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ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

territorial integrity, security, and stability is a substantive and important
part of China’s strategic partnerships with the Central Asian countries.
We are ready to bolster trust and deepen cooperation with the Central
Asian countries both bilaterally and within the framework of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to join forces in combating
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the three strains of influence — by which we mean terrorism, ethnic
separatism, and religious extremism — as well as drug trafficking
and organized transnational crime. With this we will create a positive
environment for promoting the region’s economic development and the
general wellbeing of its people.
We should make significant moves to strengthen practical
cooperation and be good partners who benefit each other through
cooperation. China and the Central Asian countries are all at a crucial
stage of development and are facing opportunities and challenges
that are hitherto unprecedented. We have all set medium- to long-
term development goals based on our own national conditions. Our
strategic goals are the same — to ensure sustainable, stable economic
development, build prosperous and strong nations, and achieve national
renewal. We need to strengthen practical cooperation across the
board and translate our strengths, including positive political relations,
geographical proximity, and economic complementarity, into strengths
for fostering practical cooperation and sustainable growth. With this we
can build a mutually beneficial interest community.
We should bring greater open mindedness and broader vision
to the expansion of regional cooperation and together achieve fresh
progress. Today, global economic integration is gathering speed, and
regional cooperation is on the rise. The Eurasian region has established
a number of organizations for regional cooperation. The member and
observer countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) and
the SCO span Eurasia, South Asia, and West Asia. By strengthening
cooperation between the SCO and the EAEC, we can gain further space
for development.
To enable all Eurasian countries to enjoy closer economic ties,
deeper cooperation, and greater space for development, we can use
an innovative model of cooperation, building together an economic
belt along the Silk Road. We are talking here about a great undertaking

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