Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the third "Belt and Road" construction symposium in Beijing on the 19th and delivered an important speech. The goal is to consolidate the foundation of interconnection and cooperation, expand new space for international cooperation, and strengthen the risk prevention and control network, strive to achieve a higher level of cooperation, higher input efficiency, higher supply quality, and higher development resilience, and promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" to continuously achieve new results.

Han Zheng, member of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, and head of the leading group for promoting the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative", presided over the forum.

At the symposium, He Lifeng, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chen Quanguo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Wu Zhenglong, Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Wan Min, Chairman of China COSCO Shipping Group Co., Ltd., and Nan Cunhui, Chairman of Chint Group Co., Ltd., Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of the China International Economic Exchange Center, delivered speeches and put forward opinions and suggestions.

After listening to everyone's speeches, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He emphasized that in the past eight years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, we have made overall plans to promote high-quality development, build a new development pattern, and jointly build the "Belt and Road", adhere to the principle of extensive consultation, joint construction and sharing, and take the "hard connection" of infrastructure as an important direction., Take the rule standard "soft connection" as an important support, and take the "heart connection" with the people of the country as an important foundation to promote the joint construction, achieve solid, heavy achievements. Through the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", the level of opening up of various regions in the country has been improved, the field of opening up has been expanded, institutional opening has been promoted, a broad circle of friends has been built, new ways to promote common development have been explored, and the country has been jointly built. Mutual benefit and win-win.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to correctly understand and grasp the new situation facing the joint construction of the "Belt and Road. On the whole, the theme of the era of peace and development has not changed, the general direction of economic globalization has not changed, the development strategy of the international pattern is beneficial to me, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" still faces important opportunities. At the same time, the world's unprecedented changes in a century are accelerating, the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation brought about by the fierce competition is unprecedented, climate change, epidemic prevention and control and other global issues have an unprecedented impact on human society, and the international environment for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is becoming increasingly complex. We must maintain strategic determination, seize strategic opportunities, coordinate development and security, coordinate domestic and international, coordinate cooperation and struggle, coordinate stocks and increments, coordinate the overall and key points, actively respond to challenges, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and move forward courageously.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to consolidate the foundation of development. It is necessary to deepen political mutual trust, give play to the leading and catalytic role of policy communication, explore the establishment of more cooperation and docking mechanisms, and promote the transformation of political consensus into concrete actions and conceptual recognition into practical results. It is necessary to deepen interconnection, improve the "four-in-one" interconnection layout of land, sea, sky, and the Internet, deepen cooperation in traditional infrastructure projects, promote cooperation in new infrastructure projects, and improve the level of "soft connectivity" such as rules and standards, in order to promote global interconnection Make increments. It is necessary to deepen the smooth flow of trade, expand the scale of trade with neighboring countries, encourage the import of more high-quality goods, improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and promote the balanced and win-win development of trade. We should continue to expand tripartite or multi-party market cooperation and carry out international production capacity cooperation. It is necessary to deepen financial communication, attract the participation of multilateral development institutions and financial institutions of developed countries, and improve the diversified investment and financing system. It is necessary to deepen people-to-people exchanges and form a large pattern of diversified and interactive people-to-people exchanges.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we should steadily expand new areas of cooperation. It is necessary to steadily carry out cooperation in new areas such as health, green, digital, and innovation, and cultivate new growth points for cooperation. We should strengthen international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic and continue to provide assistance to the countries we are building within our capacity. We should support green and low-carbon energy development in developing countries, promote information sharing and capacity building for green and low-carbon development, and deepen cooperation in ecological environment and climate governance. We should deepen cooperation in the digital field, develop "Silk Road e-commerce" and build a digital cooperation pattern. We should implement the action plan for scientific and technological innovation, strengthen international cooperation in intellectual property protection, and create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for scientific and technological development.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to better serve the construction of a new development pattern. It is necessary to consider and plan the construction of a new development pattern and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", focus on new development points and shape new integration points. It is necessary to speed up the improvement of unique, complementary, smooth and safe land channels, optimize the maritime layout, and provide strong support for the smooth domestic and international double circulation. We should strengthen the smooth connection of the industrial chain supply chain and promote the diversification of sources. To build high-quality landmark projects. The people's livelihood project is an important way to quickly enhance the sense of gain of the people in the joint construction of the country. It is necessary to strengthen overall planning and form more grounded and popular cooperation results.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to comprehensively strengthen risk prevention and control. To implement the risk prevention and control system, compact the main responsibility of the enterprise and the management responsibility of the competent department. It is necessary to explore the establishment of a comprehensive service platform for all-weather early warning and assessment of overseas project risks, with timely early warning and regular assessment. It is necessary to strengthen coordination and cooperation among mechanisms for the protection of overseas interests, international counter-terrorism and security. We should coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and cooperation in building the "Belt and Road", make every effort to ensure the safety and physical and mental health of overseas personnel, highlight the accuracy of prevention and control measures, and focus on ensuring the demand for employment, the return of personnel to work shifts, the supply of materials and financial support. It is necessary to educate and guide Chinese enterprises and citizens abroad to consciously abide by local laws and respect local customs. It is necessary to speed up the formation of a systematic and complete system of anti-corruption foreign-related laws and regulations, and strengthen the control of cross-border corruption. All types of enterprises should regulate their business practices and never allow damage to the reputation of the State. For violations of discipline and law, they will be dealt with seriously if they are found together.

Xi Jinping stressed the need to strengthen overall coordination. It is necessary to adhere to the party's centralized and unified leadership, and the leading group must do a good job in coordinating and checking major plans, major policies, major projects, major issues, and annual key tasks. Relevant departments should include the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as an important agenda, and coordinate the implementation of overseas project construction and risk prevention and control responsibilities. Local governments should find the right position to participate in the joint construction of "the belt and road initiative. It is necessary to create a good atmosphere of public opinion, explain in depth the concepts, principles, and methods of jointly building the "Belt and Road", and jointly tell the story of jointly building the "Belt and Road.

When presiding over the meeting, Han Zheng said that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has provided a fundamental follow-up for the promotion of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" in the new era. We must thoroughly study and understand it and earnestly implement it. The leading group for advancing the construction of the "Belt and Road" must give full play to its leading role under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. The office of the leading group should perform its duties of overall coordination, supervision and implementation, strengthen the management of major issues, deepen the study of major issues, earnestly guard against risks, and do a good job in promoting key tasks. All localities, departments and units should find the right position, fully stimulate enthusiasm and creativity, strengthen horizontal coordination and linkage between upper and lower levels, implement various measures in detail, and complete various tasks to the letter. We must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, unswervingly promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", and make new and greater efforts to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. contribution.

Some members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and state councilors attended the forum.

Members of the leading group for promoting the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative", relevant departments of the central and state organs, principal responsible comrades of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, responsible persons of relevant enterprises, industry chambers of commerce, experts and scholars attended the forum. The meeting was held in the form of a video and telephone conference, and various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps set up branch venues.