CHINA-MARITIME SILK ROAD (MSR): ARTICLE IN CASS JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESS OF MSR

An article in the China Journal of Social Sciences highlighted the success of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative and said it "not only has profound historical origins, but also has a solid practical foundation, and is of great value to promoting economic development and cultural exchanges among countries along the Maritime Silk Road". It quoted Xu Xiujun, Director of the International Political Economy Research Office of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that "the countries along the route have made great efforts in marine economic development, marine scientific and technological innovation, marine energy development and utilization and that practical cooperation in the fields of marine cultural exchanges and other fields has made important progress. The cooperation results have benefited the countries and people along the route, and continuously promoted the marine economy towards high-quality and sustainable development". Wang Yiwei, Deputy Dean of the Institute of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at Renmin University of China, believes that China is "committed to creating a new type of marine civilization" and said that realizing land-sea connectivity is an important mission of building the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". The article also disclosed that "Xiamen Port and Fuzhou Port have established friendship ports with 18 ports around the world. In the future, they will gradually realize connectivity with Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, South Pacific, Europe, America, and Africa, forming an international shipping service network".





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