□ 文/何茂春（清華大學社科學院國際關系學系教授、經濟外交研究中心主任）

新絲綢之路起點之爭

□ 文/何茂春（清華大學社科學院國際關系學系教授、經濟外交研究中心主任）

鳳凰城市：自去年9月份習主席首次提出絲綢之路經濟帶戰(zhàn)略以來，國內很多城市掀起了絲路起點之爭，你如何看待這些城市之間的競爭？

何茂春：我認為新絲綢之路從哪兒起點都不為過分。對于海上絲綢之路，泉州、廣州、福州等，所有的沿海城市都可以作為海上絲綢之路的起點。現在推動陸海一體化，陸地也可以做海上絲綢之路的起點，所以這個競爭沒有問題，所有地方都有爭的理由。

對于陸上的絲綢之路，以西安為起點、洛陽為起點、重慶為起點、連云港為起點，都沒有問題。因為今天是網絡化、交通信息化、電子商務化的時代，海陸一體，任何地方都可以成為起點。

起點之爭，并不是一件壞事，主要看你自己的優(yōu)勢在哪里。歷史上的古絲綢之路，洛陽、西安都是起點，現在的新絲綢之路，比如說重慶，對于開發(fā)大西部，它可以作為一個起點；借助長江，重慶也可以是海上絲綢之路的起點；重慶通過成都到西安，從西安到東亞，也可以是歐亞大陸的起點。所以任何一個城市都可以作為一個起點，任何一個港口，任何一個產業(yè)基地，任何一個商品物流基地，也都可能作為起點。那么與其在宣傳上下工夫，還不如把產業(yè)，還有文化這方面都做好。

鳳凰城市：你認為新絲路戰(zhàn)略會給中國帶來怎樣的改變？

何茂春：絲路戰(zhàn)略的意義是可以跟入世相提并論的。入世是一個觀念的更新，是一種體制改革，是一種法制的全面的調整，那這次新絲綢之路計劃，包括中國擴大跟海上的這些沿岸國家的自由貿易以及擴大跟東盟的自由貿易區(qū)，甚至跟日韓的自由貿易，跟東亞的自由貿易區(qū)，還有跟歐洲的自由貿易區(qū)，都需要中國以更加市場化的法制和相對自由的態(tài)度去嚴肅看待這個事情。

絲綢之路不是一哄而上的什么運動，也不是只對中國有什么好處，它對全世界、對各個國家都是有好處的。絲綢之路經濟帶戰(zhàn)略將促進這條經濟帶上的國家和地區(qū)相互進一步的擴大自由化、擴大市場化、擴大法制化。絲路不是在建一個什么路，而是一個整個市場的對接，涉及到關稅門檻的降低，限制和管制的減少，它意味著在法制和經濟制度層面的一些改革。。

● 來源：鳳凰城市，本刊編輯

Contention of the Start of New Silk Road

Ifeng city:since President Xi proposed the strategy of Silk Road economic belt last September, many cities contend for the origin of Silk Road. How do you view such a competition among cities?

He Maochun:I believe the new Silk Road can start from anywhere. To the maritime Silk Road, all coastal cities can be the starting point. Now as we are pushing forward land and sea integration, the land can serve as the start of maritime Silk Road too. So this competition is fi ne, as every place has a reason to contend.

To the land Silk Road, it may start from Xi’an, Luoyang, Chongqing, or Lianyungang. As today is an era of internet, connected transportation and E-commerce, the land and the sea are unseparated, so any place can be the starting point.

It is not a bad thing to contend to be the starting point, but a city shall only excel through its advantages. Both Luoyang and Xi’an were starting points of the Silk Road in history, and now Chongqing can be a starting point to the new Silk Road to develop the vast West. Located on the Yangtze River, Chongqing can also be the starting point of maritime Silk Road, or it can be the starting point of Eurasian Continent via Chengdu, Xi’and East Asia. So any city can be a starting point, so is any port, any industrial base and any commodity logistics base. A city shall enrich its industry and culture instead of sheer hyping.

Ifeng city:what changes will be brought to China with the new Silk Road strategy?

He Maochun:the signifi cance of the Silk Road strategy is comparable to China’s ascension into the WTO, which is an update of mindset, an institutional reform and a comprehensive adjustment of the legal system. The new Silk Road plan, including expansion of free trade with countries along it and Free Trade Zones in ASEAN, Japan, South Korea, East Asia and Europe all requires China to approach this matter seriously with more marketized legal system and a liberal attitude.

Silk Road is not a parade. It is not only benefi cial to China, but also to other countries and the world. The strategy of Silk Road economic belt will promote countries and regions along the belt to expand liberalization, marketization and legislation. The point is not to build some type of road, but to connect different markets, simplify customs requirements, reduce limitations and regulations, and some reforms in the legal and economic mechanisms..

● Source: editor of Ifeng city