The Belt and Road Initiative is based on the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, guided by the Silk Road spirit of peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win results, adheres to the general direction of democratization of international relations, and strives to promote the global governance system towards development in a more fair and reasonable direction.

The Belt and Road Initiative has been at the forefront of the times in promoting the democratization of international relations since its inception. The joint construction of the Belt and Road has always practiced the principle of democratization of international relations, and provided an important practical platform for promoting the democratization of international relations. After the initiative was put forward, China has fully communicated and coordinated with relevant countries and international organizations, formed a broad consensus on international cooperation in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, built an extensive circle of friends, and enhanced the trust and friendship between the joint construction countries and their peoples.

The joint construction of the Belt and Road upholds the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and advocates brainstorming, each contributes their strengths, does their best, and shares results, which fully reflects the openness and inclusiveness of the joint construction of the Belt and Road, and conforms to the development of democratization of international relations. trend. Discussing together means brainstorming and doing good things through consultation. This is the basic manifestation of the democratization of international relations. Co-construction means giving full play to each other's strengths and doing their best. This is an important foundation for the democratization of international relations. Sharing means making the achievements of construction more and more equitably benefit the people of all countries. This is the fundamental goal of the democratization of international relations. Based on the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, the Belt and Road international cooperation takes into account the interests and concerns of all parties, effectively exerts the enthusiasm and initiative of all parties to participate, and continuously promotes the construction of a community of interests, a community of responsibility and a community of destiny for countries and regions along the route.

Under the framework of the joint construction of the Belt and Road, more and more countries and international organizations have fully exchanged views on development policies, negotiated and formulated economic cooperation plans and measures, and become partners in the joint construction of the Belt and Road. As of March 2022, China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents on the joint construction of the Belt and Road with 149 countries and 32 international organizations. Moreover, the Belt and Road Initiative and its core concepts have been written into relevant documents of the United Nations, the G20, APEC, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the League of Arab States, the African Union and other international and regional organizations.

Under the guidance of the principle of democratization of international relations, the joint construction of the Belt and Road has become a common cause of all parties concerned. Because of this, although the joint construction of the Belt and Road has been disrupted by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it did not press the "pause button", but instead moved forward against the trend, showing strong resilience and vitality. This is particularly evident in economic and trade cooperation. Statistics from the Ministry of Commerce show that in 2021, China's trade in goods with countries along the route will be 11.6 trillion yuan, a new high in eight years, an increase of 23.6% over 2021, and 2.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade in the same period; in 2021, Chinese enterprises The non-financial direct investment in 57 countries along the Belt and Road is 130.97 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% over 2021. The fruitful and pragmatic results of the joint construction of the Belt and Road are the result of the democratization of international relations, and provide an important guarantee for the democratization of international relations.

Since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed, some Western politicians and media have disregarded the remarkable achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative by the international community, and wantonly created political rumors to smear the Belt and Road Initiative. They use ideology as a tool of strategic competition and suppression, incite division and confrontation internationally, and deliberately interfere and undermine the Belt and Road international cooperation. These rumors are often under the banner of "democracy", but in fact they are full of hegemonic thinking, and they are on the opposite side of the Silk Road spirit jointly advocated by the joint construction of the country.

Among all kinds of political rumors, the "geo-expansion theory" is one of the first and the first to end. The geo-expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative is the result of Western countries grafting aid operations with geopolitical objectives, such as the "Marshall Plan", onto the Belt and Road Initiative. At the beginning of the Belt and Road Initiative, some Western politicians and media called it the Chinese version of the "Marshall Plan", and speculated that the Belt and Road Initiative was a geopolitical tool based on the political plot of the "Marshall Plan", and that China's "seeking regional hegemony and even global hegemony". This rhetoric is aimed at rallying allies to confront China and inciting countries and regions along the route to boycott the Belt and Road Initiative. However, the Belt and Road Initiative is attracting more and more countries to join because of its openness and inclusiveness, and its circle of friends is constantly expanding, including not only developing countries, but also some Western countries. The transparency of the cooperation mechanism and the development of cooperation practices allow so-called The geo-expansion theory is increasingly out of the market.

With the continuous advancement of the joint construction of the Belt and Road, Western countries have begun to hype the Belt and Road as "political coercion and economic plunder" and other political rumors. Some Western politicians and media ignore the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits that China has always adhered to, smear China to maximize its own interests through "coercion" and "coercion", and even deliberately distort China's "win-win" as "double profit". , its sinister intentions are obvious. The so-called "Belt and Road engages in political coercion" is precisely the political coercion carried out by Western countries using the tools of public opinion to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative. It is a political slander against the Belt and Road Initiative by some Western politicians and media. The deliberate suppression of the progressive forces of economic development also reflects the remnants of colonialist ideology of some Western politicians and media, trying to concoct a new colonial history with their own colonial history.

The Silk Road Spirit guides the high-quality development of the Belt and Road

The main crux of the various development problems facing the world today lies in the unfair and unreasonable international division of labor and global governance system led by Western countries. In the past few decades, although the comprehensive strength of emerging markets and developing countries has been greatly improved, they have not been able to gain an international voice commensurate with their own strengths in major global affairs. The reason is that the long-standing and widespread international relations are undemocratic, unjust and unreasonable. As a concentrated expression of the democratization of international relations, the Silk Road Spirit reflects the basic conditions and requirements for the reform and construction of the global governance system and the construction of a more just, fair and reasonable new international political and economic order. It is a powerful weapon to smear the rumors of the joint construction of the Belt and Road. Under the guidance of the Silk Road spirit, the Belt and Road has gradually become a "development belt" that benefits the world and a "happiness road" that benefits people of all countries.

The Silk Road Spirit reflects the peaceful nature of the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road is a road of peace and friendship that enhances understanding and trust and strengthens all-round exchanges. If there is no peaceful external environment, there will be no implementation of the concrete practical results of the Belt and Road from concept to practice, from initiative to action. Peaceful development is an important connotation of the high-quality development of the Belt and Road. As a typical demonstration of the peaceful development model, the Belt and Road Initiative does not engage in political expansion, political coercion, or economic plunder, but seeks peaceful coexistence, equal dialogue and common development of mankind.

The Silk Road Spirit embodies the open requirements for high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative. Opening up is the only way for a country to prosper and develop. In recent years, economic globalization has encountered adverse currents, and there have been voices of "anti-globalization" in the world. However, the general trend of deepening economic globalization has not changed, and the trend of the times to build an open world economy has not changed. To jointly build the high-quality development of the Belt and Road, we will continue to adhere to common openness and fairness and openness, and continuously promote the development of economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction.

The Silk Road Spirit embodies the prosperity goal of high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road Initiative is not a flashy slogan, but a real concrete action that brings tangible benefits to all parties involved. The Belt and Road Initiative aims to create a prosperous global development community through industrial, financial, and infrastructure development. Faced with the problem of unbalanced and insufficient global development, the Belt and Road Initiative regards "hard connectivity", "soft connectivity" and "heart connectivity" as the fundamental solution to promote the common prosperity of all countries. In the process of practicing the Silk Road Spirit, countries and regions participating in the Belt and Road Initiative will focus more on development issues, strive to solve global development dilemmas, jointly create a high-quality road to common prosperity, and continuously consolidate the material foundation for the democratization of international relations.Editor/XuNing