2021 is the eighth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the Belt and Road Initiative was put forward, the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative has always kept pace with the times, has continuously enriched its connotations, and has achieved remarkable results in international cooperation, demonstrating strong vitality and creativity. The press conference of "The Belt and Road Construction and Development Report (2021)" and the "New Development Pattern and the Belt and Road Construction" academic seminar were held in Beijing on September 22. Sun Zhuangzhi, director of the Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asian countries are active participants in the One Belt One Road Initiative. compete.

Li Peilin, President of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Research Institute, and deputy director of the 13th National People’s Congress Social Construction Committee, said in his speech that the current international political and economic landscape is undergoing profound changes and the international situation is complex. Challenges, but also rare opportunities.

He pointed out that the world economy is undergoing the severe test of the new crown pneumonia pandemic, but what is more destructive is that some countries try to set off a wave of anti-globalization, violate international law and basic norms of international relations, and hinder normal international economic, trade and scientific and technological cooperation. Abusing economic sanctions to achieve their political goals.

Li Peilin emphasized, “Whether the world economy is moving towards open, inclusive, balanced and sustainable development, or towards closure, monopoly, imbalance and crisis, I believe that most countries in the world will choose the former. This is the strongest public opinion foundation for the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. Over the past 8 years, the Belt and Road Initiative has been welcomed by most countries in the world and has achieved fruitful results. More than 140 countries have signed the Belt and Road Initiative cooperation initiative with China. We have constantly summed up experience in the practice of jointly building the Belt and Road. A relatively effective cooperation mechanism, method, method and legal framework have been formed."

Sun Zhuangzhi, director of the Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asian countries are active participants in the Belt and Road Initiative. The cooperation is the first cooperation under this initiative.

He emphasized: “One Belt, One Road and Greater Eurasian partners go hand in hand, successfully avoiding geopolitical competition between major powers, and playing an important role. Under the new situation, Eurasian countries attach great importance to regional connectivity, and all countries hope to be able to Accelerate the construction of economic corridors to give full play to their geographical advantages. At the same time, with the help of the SCO, China+Central Asia, China and Central and Eastern Europe to promote cross-regional cooperation, in the future Eurasian countries will continue to be important and stable in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative with China. strategic partners."

Putin put forward the idea of establishing a "Greater Eurasian Partnership" in his State of the Union address in 2015. He said at the time that thanks to the principled agreements reached in the docking of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road Initiative, the establishment of a free trade area with Vietnam, and the deepening of cooperation between Russia and ASEAN, certain prerequisites for further deepening the integration of the Eurasian economy have been formed. He proposed that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union, and ASEAN partners jointly create a possible economic partnership.

The event was co-sponsored by the "One Belt and One Road Research Center" of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences-Shanghai Research Institute of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and the CITIC Reform and Development Research Foundation, and undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences One Belt and One Road Research Center. Researcher Yu Hongjun, Former Vice Minister of the Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhai Dongsheng, Director of the Belt and Road Construction Promotion Center of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, Wang Limin, President of the Chinese Social Sciences Literature Publishing House, Deputy Director of the Research Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences-Shanghai Zhao Kebin, executive vice president of Shanghai Research Institute of the Municipal People's Government, attended the event and delivered speeches. Editor/Xu Shengpeng