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ADVANCING THE BRI

Internet, we should create spaces and build workshops for young people
from different countries to pursue entrepreneurship and realize their dreams.
We should pursue a new vision of green development and a way
of life and work that is green, low-carbon, circular, and sustainable.
Efforts should be made to strengthen cooperation in ecological and
environmental protection and to enhance ecological conservation
in order to realize the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
Fifth, we should build the Belt and Road into a road that connects
different civilizations. In pursuing the BRI, we should ensure that when it
comes to different civilizations, exchange replaces estrangement, mutual
learning replaces conflict, and coexistence replaces a sense of superiority.
With this we can boost mutual understanding, mutual respect, and mutual
trust among countries. We should establish a multi-tiered mechanism
for cultural and people-to-people exchanges, build more cooperation
platforms, and open more cooperation channels. Educational cooperation
should be boosted, with more exchange students moving between
countries and the quality of cooperatively run schools being enhanced.
Think tanks also have role to play and efforts should be made to
establish sound networks and partnerships in this regard. In the cultural,
sports, and health sectors, new cooperation models should be created to
facilitate projects with concrete benefits. Historical and cultural heritage
should be fully tapped to jointly develop tourism products and protect
heritage in ways that preserve the Silk Road’s distinctive features. We
should strengthen exchanges between parliaments, political parties, and
non-governmental organizations and between women, youth, and people
with disabilities with a view to achieving inclusive development. We
should also strengthen international counter-corruption cooperation, so
that the Belt and Road will be a road founded on high ethical standards.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Friends,
China has reached a new starting point in its development endeavor.
Guided by the vision of innovative, coordinated, green, and open
development that is for everyone, we will adapt to and steer the new
normal of economic development and seize the opportunities it presents.

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