On April 19, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a media briefing with Chinese and foreign media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), announcing that the Second “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum will be held from April 25 to 27 in Beijing. The theme of the forum will be “Building the Belt and Road” for a Better Future. The “Belt and Road” initiative originated in China, and the opportunities and achievements belong to the world!

From 2013 to 2018, Chinese enterprises have invested more than 90 billion U.S. dollars in direct investment in countries along the Belt and Road, and have completed more than 400 billion U.S. dollars in turnover of foreign contracted projects in the countries along the Belt and Road. Adhering to the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and learning, and mutual benefit and win-win situation, central enterprises are striving to build the Belt and Road into a road of peace, prosperity, openness, greenness, innovation and civilization! Especially in the past two years, with the active participation of central enterprises, a number of transportation, energy, water resources and other infrastructure areas have been promoted and implemented.

Over the past five years, the initiative to build “One Belt, One Road” has received positive responses from more and more countries and international organizations, and has attracted wide attention from the international community, with its influence expanding day by day. In the practice of “One Belt, One Road” construction, central enterprises have given a strong impetus to the globalization process through trade exchanges, factor flows and talent exchanges, and have become a new driving force for global economic recovery and global economic growth.

In the future, central enterprises will participate more deeply in the construction of the “Belt and Road”, and deepen the exchanges and cooperation among the countries along the route in the fields of equipment, technology, and management based on the principles of common business, common construction, and common sharing, in an effort to build a community of destiny and interests, and to make greater contributions to the promotion of the sustainable development of the global economy!