Prime Minister Imran Khan's Visit to China Ushers the CPEC into a New Stage.

Byline: H. E. Mr. Yao Jing

The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) was successfully held in Beijing last week. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, 40 national leaders and heads of international organizations including Prime Minister Imran Khan attended the forum. The event was also attended by more than 6,000 representatives from 150 countries and 92 international organizations. The participants exchanged in-depth views under the theme "Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future", reached extensive consensus on promoting high-quality Belt and Road cooperation with refined principles, reassured priorities and stronger mechanisms.

First, reviewing and summarizing the progress and significance of Belt and Road cooperation. Belt and Road cooperation has created opportunities for common prosperity. Since Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) was proposed over 5 years ago, and especially after the first BRF in 2017, related parties have made concerted efforts to expand policy communication, upgrade infrastructure connectivity, advance economic, trade and investment cooperation, enhance financial cooperation and facilitate people-to-people exchange. The "early harvests" of Belt and Road cooperation achieved so far have opened up greater space for national and global economic growth, provided a platform for enhancing international cooperation, and made a fresh contribution to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Second, establishing the goal of high-quality development of Belt and Road cooperation. As President Xi Jinping pointed out, to achieve the highquality development of Belt and Road cooperation, we should uphold the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits. We are committed to supporting open, clean and green development and have agreed to act on the principles of high standard, people-centered and sustainable development.

These common views have been written into the joint communique of the Round Table Summit of BRF, which has become an international consensus and will lead the parties to refine the blueprint of Belt and Road cooperation. The concept articulated by President Xi Jinping of acting on the principles of high international standard, ensuring commercial and financial sustainability of the progress has been widely recognized by the international community. So far, no country has fallen into a debt crisis because of BRI. On the contrary...

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