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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Nov. 27, People’s Daily, Nov. 28 Commentator article: Building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future
“China is willing to work with ASEAN to promote cooperation in various fields under the guidance of Vision 2030 of the China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership, maintain the good momentum of prosperity and development in the region, and build a more China-ASEAN community. close with a shared future “. November 27 On Japan, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 17th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit. He comprehensively reviewed the fruitful achievements of China-ASEAN cooperation in recent years and praised the exemplary importance of China-ASEAN relations. It clearly presents a four-point initiative to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
United by mountains and rivers and close by blood, China and ASEAN have a long history of friendly relations. They are strategic partners of mutual trust, mutual understanding, mutual benefit and mutual assistance. In 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed to work with ASEAN countries to jointly build the Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century and jointly build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future. Over the past seven years, the interconnection between the two sides has continued to accelerate, economic integration has continued to deepen, economic and trade cooperation has accelerated, and cultural exchanges have tightened. Faced with the sudden new epidemic of corona pneumonia this year, the two sides looked at each other and helped each other to overcome difficulties, and reached many important consensuses to share experiences against the epidemic, advance in the supply of materials against the epidemic, cooperate in the development of vaccines and jointly maintain the stability of the regional industrial chain and the supply chain. The theme of this China-ASEAN Expo is “Building the Belt and Road Initiative and prospering the digital economy together.” Its aim is to deepen cooperation in China-ASEAN digital economy, promote high-quality development of “Belt and Road” joint construction, and inject both sides’ economic and social development. New vitality. Practice has fully demonstrated that China-ASEAN relations have become the most successful and dynamic model of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and a vivid example of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for the humanity.
Today’s world is undergoing major changes that have not been seen in a century. The destiny of the peoples of all countries has never been so closely related as it is today. At the same time, the world faces increasing instability and uncertainty. In the new situation, China regards ASEAN as the priority direction of neighbor diplomacy and high-quality joint construction of the key “Belt and Road” area, supports ASEAN community building, supports ASEAN community building ASEAN’s central position in East Asian cooperation and supports ASEAN’s role in building an open and inclusive regional architecture. Greater effect. President Xi Jinping put forward four proposals to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future: enhance strategic mutual trust and in-depth engagement of development plans; improve economic and trade cooperation and accelerate the overall recovery of the regional economy; enhance technological innovation and deepen cooperation in the digital economy; improve cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, Strengthen capacity development in public health. These four initiatives fully demonstrate China’s practical actions to unearth power for the world economy, open a space for international economic cooperation, create well-being for the people of all countries, including ASEAN, and make due contributions to building society. a community with a shared future for humanity.
To build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, China has shown sincere will and will take a series of pragmatic actions. China is willing to work with ASEAN to rely on the construction of new land-sea corridors to strengthen cooperation in the interconnection of railways, roads, ports, airports, energy, communications and other infrastructure, accelerate the construction of existing economic corridors and key projects, and actively build a China-ASEAN multimodal transportation alliance. , Design and host the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue relations next year, to build a higher level of strategic partnership; China is willing to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN countries and seize the 10th anniversary of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area as an opportunity to implement more Good China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, and is willing to work hand in hand with ASEAN parties to unlock trade, promote investment, open markets to each other and promote deep integration of industrial chains, supply chains and value chains between the two parties; China is willing to work hand in hand with ASEAN countries on smart cities. 5G, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, big data, blockchain, telemedicine and other fields to create new highlights of cooperation, strengthen the protection of data security and policy communication and coordination, build a China information port- ASEAN and create a “digital silk road”; China is willing to enter into a public health policy dialogue with ASEAN, strengthen information exchange and cooperation in the production, research and development and use of vaccines. Once the vaccine is put into use, it will actively consider the needs of ASEAN countries, provide financial support to the ASEAN Anti-Epidemic Fund, and train 1,000 for ASEAN. The health administrative staff and the professional and technical staff will jointly build the storage of emergency medical supplies and the public health emergency liaison mechanism.
Openness is a prerequisite for national progress, and closure will inevitably lead to backwardness. Next year, China will embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in a comprehensive manner and actively build a new pattern of development in which national and international cycles are the mainstay and dual national and international cycles are promoted. each. China will unwaveringly expand its openness to the outside world, enhance the effect of national and international economic linkage, and drive the world’s common recovery through its own recovery. The countries of the world, including ASEAN, will benefit from it. Looking ahead, the cooperation space between China and ASEAN will be broader. All parties work together to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, and we can certainly create a more prosperous and beautiful future.
