New Opportunities For Asia: New Opportunities Brought By "One Belt And One Road"

At this moment, the eyes of the world converge on Asia and converge on the shore of the South China Sea. On the 28 day, Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared that the vision and action document of China's "one belt and one road" construction has been worked out at the opening ceremony of the 2015 annual meeting of the Boao forum for Asia.

Take the Boao on the Wanquan River as the center, a land Silk Road and a sea. The Silk Road The outline of the earth is slowly unfolding.

The theme of this annual session of the Boao forum is "Asia's new future: towards a community of destiny". In his speech, President Xi Jinping reviewed the changes in Asia in the past 70 years, from poverty and backwardness to national independence, development and revitalization, from mutual closure to openness and inclusiveness, to realize that you have me and I have you. Taking the history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall, and the Asian people who share the common history gradually realize that in the new pattern of world politics and economy, we should stick to mutual aid and mutual benefit, and the new future of Asia will be more plentiful. China, as a responsible big country, has taken on heavy responsibilities in the new Asian relations, and has made the first good prospect.

　　 Asia's new future

We can see from the newly released "one belt and one road" vision document that "one belt and one road" is the path and support, bridge and link for building a "destiny community", and the destiny community is the important purpose and development direction of "one belt and one road".

"One belt and one road" is a win-win road to promote common development and achieve common prosperity. It is a way to enhance understanding of trust and enhance all-round friendship. The Chinese government has advocated the idea of peaceful cooperation, openness, tolerance, mutual learning and mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation. We should promote pragmatic cooperation in an all-round way and create a political mutual trust, economic integration, cultural inclusion community of interests, a community of destiny and a community of responsibilities.

Tanasa Badimabakama, Vice Premier and foreign minister of Thailand, on the afternoon of 28, attended the "launching ceremony of the twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road sub forum and the China ASEAN maritime cooperation year", which clearly stated that Thailand supports the China ASEAN Free Trade Area, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the maritime Silk Road in twenty-first Century, and China and Thailand have broad prospects for cooperation in infrastructure and transportation. In particular, the establishment of the Asia Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund has practical significance for Thailand to invest and solve the hardware problems.

"The 2500 kilometer highway in Kampuchea is China helping us build and provide financing. Recently, the Asian infrastructure investment bank proposed by the Chinese side is a very important step to strengthen infrastructure construction and meet the infrastructure construction in the region. Kampuchea expressed its support. "One belt and one road" will provide a good complement to the existing multilateral institutions. Chen Youde, Minister of public works and Transport Department of Kampuchea, said.

After attending the keynote speech, a number of Chinese and foreign guests listened to the "fate community" deeply. Li Zhaoxing, former Minister of foreign affairs, said in an interview with reporters that the highlight of the annual session of the Boao forum for Asia is cooperation and win-win cooperation. General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech once again reiterated the strategy of "one belt and one road". "So many countries want to join us. They are here to illustrate our recognition."

　　 New hope group Liu Yonghao, chairman of the board of directors, said, "the confidence of the great power has been displayed. China's economy has developed and the country has become strong. But the prosperity of a country and a region cannot be separated from the whole environment. China hopes that the whole environment will be good, so it is very willing to develop together with Asian countries. It is in the common interest of all of us to build an economically strong and developing Asia through "one belt and one road". This is also a new hope for enterprises to "go out" under the new pattern.

The "one belt and one way" is a fascinating concept that depicts the bright future of Asia. The whole world can't ignore Asia. I think both Europe and the United States want to and should participate. " John Hearn, Professor of University of Sydney and chief executive officer of the World University Alliance, told the Shanghai Daily reporter.

The media's attention is focused on the Boao forum for Asia, and the strategy of "one belt and one road" is the most important. Alexei Selishchev, a journalist from the Russian state news agency TASS society, asked the most question in this Boao Forum: "how do you see Sino Russian cooperation"?

The chief editor of the China business daily, Kim Li Dong, also revealed to reporters that the headlines of China business daily are related to China's "one belt and one road" strategy. As a Chinese expatriate, he is proud of China's strength and confidence.

　　 An open multilateral mechanism new engine

"The infrastructure investment in Asia has taken a substantial step, and the Silk Road Fund has successfully started." China is building a new diplomatic relationship, holding the principle of open regionalism, and taking infrastructure construction as a breakthrough point.

"The development experience in the past decades shows that the reason why China has made great progress is that infrastructure construction has come to many countries, and the development of expressways and railways can match the developed countries. This has led East Asian countries and other emerging economies to think about replicating China's high-speed development path, and infrastructure construction must go ahead. Moreover, infrastructure development is a weakness in the development of Asia as a whole. Therefore, under such a big background, China has put forward the strategy of "one belt and one road" focusing on interconnection and interconnection, so as to find a clear path for the development of Asia, especially East Asia, which is also the reason for widespread response. Long Yongtu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation, said in an interview with the Shanghai Daily reporter.

Financial multilateral institutions are the support and engine of infrastructure investment. March 31st was the deadline for China's Asian investment bank to initiate applications for membership. stay Boao forum for Asia During the period, multilateral talks were in full swing. Foreign ministers from South Korea, Russia, Brazil and Australia announced their participation in Asia Investment Bank. Up to now, the vast majority of countries in Asia have been involved, and European countries are also actively involved. Asian investment bank's founding intention has increased to 42 members, and the position of the United States and Japan has gradually loosened.

On the afternoon of 28, held in the 2015 annual meeting of the Boao forum for Asia, "Asian infrastructure investment bank and BRICs Development Bank" sub forum, many foreign politicians and think-tank, including former Prime Minister Aziz of Pakistan, New Zealand Prime Minister Shipley, and Australian finance minister Coleman, think that the demand for infrastructure in Asia and the world is huge, trillions of dollars, and the existing institutions under the Bretton Woods system can not fully meet, so it is very necessary to set up Asian investment bank.

"China has made great achievements in infrastructure construction, such as CDB can provide much experience in this area." Martin Jacks, senior researcher at University of Cambridge's Department of political and international studies.

In fact, the "one belt and one way" strategy is based on China's existing multilateral cooperation mechanisms, such as China ASEAN, SCO, and so on, to build a multilateral new system in a wider scope.

"The China ASEAN community has brought the bilateral relations to a new stage. The tighter the degree of ASEAN integration, the more conducive to China's entry into a unified market, rather than the fragmented fragmented market. China's trade in the past was mainly in the United States and the European Union, and more importantly in the future is ASEAN." Yang Xiyu, a researcher with China Institute of international studies, told the Shanghai Daily reporter.

　　 New coordinates of China and Asia's economic take-off

The world has witnessed the economic takeoff of Asia. However, under the new normal, a series of factors, such as the lack of export and foreign trade and the decline of demographic dividend, have restricted the height and width of the Asian economy. The strategy of "one belt and one road" arises at the historic moment.

This year's Boao forum for Asia released the Asia economic forecast and Asia forward index for the first time. The Asian economic outlook index was 95.4, indicating that Asian economic development will slightly slow down, and the growth rate will decline in 2015. The Asian economic growth index and employment index were 88.9 and 90.8, respectively, below the critical value. However, the growth rate of Asia's international trade index was 113, and the growth momentum of emerging industries was obvious. The respondents took the "one belt and one track" as the top priority of the new Asian economic engine.

Xi Jinping said that the construction of "one belt and one road" is not a hollow slogan, but a practical measure that can be seen and touched, which will bring tangible benefits to the countries in the region.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said at the Boao forum that the strategy of "one belt and one road" has been planned in terms of future investment, projects and regional cooperation. Economic growth in the world is slowing down, and the scale of infrastructure in Asia is not enough. Building power plants and highways in Asia, whether in China or Europe, will bring important leaps to the world and Asian economies. "

During his meeting with business representatives in Boao, Xi Jinping stressed that we proposed the Silk Road Economic Belt and the twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road initiative, which will promote trade and investment between China and the countries along the border, promote the interconnection and new industrialization of the countries along the border, promote the common development of all countries, and share the fruits of development. We hope that in 10 years or so, the annual trade volume between China and the countries along the border will exceed US $2 trillion and 500 billion.

The bright prospect of "one belt and one road" is painted. Asian power will rise as a "destiny community" and move towards new Asian time.