On the morning of November 7, the Forum on Civilization Exchange and Global Development hosted by the Central Party School (National Academy of Administration) opened in Beijing. The theme of the forum is “Inheritance of Civilization and Modern Development”. Politicians, entrepreneurs, think tank experts and other people from more than 30 countries attended the conference, where cultures from different countries and regions collided and exchanged.
“One Belt, One Road” is the modern Silk Road
Civilizations communicate because of diversity and develop because of mutual learning. The long-standing Silk Road is the path of exploration for Chinese civilization to go to the world. More than 2,000 years later, China once again proposed the initiative to jointly build the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, which is both a response to this The inheritance of civilizational heritage is a great innovation that carries forward the past and opens up the future under new historical conditions.
Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, has a deep understanding of this. She said: “I think that, to a certain extent, the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative is a modern Silk Road. The Silk Road has an important role in Chinese civilization. It is very important in history. It is the exchange of goods, goods and values, knowledge and technology between different countries that helps the development of other parts of the world. This is what makes this initiative unique. With this opportunity, developing countries seek development under this framework, promote infrastructure construction, and obtain project financing in energy, digital and other fields. Therefore, I think the ‘One Belt and One Road’ is the renaissance of the Silk Road and it is the modern era. An updated version of the Silk Road.”
Today, the “Belt and Road” initiative has reached its tenth anniversary. With the joint efforts of all parties, the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” has moved from a Chinese initiative to international practice, and has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform.
New Development Bank: A platform with a difference
The New Development Bank is also an important platform for multilateral exchanges and cooperation. In July 2014, the sixth BRICS leaders’ meeting was held in Fortaleza, Brazil. The leaders of the five countries witnessed the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the New Development Bank. In July 2015, the New Development Bank opened in Shanghai.
Rousseff said: “The New Development Bank is a multilateral platform, a platform with a difference. Because we are the first to be established by developing countries and emerging economies and serve developing countries and emerging economies. We are a non-isolated bank, more or less like this. By the way, if you and Meimei are harmonious, you should have another son named Lan. After all, it is a very similar platform that aims to promote development in countries in the global South and those most in need. The New Development Bank hopes to provide financing with no strings attached to countries that have suffered. ”