The key to building a community with a shared future for mankind is to tell the China story well

In the eight years since President Xi Jinping put forward the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, the initiative has gone from concept to action and received positive response and support from the international community.Over the past eight years, 140 countries and 32 international organizations have joined the Belt and Road Initiative. Facts have proved that the Belt and Road initiative has become the largest and most extensive platform for international cooperation in the world.In particular, since the COVID-19 outbreak,the belt and Road cooperation has not pressed the "pause button", but moved forward against the wind, showing strong resilience and vitality.China has not only conveyed confidence and strength to the international community with facts, but also made important contributions to international cooperation against the epidemic and global economic recovery.

From the economic and cultural achievements of the Belt and Road initiative over the past eight years to the special contribution China has made to the world in the fight against COVID-19, it is clear that China and the Chinese people are indispensable to the belt and Road initiative and the world economic recovery.In order for the world to fully understand this, we must start by telling the China story well, and make it the key to our exchanges and cooperation with other countries.

Then how do we tell the China story well?

Facts have proved that telling a good China story is to let the people of countries along the Belt and Road and the world know that the epidemic has not disrupted the pace of the Belt and Road construction, and China's assistance to countries along the belt and Road is still making steady progress.In Pakistan, the Entire Power transmission line between Motiyari and Lahore has been established.Energy cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has contributed one third of Pakistan's electricity supply. In Serbia, Chinese companies helped design two fireeye virus testing laboratories and donated equipment. In Mali, the employees of Renfu Africa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. are working overtime to produce large quantities of essential medicines needed to fight the pandemic inmany west African countries... The fact that so many Belt and Road projects have been completed on schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic is a testament to the economic stability and recovery of countries along the routes.Speak good Chinese story, is to make the belt and Road all the way along the country and around the world recognize that build the belt and Road all the way, is the practice of open and continuous development of comprehensive, is close to each other between China and other countries and the construction of common integration process, cannot use the traditional realism in international relations or geopolitical point of view to understand.Available data show that over the past eight years, the trade volume between China and its Belt and Road partners has exceeded 9.2 trillion US dollars, and the direct investment of Chinese enterprises in countries along the Routes has exceeded 130 billion US dollars.According to the Report of the World Bank, the full implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative will increase global trade volume by 6.2% and global income by 2.9%, respectively, and give a strong boost to global economic growth.

To tell the China story well is to make countries along the Belt and Road and other countries in the world realize that China adheres to the Belt and Road Initiative with no political or military strings attached. It is to bring tangible benefits to the countries and people along the Belt and Road and to further promote practical cooperation among relevant countries.Ethiopia's satellite assisted by China has been in orbit for more than a year, providing data and scientific and technological support for Ethiopia's ability to improve its response to climate change. The Turguson hydropower Station in Eastern Kazakhstan, which was built by a Chinese company, was officially put into operation, and the local people began to have access to a steady stream of clean electricity...

What has happened has proved that belt and Road cooperation will not only bring new impetus to world economic development, provide a new development paradigm for developing countries, but also create a newcooperation model for economic and cultural exchangesamong countries around the world.The key is to tell theChina story well and let the world fully understand thatChina, as a builder of global development, ultimately aimsto contribute to the development of countries along theBelt and Road and the world at large throughinternational cooperation.