The Belt and Road Initiative
"Belt and Road" is the short form of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. During his visit to Central Asia in September 2013 and to Southeast Asia in October of the same year, President Xi Jinping respectively proposed jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which received major attention from the international community.
Upholding the principles of extensive consultation, joint contributions, and shared benefits, the Belt and Road focuses on promoting policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and people-to-people bonds. It is committed to comprehensively promoting pragmatic cooperation among participating countries and building a community with shared interests, future, and responsibility featuring political mutual trust, economic integration, and cultural inclusion. The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is the highest-standard international activity under the framework of this initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative positions peace and development at the core of international cooperation, which aligns with the common interests of all parties and conforms to the trends of regional and global cooperation. It has become a popular international public good and international cooperation platform involving two thirds of countries and one third of international organizations in the world. As of February 2023, China had signed more than 200 Belt and Road cooperation documents with 151 countries and more than 32 international organizations, formulating more than 3,000 cooperation projects with an investment scale of nearly US$1 trillion. International cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative has effectively promoted the economic and social development of participating countries and people-to-people bonds by bringing a real sense of fulfilment to affected local people.
“一帶一路”
“一帶一路”是“絲綢之路經濟帶”和“21世紀海上絲綢之路”的簡稱。2013年9月和10月，習近平在出訪中亞和東南亞國家期間，先后提出共建“絲綢之路經濟帶”和“21 世紀海上絲綢之路”的重大倡議，得到國際社會高度關注。
“一帶一路”秉持共商、共建、共享原則，以政策溝通、設施聯通、貿易暢通、資金融通、民心相通為主要內容，致力于與沿線各國全方位推進務實合作，打造政治互信、經濟融合、文化包容的利益共同體、命運共同體、責任共同體。“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇是這一倡議框架下最高規格的國際活動。
“一帶一路”將和平與發展置于國際合作的核心，符合有關各方共同利益，順應地區和全球合作潮流，成為深受歡迎的國際公共產品和國際合作平臺，涵蓋世界上三分之二的國家和三分之一的國際組織。截至2023年2月，中國已與151個國家、32個國際組織簽署200余份“一帶一路”合作文件，形成3000多個合作項目，投資規模近1萬億美元。“一帶一路”國際合作有力促進了共建國家的經濟社會發展和人民相知相親，為當地人民帶來了實實在在的獲得感。
