(10th Anniversary of the "the Belt and Road") Revitalize and invigorate the "the Belt and Road", add a new "Chinese card" The Belt | China | Business card

China News Agency, Beijing, September 14, Report Title: Revitalizing and Energizing the "the Belt and Road" and Adding New "China Business Card"

China News Agency reporter Pang Wuji

As early as over 2000 years ago, the rutting marks of the ancient Silk Road marked the most distinctive Chinese exchange goods such as silk, tea, ceramics, etc. with the "Chinese business card". Today, more than 2000 years later, with the deepening of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", the "footprint" of global economic and trade exchanges left on this "road" is frequent, and the ancient Silk Road is increasingly radiating vitality and vitality. A series of new "Chinese business cards" have emerged on the "the Belt and Road".

high-speed rail

High speed rail is a national calling card for China to go global. In recent years, the comfortable and fast high-speed rail has repeatedly won praise on social media at home and abroad, and some foreign netizens have referred to it as the "train to the future.". As of 2022, the operating mileage of China's high-speed rail has reached 42000 kilometers, accounting for more than two-thirds of the world's total high-speed rail mileage.

China's high-speed rail is also exported overseas. On September 7th, the Jakarta Bandung high-speed railway, jointly constructed by China and Indonesia, was put into operation, reducing the fastest travel time between the two places from 3.5 hours to 40 minutes. In early October, ticket sales will officially begin commercial operations. This marks that Indonesia, a country jointly building the "the Belt and Road", has entered the "high-speed rail era".

Dynamic debugging of high-speed trains on the Yawan high-speed railway line.

The Yawan high-speed train is the first Chinese high-speed train exported overseas. According to the design and manufacturer China CRRC, the train adopts advanced and mature technology of the Chinese standard high-speed train, Fuxing, with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, while adapting to the operating environment and line conditions in Indonesia. In August 2022, the high-speed train was taken offline by CRRC Sifang Co., Ltd. and gradually transported to Indonesia by sea.

nuclear power

As a third-generation nuclear power technology with independent intellectual property rights in China, "Hualong One" is another "national business card" that China deserves. In July this year, Pakistan held a groundbreaking ceremony for Unit 5 of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant. This is the third unit of China's "Hualong 1" exported to Pakistan. Prior to this, Pakistan's first million kilowatt nuclear power project using the same technology, the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant K-2/K-3 units, had been delivered to the Pakistani side after being put into operation.

The first overseas K-2/K-3 nuclear power project of Hualong No.1.

It is reported that "Hualong 1" technology is currently one of the most advanced nuclear power technologies in the world, and is the main model for China's nuclear power "going global". After the completion of the C-5 project, it is expected to generate nearly 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually, which can meet the annual electricity demand of over 4 million households in Pakistan. For Pakistan, which has long faced power shortages, the significance of the continuous power supply provided by nuclear power plants is self-evident.

port

Over the past decade, China has cooperated with the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" to build a large number of "China Harbor", "China Road" and "China Bridge". A large amount of infrastructure with network and multiplier effects has become the "hard capital" for the sustained economic and social development of co built countries. Taking ports as an example, as large-scale infrastructure connecting land and sea, it is not uncommon to see cases of "one port carrying fire, one city" or even a country.

In January of this year, China Communications Corporation's Laiki Deepwater Port in Nigeria, which was invested, constructed and operated by China Harbour, opened for operation. The picture shows the arrival of the cargo ship "Alice" at the port.

Du Ruogang, General Manager of China Port Nigeria Laiki Port Co., Ltd., told China News Agency that the Laiki Port in Nigeria, which opened and operated in January this year, is the first controlling port project implemented by a Chinese enterprise overseas with an integrated investment, construction, and operation model. According to calculations, during the 45 year franchise period, Laiki Port can drive Nigeria's GDP growth of $361 billion, create 170000 jobs, and bring in direct and indirect commercial income of $158 billion.

High speed rail, nuclear power and ports all add Chinese elements to the "the Belt and Road" cooperation. However, in the opinion of Wang Yiwei, professor of the School of International Relations of Renmin University of China and director of the Institute of International Affairs, the new "China card" on the "the Belt and Road" is far more than that. The best-selling Chinese products such as silk and porcelain on the ancient Silk Road can be said to be the pinnacle of agricultural civilization and a unique skill that others did not possess. What is China's "unique skill" on the "the Belt and Road" today?

Wang Yiwei believes that that is the advantage of China's system and industrial system. On the one hand, a strong and complete industrial chain supports Chinese enterprises in constructing complex projects such as nuclear power plants and high-speed railways overseas. On the other hand, most infrastructure projects have high investment and long construction cycles, with no immediate returns. Western private enterprises are unwilling and unable to undertake them. The reason why China can build bridges, roads, ports, etc. in the "the Belt and Road" countries is that there are powerful central enterprises behind it. They can ignore the gains and losses of temporary interests, so as to implement long-term strategic planning. This is an advantage brought about by China's political system.

It is precisely because of the cooperation of central enterprises that he pointed out that China can mobilize resources in a unified manner, achieving major projects such as the West East Power Transmission, North South Power Supply, water and fire coordination, wind and solar complementarity, and even cross-border interconnection. In addition, China's decades of reform and opening up have condensed the development history of other countries for hundreds of years, coupled with the hard work and wisdom of the Chinese people, what they have learned, such as development finance, special economic zones, high-speed rail technology, etc., can be systematically integrated, reflecting the advantages of Chinese civilization's inclusiveness and integration.

He believes that these are the real new "business cards of China" on the "the Belt and Road".

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