The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" stands on the right side of history, conforms to the logic of progress of the times, and follows the right path of the world.

The 2025 meeting of the Advisory Committee of the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum of the Advisory Committee was held in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province on May 15. The Advisory Committee held in-depth discussions on the theme of "high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and building an open, inclusive, interconnected and common development". At present, unilateralism and protectionism are clearly on the rise, and global development is facing many challenges. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" adheres to the principle of consultation, joint construction and sharing, and the scope of cooperation is constantly expanding, the scope of cooperation is constantly expanding, and the level of cooperation is constantly improving, helping to paint a magnificent picture that connects the world and shares beauty.

In the first quarter, China's imports and exports to countries with jointly building the "Belt and Road" increased by 2.2% year-on-year; in April, the key control project of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway broke ground; in May, Colombia officially joined the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" family... In the first half of this year, a series of remarkable progress reflects the solid pace of the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" to continue to go deeper and more practical. Since the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed in 2013, China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents on jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations. A large number of iconic brands, projects or projects such as the China-Europe Express, China-Laos Railway, and the Western Land-Sea New Channel have brought new opportunities for common development; Luban Workshop, "Bright Travel", mushroom grass technology, hybrid rice, artemisinin and other "small and beautiful" people's livelihood projects continue to benefit developing countries and produce widespread economic and social effects. The members at the meeting said that the initiative of jointly building the "Belt and Road" proposed by President Xi Jinping injected stability into global development and was an important opportunity to promote world economic growth and promote global common prosperity. The world is increasingly clear that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" pursues development, advocates win-win, and conveys hope.

The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and anti-globalization and protectionist sediment has emerged. The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has demonstrated strong resilience, vigorous vitality and broad development prospects. Faced with new situations and new challenges, we will adhere to cooperation in opening up and win-win cooperation in cooperation, advocate that all countries share opportunities, face challenges, and create prosperity together, and continue to contribute to promoting global open cooperation and improving global economic governance. Create a pilot zone for cooperation on "Silk Road E-commerce", negotiate and sign free trade agreements and investment protection agreements with more countries, completely cancel restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector, and expand market access for digital products... China announced eight actions to support the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", one of which is to support the construction of an open world economy. The members at the meeting said that jointly building a country must safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, safeguard the multilateral trading system and international economic order, safeguard multilateralism and free trade, improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, strengthen regional free trade arrangements, and promote regional integration.

Digital economy and artificial intelligence cooperation are one of the important topics of this conference. At present, the process of digitalization, greening and intelligentization of the world economy is accelerating, accumulating momentum for economic globalization again. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" will conform to the general laws of world economic, technology, industry and social development and the general trend of the times, strengthen cooperation and cultivate new growth points in new fields such as digital and green. Promote the establishment of the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance, initiate the "Belt and Road" International Science Organization Alliance, jointly formulate and implement the "China-Africa Digital Innovation Partnership Plan" with African countries, and hold the China-Latin America Science and Technology Innovation Forum... China and all parties strengthen cooperation in digital economy and artificial intelligence, support the construction of global southern capacity, work together to ride the express train of digital economy and green development, and comprehensively promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

Practice has proved that jointly building the "Belt and Road" is on the right side of history, in line with the logic of the progress of the times, and is following the right path in the world. China looks forward to working together with the countries that jointly build, continuously expand new space for win-win development at a higher level, more resilient and more sustainable, and continuously inject new impetus into building a community with a shared future for mankind.