Xi Jinping's speech at the press conference of the second "the belt and road initiative" International Cooperation Summit Forum (full text)

Ladies and gentlemen,

Friends Journalists:

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to the press conference of the second "the belt and road initiative" International Cooperation Summit Forum. The Belt and Road Initiative has been widely concerned by friends in the media for more than five years. Since the opening of this summit forum, friends from the journalists have continued to pay attention to and report on the summit forum, recording various wonderful moments, spreading various good voices, and demonstrating the fruitful results of cooperation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road. On behalf of the Chinese government and the representatives of various countries, I would like to express my gratitude to the journalists for their support and hard work!

This is the second time that China has held the "the belt and road initiative" International Cooperation Summit Forum. Compared with the first forum, this forum has a larger scale, richer content, more participating countries, and more fruitful results. During the summit forum, we held the opening ceremony, held high-level meetings, held 12 sub-forums and an entrepreneurs' conference, which were attended by representatives from more than 150 countries. Leaders from 38 countries and heads of the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund held a leaders' roundtable summit here today.

The theme of this summit forum is "Building Together 'the belt and road initiative' and Creating a Better Future". At the round table summit, leaders and heads of international organizations held in-depth discussions on such topics as "promoting connectivity and tapping new driving forces for growth", "strengthening policy docking and building closer partnerships" and "promoting green and sustainable development." the implementation of the United Nations 2030 agenda "has improved the concept of cooperation, defined the focus of cooperation, strengthened the cooperation mechanism, and reached a broad consensus on the high-quality joint construction of" Belt and Road Initiative. These consensuses are reflected in the joint communiqué unanimously adopted by the round-table summit, which will serve as a guide for international cooperation in building the "Belt and Road" in the future.

-We positively evaluate the progress and significance of the cooperation in building "the belt and road initiative. We all believe that jointly building "the belt and road initiative" is the road of opportunity to common prosperity. Since the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" for more than five years, especially since the first summit forum, with the joint efforts of all parties, the scope of policy communication has been continuously expanded, the level of facility connectivity has been improved, economic, trade and investment cooperation has reached a new level, and the ability of financing has continued Enhance, people-to-people exchanges have become closer. The early harvest of the "Belt and Road" cooperation has opened up more space for the economic growth of all countries and the world, created a platform for strengthening international cooperation, and made new contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

-- We have enriched the concept of cooperation in building the "Belt and Road" and unanimously reaffirmed our commitment to building the "Belt and Road" with high quality ". We will adhere to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits. All parties should consult on an equal footing, share responsibilities and benefit from each other. All interested countries are welcome to participate. We unanimously support open, clean, and green development, oppose protectionism, and strive to build a clean and environmentally friendly Silk Road for a new era. We agree to practice high standards, benefit people's livelihood, and sustainable concepts, actively connect with generally accepted international rules and standards, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, and take the road of coordinated economic, social and environmental development. These consensuses have pointed out the direction for the development of cooperation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Our common goal is to work together to make countries more effective in interconnection, stronger economic growth, closer international cooperation, and better people's lives.

-We have clarified the focus of future cooperation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and decided to strengthen all-round and multi-field cooperation. We will continue to promote land, sea, air and online connectivity to build high-quality, sustainable, risk-resistant, affordable, inclusive and accessible infrastructure. We will promote the construction of economic corridors, develop economic, trade and industrial cooperation parks, and continue to strengthen the soft connectivity of markets, regulations, standards and other aspects, as well as the construction of digital infrastructure. Relevant cooperation projects will adhere to government guidance, business entities, and market operations to ensure sustainability, and create a fair and non-discriminatory business environment for investors from all countries. We will continue to broaden financing channels and reduce financing costs, and welcome multilateral and national financial institutions to participate in investment and financing cooperation. We also agreed to carry out extensive cultural exchanges with rich content and various forms, and implement more people's livelihood cooperation projects. We all support the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation, adhere to the development orientation, support global development, especially the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, strive to achieve clean, low-carbon and sustainable development, and help developing countries break development bottlenecks and better Integrate into and benefit from global value chains, industrial chains, and supply chains.

-- We unanimously support efforts to build a global connectivity partnership and strengthen cooperation mechanisms. To this end, we will deeply connect with the economic development initiatives and plans of various countries and international organizations, strengthen bilateral and third-party market cooperation, and build major international logistics and trade channels such as China-Europe trains and new land-sea channels to help more countries improve their connectivity. We have read the report on the policy recommendations of the Advisory Committee of the Summit Forum and expect the Advisory Committee to provide more intellectual support for the joint construction of "Belt and Road Initiative" cooperation and the development of the Summit Forum. We will adhere to multilateralism and promote the formation of a framework led by the summit forum and supported by multilateral and bilateral cooperation in various fields, so that our cooperation will be guided by ideas, followed by actions, and guaranteed by mechanisms. It is generally believed that the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum is an important multilateral cooperation platform and supports the regular holding of the summit forum.

-- We all support strengthening practical cooperation and achieving more tangible results. During the preparatory process and during the forum, the parties reached 283 practical results, including the signing of intergovernmental cooperation agreements, the development of practical project cooperation, the establishment of a multilateral dialogue and cooperation platform in professional fields, and the release of the progress report on the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", The policy recommendation report of the Summit Forum Advisory Committee, etc. China, as the chair country, will publish a list of results. The Entrepreneur Conference held during the forum attracted many business people to participate and signed a project cooperation agreement totaling more than 64 billion million US dollars. These achievements fully show that the joint construction of "Belt and Road Initiative" should meet the trend, win the hearts and minds of the people, benefit the people's livelihood, and benefit the world.

Yesterday, I announced a series of major reform and opening-up measures that China will take. It is generally believed that this is good news for China and the world, and will provide important opportunities for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the development of the world economy.

This forum has sent a clear signal to the outside world: the circle of friends for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more good partners, the quality of cooperation is getting higher and higher, and the development prospects are getting better and better. I have said many times that the initiative to build the "the belt and road initiative" originated in China, and the opportunities and achievements belong to the world. The joint construction of "the belt and road initiative" is a long-term project and a common cause of the partners. China is willing to work with all parties to implement the consensus of this summit forum, and to draw the spirit of "meticulous painting", and jointly promote the deepening of cooperation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", steady and far-reaching, high-quality development, and create A better future. I hope that friends from the media will continue to actively support the cooperation in building "the belt and road initiative.

Thank you all.