The Guangming Daily (November 8) published an article captioned: 'The joint construction of
the "Belt and Road" has become a popular international public good and international
cooperation platform' by Mao Xinya, Professor of China Pudong Cadre College, director of the
"Belt and Road" and Opening-up Research Centre. It claimed "the "Belt and Road" initiative
was proposed, it has achieved remarkable and fruitful results from laying foundations, pillars,
and beams, to taking root and continuing to advance. The quality of cooperation is getting
higher and higher, and the development prospects are getting better and better". It said, "The
World Bank's assessment shows that the "One Belt, One Road" transportation project has
significantly reduced the freight time of countries along the route and the global average
shipping time, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has promoted a significant
increase in the real income of the countries along the route and the world. In the face of the
sudden outbreak of COVID-19, we did not press the "pause button" for the joint construction
of the "Belt and Road". Recalling Xi Jinping's remarks that "The Belt and Road is a sunshine
road for everyone to move forward hand in hand, not a private path for one party", it added that
'all interested countries can join in, participate, cooperate, and benefit together. The Belt and
Road Initiative is an economic cooperation initiative that pursues peaceful development, not a
geopolitical or military alliance; it is to promote openness, inclusiveness, and common
development, not a closed door to create a small circle; We will not engage in zero-sum games,
and all countries are welcome to participate as long as they have the will". In a thinly veiled
criticism of the US, in its concluding paragraph it said "China is happy to see the United States
and other Western countries take the lead in developing initiatives in infrastructure and other
fields, because the global infrastructure investment gap is huge, and more countries need to
take action. However, the U.S. government has frequently thrown out slogans of new plans but
has not seen any action for a long time. In contrast, the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”
has made solid progress, moved forward steadily, and achieved solid and heavy results,
demonstrating the valuable quality of keeping words and deeds, and winning wide acclaim"
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