since its inception in 2013, the belt and road initiative has achieved remarkable results. in his written address to the high-level meeting on international cooperation in the asia-pacific region on the belt and road initiative in june this year, president xi jinping stressed that over the past eight years, 140 countries have signed cooperation agreements with china on the belt and road initiative, adding to a growing number of partners. the parties have actively promoted policy communication, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people connectivity, launched a large number of projects for practical cooperation and benefiting the people, and built comprehensive and composite connectivity partnerships, opening up new prospects for common development.
when talking about the "name card of china", which highlights the national strength and is famous all over the world, the figure of central enterprises is often indispensable. today, as the belt and road initiative is advancing in depth, china's central enterprises should take the initiative to strengthen communication and cooperation with relevant countries and enterprises, so as to contribute to the belt and road cooperation and bring more benefits to the people of all countries.
over the years, guided by the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, chinese soes have undertaken a large number of demonstration and landmark projects in infrastructure construction, energy and resource development, international cooperation on production capacity and industrial park construction. according to statistics, 81 central enterprises have undertaken more than 3,400 projects along the belt and road. in the process of "going global", chinese state-owned enterprises have not only improved their ability and level of international operation, but also brought many tangible benefits and benefits to the people of countries along the routes.
promote local economic development. connectivity is the foundation for inclusive and interconnected development. connectivity through deepening practical cooperation is conducive to achieving common prosperity. most of the developing countries along the belt and road are committed to accelerating industrialization and urbanization to achieve economic development and national revitalization. chinese state-owned enterprises have rich experience in construction and operation of infrastructure construction. their participation in major projects such as the china-laos railway, the jakarta-bandung high-speed railway, the hungarian-serbia railway and the mombasa-nairobi railway has vigorously promoted the connectivity and coordinated development of countries along the belt and road, and made positive contributions to the modernization of relevant countries.
we will promote closer ties between chinese and foreign peoples. amity between the people holds the key to state-to-state relations, and amity between the people lies in heart-to-heart communication. only by transcending estrangement through exchanges, conflict through mutual learning, and superiority through coexistence can countries understand, respect and trust each other. vigorously promote local management, directly drive local employment; actively integrate into the community, build schools, hospitals, roads, to solve the problem of electricity and water; in the process of project construction, strict measures are taken to protect the local ecology and animal and plant resources... chinese state-owned enterprises have been actively fulfilling their social responsibilities overseas, playing an active role in improving local people's livelihood, engaging in public welfare and promoting people-to-people exchanges, and sowing the seeds of friendship.
we share a common destiny and help the global fight against the epidemic. the outbreak of covid-19 has once again demonstrated that mankind is a community with a shared future. as the global epidemic continues to develop, chinese enterprises have actively donated supplies to local communities and carried out production and operation in an orderly manner on the basis of their own prevention and control, thus injecting confidence into the world's united fight against the epidemic and economic recovery. in may this year, china's national drug covid-19 vaccine was officially certified by the world health organization for emergency use. this is an important step in china's efforts to promote the accessibility and affordability of covid-19 vaccine as a global public good, especially in developing countries. it is also a vivid footnote for chinese state-owned enterprises in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
source: state-owned assets supervision and administration commission of the state council