Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26. Topic: Carry forward the past and forge a better future together – Interpretation of President Xi Jinping’s important speech at the video summit marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries
Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Bin, Ma Zhuoyan, Feng Xinran
“Let’s start from the common well-being of the people of the six countries, continue friendship, promote cooperation, and jointly write a better future for China-Central Asian relations, and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.”
On January 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a video summit in Beijing on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries and delivered an important speech entitled “Joining a Shared Destiny to the Future”. President Xi Jinping comprehensively summed up the development experience of China-Central Asian relations over the past 30 years, and worked with leaders of various countries to draw a blueprint for bilateral cooperation in the next stage, injecting strong impetus into the development of relations between China and Central Asian countries in the new era, and promoting regional and world peace, stability and prosperity. Development brings more confidence and hope.
On the followingnoon of January 25, President Xi Jinping hosted a video summit in Beijing on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries, and delivered an important speech entitled “Joining a Shared Destiny to the Future”.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pang Xinglei
Four Principles of Experience: Precious and Inspiring
Thirty years ago, China officially established diplomatic relations with the five Central Asian countries, ushering in a new era of friendly exchanges between the two sides.
“Follow the trend, keep faith and cultivate harmony”, “walk together and seek common development”, “share weal and woe, share safety and security”, “acquaint each other with each other, integrate each other”, “support each other and uphold justice”… In his speech, President Xi Jinping spoke highly of the past 30 years In the course of exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, the “success code” of China’s cooperation with the five Central Asian countries is attributed to four principles: mutual respect, good neighborliness and friendship, solidarity, mutual benefit and win-win results.
“The four principles summarized by President Xi Jinping comprehensively summarize the distinctive features and valuable experience of China’s exchanges and cooperation with Central Asian countries in various fields.” said Ruan Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies. Although the development paths are different, in the past 30 years, bilateral relations have withstood the test of the changing international situation and achieved leapfrog development. “The four principles vividly explain the connotation and essence of this new type of international relations between China and Central Asian countries, and provide important inspiration for the sustainable and stable development of bilateral relations.”
On April 20, 2020, at the Manas International Airport in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, members of the joint working group from China to Kyrgyzstan got off the plane. The joint working group randomly brought a batch of anti-epidemic medical supplies donated by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Roman)
The five Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are located in the hinterland of Eurasia. Since 2013, President Xi Jinping has visited these five countries.
This is the land drilling rig exported by Gansu Lanshi Group to Turkmenistan (file photo).Xinhua News Agency
“No matter how the international situation changes, no matter how China develops in the future, China will always be a trusted and trusted good neighbor, good partner, good friend and good brother of Central Asian countries.” At the summit, President Xi Jinping made it clear that, China firmly supports Central Asian countries in following a development path that suits their national conditions, firmly supports countries in safeguarding their sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, firmly supports countries in their pursuit of national rejuvenation and unity and self-improvement, and firmly supports countries in playing a greater role on the international stage.
Ruan Zongze said that under the leadership of the head of state diplomacy, the political mutual trust and comprehensive cooperation between China and the Central Asian countries has reached an unprecedented high level. The four “firm supports” proposed by President Xi Jinping reflect the high degree of coherence of China’s policy towards Central Asia and inject more certainty into the sustainable and stable development of bilateral relations.
On April 14, 2020, at the Ninth General Hospital of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, members of the Chinese medical team in Kazakhstan communicated with medical staff in Kazakhstan on how to optimize hospital management to reduce nosocomial infections. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Kazakhstan Industrial News)
After the outbreak of the COVID-19, President Xi Jinping held phone calls and exchanged letters with the leaders of the five Central Asian countries many times, maintaining close communication and building consensus on fighting the epidemic and restoring the economy. At the summit, the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries all expressed their eagerness to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in China next week.
“China and the five Central Asian countries firmly support each other on their respective major agendas and priorities, and demonstrate the spirit of solidarity and mutual trust with practical actions, which will effectively promote the relationship between the two sides to become more mature, stable and firm, and inject more positive energy into the peace and development of the region and the world.” China Li Yongquan, president of the Russian Association of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said.
Five proposals for cooperation: rich in content and far-reaching significance
On February 27, 2016, a special train stopped at the entrance of the Kamchik tunnel of the Angren-Papu railway in Uzbekistan. The Kamchik Tunnel of the Anglian-Papu Railway in Uzbekistan, the longest tunnel in Central Asia undertaken by the Chinese government’s Youbuy Project and China Railway Tunnel Group, was fully opened on February 27. The Kamchik Tunnel is 19.26 kilometers long and is the longest tunnel in Central Asia.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shadati
The most important outcome of this summit is that the two sides announced to build a China-Central Asian community with a shared future, opening a new era of mutual relations between China and Central Asian countries. “Demonstration fields for deep cultivation of good-neighborliness and friendship”, “building a cooperation belt for high-quality development”, “strengthening the protective shield to guard peace”, “building a big family of diverse interactions”, and “maintaining a global village for peaceful development”, at the summit, President Xi Jinping worked together to build a more The close China-Central Asia community with a shared future puts forward five suggestions.
Ruan Zongze said that these five-point suggestions clarify the path and provide guidelines for the future development of China’s relations with Central Asian countries, covering a wide range of cooperation fields such as strategic communication, economy and trade, connectivity, science and technology, health, security, and humanities. The general expectation of seeking peace, development and win-win results is in line with the development trend of the times.
On June 23, 2020, on the highway from Karaganda to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, a fleet of trucks transports 70-meter-long wind turbine blades (photographed by drone). During the COVID-19 outbreak, China and Kazakhstan overcame difficulties and continued to promote cooperation in the field of new energy. Wind power equipment produced in China is transported across thousands of kilometers to Kazakhstan to help Kazakhstan’s renewable energy projects. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Ospanov)
Looking back, in the past 30 years, China has made a series of major achievements in cooperation with the five Central Asian countries in various fields: China has become the largest trading partner of Central Asia, and the bilateral trade volume has increased by hundreds of times compared with the initial stage of the establishment of diplomatic relations; China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, Major projects such as the China-Kazakhstan crude oil pipeline and the China-Jiangsu-Ukraine highway have been successfully completed; the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” has blossomed in Central Asia…
On November 11, 2015, at the Horgos Metering Station of the Central Asia Natural Gas Pipeline, staff conduct inspections. According to reports, the Central Asia Natural Gas Pipeline is my country’s first transnational energy channel to introduce foreign natural gas resources. It starts from the border of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the west, passes through central Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, and enters through the Horgos port in Xinjiang. It is 1,833 kilometers long and has a total designed gas transmission capacity of 60 billion cubic meters per year.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yehua
Facing the future, President Xi Jinping proposed a series of new pragmatic measures: “Import more high-quality commodities and agricultural products from Central Asian countries”, “China will provide 50 million more doses of vaccine assistance to Central Asian countries in 2022”, “Efforts in the next 5 to 10 years will The number of friendship cities between China and the five Central Asian countries has increased to 100″ “China will provide 500 million US dollars in free assistance to Central Asian countries in the next three years for the construction of national livelihood projects”…
On June 11, 2019, a police officer at the Karasu Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang introduced entry-exit-related matters to Tajik drivers. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Huang Huan)
Ding Xiaoxing, director of the Eurasian Institute of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said that China and the Central Asian countries are geographically adjacent to each other and have similar civilizations. The cooperation between the two sides has a solid foundation and distinct advantages. He believed that on the basis of the existing cooperation achievements, President Xi Jinping further clarified the “timetable” and “roadmap” for future cooperation, which demonstrated China’s positive willingness to cooperate with regional countries for win-win results. Vivid embodiment of the concept of righteousness and profit.
A Joint Statement: Building Consensus and Adding Momentum
On September 5, 2021, at the Uzbekistan pharmaceutical company Zurabek Laboratory Co., Ltd., staff work on the production line of the new crown recombinant protein vaccine. The new crown recombinant protein vaccine jointly developed by the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Anhui Zhifeilong Kema Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was officially put into production in Uzbekistan’s pharmaceutical company Zurabek Laboratory Co., Ltd. This is the first time that the country has realized the localized production of China’s new crown vaccine It is also the first time that the production line of this new crown recombinant protein vaccine has landed abroad. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zafar)
At present, the century-old changes and the epidemic of the century are intertwined and superimposed, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. Some countries have moved once morest the trend of history, provoked confrontation and created divisions, and brought more challenges to the peaceful development of the world and the region.
The summit adopted and issued the Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Leaders of China and the Five Central Asian Countries, clearly expressing the practice of genuine multilateralism and the promotion of the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind. , once morest interference in other countries’ internal affairs under any pretext, and once morest the politicization of sports.
In the early morning of May 24, 2020, a joint working group of the Chinese government arrived at Dushanbe International Airport, the capital of Tajikistan. Also arriving on the same plane was the third batch of anti-epidemic aid materials from the Chinese government to Tajikistan, including nucleic acid testing kits, ventilators, medical masks, etc. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in Tajikistan)
“Faced with common challenges, the summit has gathered broad consensus from all parties, and made clear what China and Central Asian countries support and oppose, which has strong practical significance,” said Deng Hao, secretary-general of the China Shanghai Cooperation Organization Research Center.
Last year, following major changes in the situation in Afghanistan, President Xi Jinping exchanged views with leaders of relevant Central Asian countries on the Afghan issue many times on bilateral and multilateral occasions, and expressed his stance on promoting the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan as soon as possible. Not long ago, the situation in Kazakhstan suddenly changed. President Xi Jinping said in an oral letter to Kazakh President Tokayev that China firmly opposes any force that undermines the stability of Kazakhstan and threatens the security of Kazakhstan.
At the summit, President Xi Jinping pointed out that “a peaceful, stable, developed and prosperous Afghanistan conforms to the common interests of our six countries”, and stressed that “resolutely oppose external forces engaging in ‘color revolutions’ in Central Asia, and resolutely oppose the use of human rights as an excuse. Interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, and resolutely oppose any force that disrupts the peaceful life of the people.”
“China and Central Asian countries are both developing countries, with similar positions and similar demands on many major international and regional issues, and have a common value foundation for communication, coordination and cooperation. President Xi Jinping’s words express the common aspiration of all parties to maintain regional security and stability. “Li Yongquan said.
On April 17, 2015, oil pumping units of the Kyrgyz Continental Oil and Gas Company are producing oil at the site near Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz oil and gas project is located in the Fergana Basin, Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz Continental Oil and Gas Co., Ltd., established in May 2013, is responsible for exploration, research, development and production, as well as technical transformation of old wells to increase production. The controlling shareholder of the company is China Rongsheng Heavy Industry (also known as Huarong Energy) Group. The company has signed a cooperation agreement with Kyrgyz Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd. The Chinese side will provide capital, technology and personnel, and the Kyrgyz side will invest in the exploration and development rights of oil blocks. , the two sides of the developed oil are divided proportionally. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Roman)
The joint statement focuses on political cooperation, security cooperation, pragmatic cooperation, anti-epidemic cooperation, international cooperation and other aspects, and makes a systematic plan for cooperation between China and Central Asian countries in the new era.
Experts said that at the new historical starting point of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and the Central Asian countries will continue the past and open up a new chapter of bilateral cooperation, which will surely enhance the common well-being of the people of the countries in the region and contribute more to world peace and development.
