistic programme based on the needs of the countries along the route. The concept and initiative of this cooperative development, as soon as it is put forward, has received a warm response from the countries along the “one way”。
Those who will not take the mountains and the seas far. At present, more than 70 countries and international organizations have expressed a positive attitude towards participating in the construction of the “one-way street” and 34 countries along the border have signed relevant cooperation documents with china. As the secretary-general once said: "the journey is not a solo of the chinese family, but a chorus of the countries along the line."
Over the past year, some milestones have been achieved in the construction of the “one-way road”, with major projects already under way, the western part of china becoming the “front-line” for opening up to the outside world in a new situation, the opening up of the central part of the country has accelerated, and the eastern part has witnessed another industrial and cooperative upgrading。
China has now established 75 offshore trade and economic cooperation parks around the world, generating significant tax revenues and employment in the host countries. According to statistics, last year chinese enterprises invested $14. 8 billion, or 18. 2 per cent, directly in the countries concerned; new contracts for outsourced works amounted to $92. 6 billion, or 7. 4 per cent。
Once again, china has captured the eyes of the world and is once again awaited by all。
The prelude of the “across the road” has been played, and the main melody of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is galvanizing new life and vitality。
Open cooperation, technology "leading."
Indeed, the “one way forward” is a cooperative, win-win, interconnected foreign policy and development strategy in the new context。
When it comes to diplomacy, it is often political, economic, military and cultural exchanges that inform people's minds. However, exchanges and cooperation in science and technology are important elements that cannot be ignored in diplomacy。
Looking back at the history of the nation since its establishment, especially after the reform and opening up of the country, it was often prior to the establishment of full diplomatic relations between china and other countries that exchanges between the scientific and technological communities of the two countries took place. International cooperation in science and technology has become a “leader” for building and consolidating strategic alliances and partnerships among nations。
To date, we have established science and technology exchanges with 156 countries, signed 109 intergovernmental science and technology cooperation agreements, participated in some 200 intergovernmental international science and technology organizations and multilateral mechanisms, and maintained scientific and technological diplomats in 70 embassies and consulates abroad。
Behind many figures is not only china’s growing sense of “existence” in multilateral scientific and technological cooperation mechanisms, but also a structured and optimized pattern of international scientific and technological cooperation。
The world today is in a new era of great development, great change and great readjustment, a new era of scientific and technological and industrial revolutions, unprecedented levels and speed of knowledge innovation, diffusion and application, and an unprecedented era of innovation and industrial transformation。
The growing number of global questionnaires on health, energy, the environment, internet security and so forth is already difficult to resolve with the strength and resources of a single country, requiring a collective response by the nations of the world, in which science and technology-based hotspots occupy an increasingly important place in international diplomacy。
In recent years, china's scientific and technological capabilities have grown steadily, ranging from the advancement of the “internet+” strategy to the continuous “exit” of high iron, to the participation of china's nuclear power giant, china's guang nuclear group, in a new nuclear power project in the united kingdom. China's scientific and technological “business card” has gained wide national and international attention。
In particular, since the eighteenth century, country leaders have travelled to more than 50 countries on five continents, building a global “circle of friends” and creating a new pattern of chinese diplomacy。
In china’s new era, international scientific and technological cooperation, not only in its absence, needs to be more globally oriented and integrated into the larger picture of open cooperation。
As an ambitious framework for open cooperation, “across the road” is the path of economic and trade cooperation, of cultural exchange and, above all, of the integration of science, technology and innovation. With the support and leadership of science and technology, the “across the road” can be sustainable and achieve its mutually beneficial strategic intent of win-win。
Because of the diversity of national circumstances, physical and geographical conditions, stages of development and levels of science and technology along the `one-way' route, poor productivity development, small economies and significant regional poverty, science, technology and innovation are all needed to support innovation and sustainable development in the `one-way' development models of countries as trade flourishes。
The construction of the zone has sent a strong call to technology. Through a fine number of keywords, investment, trade, logistics, transport, infrastructure... They all have a common “word root” — science, technology and innovation。
More than that, the “visions and actions” define the direction of international cooperation in science and technology. For example, the promotion of clean and renewable energy cooperation in hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy, etc.; the promotion of eco-civilization in investment trade, the strengthening of eco-environment, biodiversity and climate change cooperation and the building of the green silk road; and the promotion of greater cooperation among countries along the routes in new and emerging sectors such as information technology, biology, new energy sources, new materials, etc。
It is encouraging to note that scientific and technical cooperation in the context of the “away the way” has yielded many results: more than 30 new varieties of agricultural crops have been validated or registered in countries along the “one way” route; we are fully promoting chinese rail technical standards to countries along the “one way” route
In addition, within the framework of the “one way forward” mechanism, china and the russian federation have established the china-russian cooperation and innovation board, promoted cooperation on major bilateral projects, collaborated in the establishment of the asia-europe cooperation centre on science, technology and innovation, promoted the implementation of the shanghai cooperation organization partnership on science and technology, continued participation in major international scientific projects such as the international thermonuclear fusion experimental reactor, the international organization on earth observations, and the construction of an array of radio telescopes in square kilometres, and established five national centres for technological research and engineering in hong kong。
The promotion of exchanges of science and technology personnel is also an important element in strengthening “across the way” scientific and technological cooperation. In 2013, the ministry of science and technology launched the “workplan for the arrival of outstanding young scientists from asia and africa” to support distinguished young scientists under 45 years of age in the asian and african region to conduct research in our research institutes, universities and enterprises for a period of six months to one year。
To date, the plan has received and funded over 60 young scientists from 11 countries, including myanmar, egypt, thailand, indonesia, pakistan, malaysia, nepal, bangladesh, kenya, the republic of korea and mongolia, who conduct collaborative research in the fields of agriculture, medicine and physics at research institutes and universities in 16 provinces of the country。
The way forward for mutually beneficial win-wins is broader and the “deep opening” is firmly established。
The year 2016 marked the beginning of the “1355” year, when china officially entered the final stage of building a small and prosperous society, and the construction of the “across the road” is advancing steadily。
At the recently concluded international conference on space awareness along the way, chinese and foreign scientists jointly launched the “digital silk road” scientific programme。
At present, the plan has been echoed by more than 40 representatives of states and international organizations along more than 20 “one way”. The plan will create a large data platform for earth observation satellites, both domestic and foreign, to apply scientific results to global eco-environmental monitoring, urbanization monitoring, cultural heritage monitoring and disaster monitoring, and to support decision-making in relevant sectors。
Immediately thereafter, the “away the way” summit was held in hong kong, where participants spoke of the “away the way” development strategy, and china's goodwill had already moved an increasing number of countries。
In the next step, china will combine the foundations and needs of national development along the “one way”, relying on the science and technology partnership programme and the intergovernmental science, technology and innovation cooperation mechanism, promote the building of science, technology and innovation platforms and enhance the human exchange of science and technology. Promote joint r & d, technology transfer and innovation cooperation in priority areas such as climate change, environment and the creation of specialty parks to support the emergence of niche industries, deepen international connectivity and actively build a “one-way” collaborative innovation community。
History no longer exists, but the future is within reach. Today's china, which has been transformed into an innovative leader by an era of followers, is working together in a more open manner to build a “one-way road” that will allow us to witness together the perfect encounter between the silk road and the great renaissance。
