The third Belt and Road Forum has produced 458 outcomes. Among them, the digital economy has become one of the most concerned areas. At the High-level Forum on Digital Economy held on October 18, more than 10 countries jointly launched the Beijing Initiative for International Cooperation on the Belt and Road Digital Economy. In the future, how to deepen cooperation in the field of digital economy in jointly building the “Belt and Road”?
The first is a new space, the second is a new mission. The next decade will be the golden decade ushered in by the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. What kind of new time and space will this be? It is the global connectivity, or three-dimensional connectivity network. In the past, we needed to build various transportation infrastructure, including land, sea and air networks. Later, at the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, we proposed global connectivity, so this scope is global-oriented and it is the interconnection of everything. Then this time the new time and space is a three-dimensional interconnection network, that is, it is more detailed, more three-dimensional, more easy to use. The new task is also very clear. More than 150 countries have gathered together to solve a difficult problem, which is common development, economic recovery and finding a new direction for economic development after the epidemic. So we can talk together, and then we can talk together. We will move forward in accordance with some new areas of cooperation proposed by the Belt and Road Initiative, so this is a new task, which is to solve the development problems after the epidemic and the development problems of the world.
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The biggest challenge is inclusion. Some experts said that the biggest advantage and opportunity of the “Belt and Road” is inclusiveness, because there is almost no threshold to enter the “Belt and Road” this big ship, otherwise it will not have more than 150 countries, so everyone can find opportunities in the “Belt and Road”. Then the main risks and difficulties it encounters, such as inclusiveness from Western countries, are they willing to see that the “Belt and Road” is opening up this infrastructure construction in a vigorous manner, opening up various application scenarios of the digital economy, and opening up this happy life for everyone.
Post time: Oct-20-2023