【市水利局】To be a giver rather than a taker

     Jointly built by all parties, the Belt and Road Initiative has received warm response from increasingly number of countries, becoming a popular international public good and platform for global cooperation.

     In the book “The Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Solution to a Deficient Global Order”, Dr. Khairy Tourk, a professor of economics at IIT Stuart School of Business, addressed that China proposed to jointly build the Belt and Road through railways, ports, bridges and other infrastructure, strengthening the connectivity with many regions in Asia, Europe, Africa while promoting the dialogue among civilizations.

     From 2013 to 2021, the cumulative value of trade in goods between China and BRI countries reached nearly 11 trillion U.S. dollars and mutual investment exceeded 230 billion U.S. dollars. Moreover, the data for the first half of 2022 also shows a significantly upward trend. According to a World Bank study, the Belt and Road Initiative will increase the trade of participating nations by 2.8 to 9.7 percent, global trade by 1.7 to 6.2 percent, and global income by 0.7 to 2.9 percent. These fully demonstrate that although the Belt and Road Initiative originated in China, the opportunities and achievements of the Initiative belong to the whole world.

     In terms of poverty eradication, plenty of countries along the Belt and Road are developing or underdeveloped countries, or even poor countries, and the impoverished population still accounts for a considerable proportion. A Chinese saying goes that “Poverty is good for itself, while attainment is good for the world.” Over the past nine years, the Belt and Road Initiative has evolved from concept to practice, becoming a road of cooperation for building a community with a shared future for mankind. The China-Belarus Industrial Park, located on the outskirts of Minsk, is home to 90 companies with a total agreed investment of 1.26 billion U.S. dollars. The Chinese-built 50 MW photovoltaic power station in Garissa, Kenya, the largest in East Africa, meets the electricity demand of 70,000 households, bringing  low-carbon technologies and green energy generation. The China-Laos Railway, which runs from Kunming in China to Vientiane in Laos, has created 110,000 jobs along the route.

     A single flower does not make spring, while one hundred flowers in full blossom bring spring to the garden. Through the Belt and Road Initiative, China has taken the initiative to share its experience and opportunities with the rest of the world. In the future, working as a contributor to global development, China would continue to actively engage in international cooperation and exchanges at wider scope and deeper level.

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