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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