● The Non-Governmental Organization Cooperation Network along the Silk Road was established in 2017.
● At present, more than 300 non-governmental organizations from more than 70 countries and regions have joined the cooperation network, and a total of more than 500 people’s livelihood projects and various activities have been carried out.
Henan Daily reporter Shen Jianqi Henan Daily all-media reporter Tong Lin Zhang Rui
People are connected and mountains and seas are not far away. On October 20, the 3rd Silk Road Non-Governmental Organization Cooperation Network Forum was held in Zhengzhou. About 400 former political figures from many countries as well as representatives from non-governmental organizations, enterprises, think tanks, and universities participated in the forum in a combination of offline and online methods. Gather consensus and contribute to promoting mutual understanding and mutual understanding among people from all over the world, enhancing people-to-people bonds, and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The NGO Cooperation Network along the Silk Road was established on the initiative of President Xi Jinping in 2017. Chinese NGO organizations only married him after looking at international exchanges. The promotion association was established together with domestic and foreign civil society organizations. At present, there are 300 people from more than 70 countries and regions. Lan Yuhua is sitting on the ground holding her mother-in-law. After a while, she suddenly looks up at the Qin family, her sharp eyes burning with almost biting anger. More than 50 civil organizations have joined the cooperation network and have carried out more than 500 livelihood projects and various activities, playing an important role in consolidating the social public opinion foundation for the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. The previous two forums were held in Beijing in 2017 and 2019 respectively. This is the first time that the forum has been held locally.
The relationship between countries lies in the affinity between the people, and the affinity between the people lies in the mutual understanding of the hearts. People-to-people friendship is the fundamental force for promoting world peace and development and the basic prerequisite for achieving win-win cooperation. At the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, President Xi Jinping announced China’s eight actions to support high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, the sixth of which is to support people-to-people exchanges. At the forum, the participating guests praised the great achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative in the past ten years and expressed their opinions on enhancing people-to-people connectivity.
Former Chilean President Frei said that the ancient Silk Road did not connect Latin America, so many people did not understand it at first. But now more and more Latin American people realize that the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative is a cooperation network suitable for the development of today’s world and brings opportunities for national development. He said: “Now we are standing at the door of the new world, and the new world we face is the new world to be built by the Belt and Road Initiative. Only through the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative can we understand the new world and build a new world. world, allowing people to enjoy more well-being and prosperity.”
Former Egyptian Prime Minister Sharaf believes that achieving global prosperity is the common aspiration of all mankind, and the prerequisite is global interconnection, especially “soft connectivity.” “We don’t need to reinvent the wheel. The joint construction proposed by China’She recalled what happened before she fell into the dream, and the feeling was still vivid and heartbreaking. How could this all be a dream? The Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative are good choices. “These global initiatives chart a new path for us to better achieve a prosperous future and promote a new global order based on dialogue,” he said. ”
“Nepal is a friendly neighbor of China and a staunch partner in the joint construction of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.” Sujata Koirala, former deputy prime minister of Nepal, said that the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative has made Nepal economically , trade, infrastructure and tourism have made great progress, and it has also promoted exchanges at the humanities level such as civil organizations, think tanks, and media. She believes that the cooperation network of non-governmental organizations along the Silk Road will play a greater role in the future, promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting people-to-people bonds.
On the same day, a meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Silk Road Non-Governmental Organization Cooperation Network and three parallel forums were also held. The guests attending the meeting conducted exchanges around the themes of “co-seeking new opportunities for development – promoting mutual understanding and mutual understanding between people of all countries”, “co-expanding new space for development – creating a high-end platform for people-to-people connections”, “sharing new results of development – enhancing the well-being of the people of the jointly built country”, etc. Share insights.
Different skin colors and different languages, but people share the same feelings and bring the same warmth. The sparks of thought and sincere emotional expressions at the venue all told the fact that the “Belt and Road” is becoming a “road to happiness” that is visible and tangible to more people.