Gather dreams and strength to build a community of Asian destiny
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 7th Feature: Gathering Dreams and Strength to Build a Community of Asian Destiny
Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ping Lu Jiafei
The sea is wide and the sails are dancing, and the sky is high and the wind is warm. Five years ago, in Boao, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader called on Asian countries to establish a sense of community of destiny and push the development of Asia and the world to a new level. Three years ago, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader elaborated on the concept of a community of Asian destiny in Boao and drew a blueprint for a new future in Asia.
The 2018 annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia is about to open. Comply with the general trend of Asian development and gather Asian development forces. China played a symphony of destiny with Asian countries, and the community of destiny gradually became the "Asian Consensus".
Sharing concept
Drinking the same river, fate is closely linked. The Lancang-Mekong River, which stretches across Wan Li, has witnessed the beautiful picture that China initiated and established a new sub-regional cooperation platform with Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to build a community of destiny.
In just two years, the Lancang-Mekong cooperation mechanism has become the first version of the Asian destiny community. The pattern of "leaders leading, all-round coverage and participation of all departments", the speed of "making progress every day, making achievements every month and stepping up every year" and the culture of "treating each other as equals, sincerely helping each other and being like a family" all reflect the belief and pursuit of the six countries to deepen the integration of interests and achieve common development, and also demonstrate China’s role as a leader of regional cooperation and a watcher of regional peace and development.
China practices the neighboring diplomatic concept of sincerity and tolerance, insists on being a good neighbor and partner, deepens friendly cooperation with neighboring countries, actively participates in multilateral cooperation mechanisms in Asia, promotes regional cooperation to blossom and form synergy, and lays the foundation for building a community of Asian destiny.
China-ASEAN Destiny Community, China-Pakistan Destiny Community, China-Kazakhstan Destiny Community and China-Laos Destiny Community … … The concept of community of destiny has taken root in Asia, and different levels of community of destiny complement each other.
Bambang Suryono, chairman of the Asian Innovation Research Center, an Indonesian think tank, believes that China’s proposal of a community of Asian destiny provides an ideological guarantee and theoretical basis for common development, peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit in the Asian region. The community of Asian destiny is rooted in China’s "harmony" culture, conforms to the traditional cultural values of Asian countries, and is deeply recognized and supported by Asian countries. Asian countries are increasingly accepting the concept of the community of destiny.
As the main driving force of the world economy, Asia is also facing challenges such as insufficient growth momentum and integration momentum. China, which has entered a new era, will continue to provide growth momentum for Asia and the world, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with neighboring countries and further promote the building of a community of human destiny.
As Salman Ali Bettaney, a professor at the School of Politics and International Relations of Jinnah University, said, building a community of destiny is conducive to enhancing trust among Asian countries and strengthening mutual cooperation and cultural exchanges.
Build a dream
Across Qian Shan, build a dream space together. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China-Laos Railway, China-Thailand Railway, Anglian-Papu Railway Tunnel, Vietnam Longjiang Industrial Park, Laos Saiseta Industrial Development Zone, Cambodia Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, Sri Lanka Hambantota Port … … China and Asian countries discuss and share the "Belt and Road" and build a community of Asian destiny with practical actions.
Asia is the first region of the Belt and Road Initiative. Five years ago, China initiated the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" in Kazakhstan and Indonesia respectively, which were warmly responded by Asian countries. In January 2016, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was officially put into operation. So far, it has provided financial support for development projects in many Asian countries, including the expressway project in Pakistan, the subway project in Bangalore, India, the energy project in Myanmar, the slum upgrading project in Indonesia, and the fiber-optic broadband network construction in Oman.
The construction of the "Belt and Road" in Asia has changed the infrastructure of many countries, created a land-sea connectivity map, and stimulated local investment and industrial development.
Hu Yishan, chief consultant of the Malaysian Pacific Research Center, believes that the community of Asian destiny focuses on promoting economic, trade and economic development. There are still many countries and regions in Asia with backward infrastructure. The Belt and Road Initiative and the AIIB can help regions improve their infrastructure and boost regional economic development.
A trickle merges into the sea, and a little starlight illuminates the Milky Way. The "Belt and Road" brings together the dreams of people in Asian countries and connects the development strategies of various countries.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the "Belt and Road Initiative" fits well with Cambodia’s national development plan. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina said that Bangladesh is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in the process of realizing the dream of "Golden Bangladesh".
Suryono believes that the "Belt and Road" construction is conducive to integrating the resources of Asian countries, giving full play to their comparative advantages, and achieving common development and prosperity in Asia. The construction of the "Belt and Road" attaches importance to the communication between the people, which is also conducive to enhancing mutual trust and understanding among Asian countries, reducing ethnic, religious and cultural conflicts, and laying the foundation for building a community of Asian destiny.
Draw a blueprint together
As close as lips and teeth, share weal and woe. To build a community of Asian destiny, common security is essential. At present, Asia is facing traditional and non-traditional, internal and external security challenges, and regional hot spots come one after another. Countries outside the region intervene in regional security affairs, and the game of great powers around geopolitics intensifies. The common will of Asian countries to pursue peace and development calls for a new Asian security concept.
At the AsiaInfo Shanghai Summit in 2014, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the Asian security concept of "common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable". In his speech at the opening ceremony of the fifth CICA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in 2016, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader proposed to promote the construction of a security governance model with Asian characteristics.
Suryono believes that the western security concept pursues absolute security and puts its own security above that of others. China’s concept of Asian security pursues common security, and only when everyone feels safe can it be truly safe.
Rod Capnan, a columnist of Philippine Standard, believes that China pursues "win-win" and is committed to sharing the dividends brought by its reform and development with other countries in the world. China has done the same, including promoting the building of a community of Asian destiny and launching the "Belt and Road Initiative".
Building a universal and safe Asian security system requires enhancing mutual trust among countries, and enhancing mutual trust is inseparable from cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations within the Asian family.
At the 2015 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader proposed to hold a conference on dialogue of Asian civilizations, strengthen exchanges between young people, non-governmental organizations, local governments, media and other sectors, and build a think tank exchange and cooperation network, so that Asian people can enjoy a richer spiritual life and make regional development cooperation more dynamic. The 2016 Annual Meeting of Boao Forum for Asia held the Dialogue of Asian Civilizations. On the theme of "Colorful Civilization and New Vitality in Asia", representatives from China, Pakistan, Iran, Singapore and UNESCO started a dialogue.
China is good, and Asia can be good; If Asia is good, China will be better. China and Asian countries have joined hands on the journey of building a community of destiny and jointly painted a beautiful picture of a new Asia. (Participating in reporters: Liang Hui, Ji Wei, Liu Tong, Zhang Dacheng, Yuan Mengchen, Dong Chengwen, Wang Yu, Zhang Jianhua)