From May 18 to 19, 2023, the China-Central Asia Summit will be held in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. President Xi Jinping will chair the summit. President Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Zaparov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan, and President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will be invited to attend the meeting. People from all walks of life in China and Central Asian countries believe that this summit is of great significance. China and Central Asian countries will further build a consensus on cooperation, and join hands in China-Central Asia relations with a more united attitude, more efficient collaboration, and more pragmatic cooperation. In the new era, it will add a strong boost to the development and revitalization of each country, and inject strong positive energy into the peace and stability of the region and the world.

Let the results of practical cooperation better benefit the people of the six countries

Thirty-one years ago, China took the lead in establishing diplomatic relations with Central Asian countries, opening the door for exchanges and cooperation between the two sides. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and the Central Asian heads of state, China and the five Central Asian countries adhere to the four principles of mutual respect, good-neighborliness and friendship, solidarity, and mutual benefit and win-win results. The document is fully covered, blazing a new path of good-neighborly friendship and win-win cooperation, and becoming a model for building a new type of international relations.

Ding Xiaoxing, director of the Eurasian Institute of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said that the China-Central Asia Summit is a milestone in the history of the development of relations between China and Central Asian countries. It will draw a new blueprint for China-Central Asia relations and open a new era of bilateral cooperation. 2023 is the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. Central Asia is the first place to initiate the Belt and Road Initiative, and it is a high-quality demonstration area for the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is expected that this summit will promote China and Central Asian countries to further tap the potential in agriculture, poverty reduction, energy, infrastructure, e-commerce, green development and other fields, so that the results of practical cooperation can better benefit the people of the six countries.

"The holding of the China-Central Asia Summit will inject new impetus into the deepening of practical cooperation between Central Asian countries and China, and we look forward to strengthening cooperation among the six countries in the fields of politics, economy, trade, culture, science, and education." The Belt and Road Research Center of Kyrgyz National University for Nationalities Rashid Yusupov, the director and an expert on China issues, said that Kyrgyzstan and China have achieved important cooperation results in the fields of economy, trade, energy, and infrastructure connectivity. It is hoped that projects such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway will be accelerated to further strengthen bilateral relations between Kyrgyzstan and China, and to help Kyrgyzstan's economic and social development.

Abdugani Mamadazimov, chief researcher at the Eurasian Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, said that China and Central Asian countries are good neighbors, good partners, good friends and good brothers who share a common destiny. Last year, the heads of state of the six countries jointly announced the building of a China-Central Asia community of shared future, and the cooperation between China and the five Central Asian countries presents a broad prospect of vigorous development. "The China-Central Asia Summit will bring new opportunities for the transformation and development of Central Asian countries and enhance regional influence."

Dovletmelad Mamedov, an expert at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, said that the cooperation mechanism established between Central Asian countries and China benefits all participating parties, and all parties are full of confidence in the prospect of cooperation. In recent years, Central Asian countries and China have achieved fruitful cooperation in transportation, energy and other fields, which has promoted the development of regional logistics and tourism. We look forward to taking this summit as an opportunity to further deepen cooperation and carry out more mutually beneficial cooperation projects.

High-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road has achieved fruitful results

Under the framework of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, China and Central Asian countries have actively promoted the docking of development strategies, and the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative has achieved fruitful results. The summit will inject strong impetus into the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Central Asian countries.

Svetlana Korilova, director of the China and Central Asia Research Center of the Astana International Academic Complex in Kazakhstan, has visited many Kazakh-Chinese economic cooperation projects such as the dry port of the "Khorgos-Dongdaemun" special economic zone , was deeply impressed by the achievements of the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. "Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of China-Europe freight trains transiting through Kazakhstan has continued to grow. As of May 10, the number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains passing through the Khorgos railway port this year has increased by 22.9% year-on-year, which is fully It illustrates the potential of Kazakhstan and the Chinese Communist Party to build the 'Belt and Road'." Korirova said that the China-Central Asia Summit will help improve the China-Central Asia mechanism and point out the direction and goals for the development of bilateral relations.

"The China-Central Asia Summit will promote the continued vigorous development of cooperation between Central Asian countries and China in the fields of economy and trade." Kyrgyzstan's 24-hour news agency said in a commentary that in recent years, cooperation and exchanges between Central Asian countries and China in various fields have continued to deepen. In 2022, the bilateral trade volume will reach 70.2 billion US dollars, an increase of about 40% year-on-year. China has become one of the important economic and trade partners of Central Asian countries, and more and more characteristic products of Central Asian countries are entering the Chinese market. The two sides will continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of science and technology, culture, and education to promote stable development in the region.

Izimov, director of Kazakhstan China and Central Asia Research Center, said that over the past 10 years, a large number of Kazakhstan-China production capacity cooperation projects have taken root in Kazakhstan. Some factories have sprung up, and many old enterprises have been modernized and upgraded. China maintains a leading position in the world in renewable energy, and it is hoped that Kazakhstan and China will carry out more cooperation in the field of green energy.

"I have been in China for 6 years, and I feel more and more that China's rapid development has brought great opportunities to Central Asian countries." Janette Atayeva, a Turkmenistan student studying for a master's degree at Zhejiang University, said, Driven by the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, the people-to-people and cultural exchanges between Central Asian countries and China have become increasingly close. "I hope that the work I will do in the future can promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, and contribute to the construction of a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future."

The road of good-neighborly friendship and win-win cooperation is getting wider and wider

During the summit, President Xi Jinping will deliver an important speech. The heads of state will review the development of China-Central Asia relations, exchange views on China-Central Asia mechanism building, cooperation in various fields, and major international and regional issues of common concern. Sign important political documents.

Su Xiaohui, an associate researcher at the China Institute of International Studies, said that in recent years, China and Central Asian countries have accelerated the integration of development strategies and deepened practical cooperation, which demonstrates China's neighborhood diplomacy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness. This summit marks the official establishment of the China-Central Asia Heads of State Meeting Mechanism, which will have an important and far-reaching impact on the development of relations between China and Central Asian countries, their respective development and revitalization, and regional peace and stability.

The China-Central Asia Summit will write a new chapter in history. Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry official Baktjan Bogrenov said that the China-Central Asia Summit will guide the new direction of regional cooperation and will become an important opportunity to maintain regional security and stability. Countries should build bridges instead of walls. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to dialogue with regional partners and fully supports the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is believed that the all-round cooperation between Central Asian countries and China will be further consolidated.

Ulugbek Hasanov, director of the Regional Security and Conflict Research Office of the University of World Economics and Diplomacy in Uzbekistan, believes that the China-Central Asia Summit will open up better prospects for win-win cooperation between Central Asian countries and China, and accelerate the construction of a China-Central Asia Summit. Central Asia Community of Destiny. "The political mutual trust and comprehensive cooperation between Central Asian countries and China are reaching an unprecedented high level. Through various bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, Central Asian countries and China have continuously emerged practical cooperation results in various fields, which have effectively promoted regional and world peace and development."

Starting from Xi'an, the road of good-neighborliness, friendship and win-win cooperation between China and Central Asian countries will become wider and wider, and a closer China-Central Asian community of destiny will be built. Editor / Zhao E