On September 7, 2023, Xinhua News Agency reporters returned to the venue of the speech to listen to the echoes of this great initiative spanning ten years.
Over the past decade, the "the Belt and Road" initiative has developed from "freehand brushwork" to "meticulous meticulous painting", becoming the most popular international public goods and the largest international cooperation platform. The "circle of friends" has been expanding, and cooperation has yielded fruitful results, effectively improving the living standards of people in the co construction countries.
She recalled that the young students were sitting in the front row, and the audience was very excited during the speech, with warm applause echoing from time to time.
In the observation of this international relations scholar, over the past ten years, the cooperation of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" has moved forward, and the connectivity construction of Eurasia has achieved remarkable results.
The seminar on "Review and Prospect of the 10th Anniversary of the Joint Construction of the 'the Belt and Road' Initiative" and China Central Asia "Golden 30 Years" Exchange Meeting, sponsored by Xinhua News Agency, China Daily and Kazakhstan China Research Center, was successfully held at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan on the 7th.
Back then, O'Donnell had just arrived in Kazakhstan from Australia and was not yet familiar with this Central Asian country.
"The Q&A process is impressive," O'Donnell said. "Not every student has the opportunity to engage in dialogue with world-class leaders like this."
On January 13th, a China Europe freight train loaded with 1300 tons of flour from Kazakhstan arrived at Xi'an International Port Station. This marks the smooth arrival of the first China Europe New Year goods and supplies return special train in Xi'an in 2023, bringing in "foreign New Year goods" for the upcoming Spring Festival.
Over the ten years of working in Kazakhstan, O'Donnell has witnessed the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" to help Kazakhstan transform from a "land locked country" to a "land linked country" and gain important development opportunities.
On April 21st, at Nazarbayev International Airport in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstani staff held a welcome ceremony for passengers arriving on the first flight of Air China's Beijing Xi'an Astana route.
"These ten years have been successful," said Aydar Amlebayev, a member of the International Relations Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. In his view, thanks to the "the Belt and Road" construction, Kazakhstan has achieved considerable development. Over the past decade, the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" initiative and Kazakhstan's "Bright Road" new economic policy have been deepening, and investment and production capacity cooperation projects between the two countries have blossomed everywhere, benefiting the two peoples.
On July 21st, the Saltana National Dance Troupe of Kazakhstan made its debut on stage at the Xinjiang People's Theater, bringing the audience a song and dance performance called "Rich Hometown".
Yerkin Badarov, a senior researcher of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, said that in the process of promoting the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation, the people of China and Central Asia have shown great creativity together and look forward to the continued development of both sides in the future.
Overall video: Li Linyin calmly
Photography: Li Muzi, Wu Huiwo, Li Yibo, Hu Huhu, Ospanov
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