What will the “Belt and Road” Summit bring us?

Text by Zhao Lei Translation by Tao Wenjia Photos by CFP

China will host the “Belt and Road” International Collaboration Summit. It is my belief that this summit will not only be the new highlight of China's Home Diplomacy, but will also bring new opportunities for promoting fusion and development.

The resulting paper that will be released by the summit will be the international and upgraded version of the “Belt and Road” Initiative planning document. It should be noted that the “Belt and Road” is not China's one-way plan of the world, but its plan to merge into the world. In essence, it is the Chinese plan embodied with eastern wisdom that commits to common development of all countries and regions involved. So its main purpose is to focus on the "unobstructed" and "fusion" aspects to promote common development. In other words, only unobstructed mutual exchange and merging can lead to common prosperity. At the same time the “Belt and Road” is to create a way for economic exchange, which is in line with the Chinese

Philosophy of Dao (way). For more than three years, China and more than 20 countries have signed capacity cooperation framework agreements. Ithas also built 52 economic and trade cooperation zones in 18 countries. the “Belt and Road” Initiative not effectively promotes the industrialisation of developing countries along the “Road”, but also makes it possible for many countries to access to the network of economic globalisation.

Some scholars believe that along the “Belt and Road”, some countries were "collapse zones" of globalisation in the Asian-European continent while other countries along the Maritime Silk Road are the "forgotten corner" of economic globalisation. Compared to roads, goods, capital and such, those intangible systems, standards, and cultural integration results are having more vitality. In the new year, the “Belt and Road” initiative is expected to enhance the standardisation in information exchange, mutual supervision, law enforcement, inspection and quarantine, certifi cation and accreditation, standard measurement and other fi elds. Under the framework of the International Cooperation Summit, it is also expected to strengthen communications of wisdom through the construction of think tanks. It is our hope to achieve real growth along the “Belt and Road” through constructions of academia and theories, as well as the discourse system to collaborate on cuttingedge issues, hot topics, and diffi cult problems. Because in the long run, the key to sustainable development of the “Belt and Road” Initiative is people. It is necessary to form a humanistic pattern of mutual appreciation, mutual understanding and mutual respect among the people from different countries and regions along the road.

Zhao Lei

professor at the Institute for International Strategic Studies of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, a director of the Research Office for International Relations and National Unity. Mr. Zhao heads a key research project on the “Belt and Road”Initiative at CPS, and is the founder of the forum the “Belt and Road 100”.

趙磊

中共中央黨校國際戰(zhàn)略研究院教授、國際關(guān)系與國家統(tǒng)一研究室主任、中央黨校“一帶一路”重點研究課題主持人，“一帶一路百人論壇”發(fā)起人。

“一帶一路”高峰論壇會給我們帶來什么？

2017年5月，中國將舉辦“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇。我認為，這不僅是中國主場外交新高峰，也將為深入推進融合發(fā)展帶來新機遇。

這次高峰論壇發(fā)布的成果文件，將成為“一帶一路”規(guī)劃文件的國際版和升級版。需要指出的是，“一帶一路”不是中國單向規(guī)劃世界，而是更加融入世界。就實質(zhì)而言，是凝聚東方智慧、致力于共同發(fā)展的中國方案，其要旨在于通過做好“通”與“融”，促進共同發(fā)展。換言之，只有互通、相融，才能共同繁榮。同時，“一帶一路”是打造經(jīng)濟互通之“路”，更符合中國哲學(xué)之“道”。3年多來，中國和20多個沿線國家簽署產(chǎn)能合作協(xié)議，在18個沿線國家建設(shè)52個經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)?！耙粠б宦贰苯ㄔO(shè)不僅有效帶動沿線發(fā)展中國家的工業(yè)化發(fā)展，也使許多國家接入經(jīng)濟全球化的大網(wǎng)。

有學(xué)者認為，在“一帶一路”沿線，過去有的國家，是亞歐大陸間的全球化“塌陷地帶”；有的沿海洋航路國家，是經(jīng)濟全球化“被遺忘的角落”。相比于道路、貨物、資金，那些無形的制度、標準、文化交融成果更具生命力。新的一年，“一帶一路”建設(shè)，可望在信息交換、監(jiān)管互認、執(zhí)法互助、檢驗檢疫、認證認可、標準計量等領(lǐng)域，加強標準對接。在國際合作高峰論壇框架下，有望通過智庫建設(shè)，加強智慧對接。通過學(xué)術(shù)、理論、話語體系等方面的建設(shè)，通過合作研究前沿問題、熱點議題、棘手難題，實現(xiàn)“一帶一路”的智慧成長。因而,長遠看，“一帶一路”可持續(xù)發(fā)展關(guān)鍵在人，必須在沿線國家民眾中形成一個相互欣賞、相互理解、相互尊重的人文格局。