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持續向好的中國經濟，給外企帶來無限機遇

The constantly developing economy in China brings infinite chances for foreign enterprises

張德勇

在世界經濟因疫情沖擊而充滿不確定性不穩定性的大背景下，中國經濟持續穩定恢復，并呈現穩中加固、穩中向好態勢。2021年上半年，按可比價格計算，中國國內生產總值同比增長12.7%，兩年平均增長5.3%。

中國經濟持續穩定發展，讓外商不僅難以割舍，而且還加碼投資，分享中國經濟發展成果和機遇。

在新發展格局下，依托中國超大規模市場優勢，以建設更高水平開放型經濟新體制為依據，推進貿易和投資自由化便利化，持續深化商品和要素流動型開放，穩步拓展規則、規制、管理、標準等制度型開放，在降低準入門檻、做實開放平臺、加快制度性開放、優化營商環境、深化開放合作等方面展現新作為、實現新突破。從去年吸引外資額逆勢增長4.5%，引資規模和全球占比創歷史新高，成為全球最大的外資流入國，到今年上半年實際使用外資超過6000 億元，新設外資企業超過2.3 萬家，增長47.9%，有力印證了中國是外商投資的熱土，是中國持續擴大對外開放成果顯著的鮮明寫照。

實踐證明，中國的發展離不開世界，世界的發展離不開中國。習近平總書記在亞太經合組織領導人非正式會議上強調，中國將立足新發展階段、貫徹新發展理念、構建新發展格局，建設更高水平開放型經濟新體制，創造更具吸引力的營商環境，推進高質量共建“一帶一路”，同世界和亞太各國實現更高水平的互利共贏。更加開放的中國、不斷成長的超大規模市場，給世界各國企業帶來無限的機遇。投資中國，搭乘中國經濟巨輪，就是投資未來。

(作者系中國社會科學院財經戰略研究院研究員)

中拉經貿合作韌性足

Resilient economic and trade cooperation between China and Latin America

楊建民

在新冠肺炎疫情沖擊全球貿易的背景下，2020年中國——拉美地區貿易額連續第三年突破3000 億美元大關，2021年上半年又取得同比增長45.6%的成績，彰顯中拉經貿合作的強大韌性。

在“一帶一路”倡議的推動下，中國對拉美地區的投資步伐不斷加快。2020年中國投資約占拉美地區吸收外國直接投資總額的10%，處于近十年來最高水平。疫情期間，中企在拉美地區承建的一批基礎設施項目取得良好進展，如哥倫比亞首都波哥大地鐵一號線項目、巴西薩爾瓦多——伊塔帕里卡跨海大橋項目等。拉美地區本來就有改善基礎設施條件、推動經濟復蘇增長的迫切需求，中國提出的“一帶一路”倡議能夠與拉美地區的發展規劃實現有效對接。目前，拉美地區19 個國家同中國簽署了共建“一帶一路”合作文件，中拉務實合作不斷深化，成果廣泛惠及拉美地區民眾。

當前，拉美地區疫情形勢極其嚴峻，累計確診病例已超過4000 萬例。隨著變異病毒帶來的新一波疫情反彈，拉美經濟面臨巨大挑戰。中拉合作對拉美地區抗擊疫情、復蘇經濟意義重大。一方面，拉美地區接種的新冠疫苗中，中國疫苗占比超過一半，在拉美抗疫中發揮著重要作用。另一方面，在疫情危機中，中拉經濟的互補性進一步凸顯，一些新的經濟業態應運而生，如新基建、數字經濟、金融合作等。在“一帶一路”框架下，中拉合作方式不斷創新，合作亮點不斷出現，為中拉經濟的復蘇增添了新動力。

(作者系中國社會科學院拉丁美洲研究所研究員)

“一帶一路”疫苗合作為全球抗疫樹立典范

Vaccine cooperation along the Belt and Road sets an example for global fight against COVID-19 pandemic

叢培影

今年6月，中國同28 個國家在“一帶一路”亞太區域國際合作高級別會議上共同發起“一帶一路”疫苗合作伙伴關系倡議，倡導加強疫苗援助、出口、聯合生產等合作。這對于缺少疫苗的“一帶一路”國家無異于一劑“強心針”。

在疫情全球蔓延初期，疫苗研發還處于試驗階段，中國充分利用“一帶一路”合作平臺向相關國家提供了防控醫療物資和設施，包括口罩、防護服、護目鏡、醫療檢測設備、重癥監護設備、藥品等。這使制造業水平低、醫療條件相對差、受疫情影響嚴重的發展中國家看到了希望。同時，中國還向相關國家派遣醫療隊，并與多國醫務工作者舉行線上視頻會議，交流并分享抗疫經驗。

新冠疫情全球大流行后，航空和海運等運輸通道被迫關閉或減運，中歐班列發揮了“生命通道”作用，將防疫物資從歐亞大陸一端不間斷地運向另一端。據統計，2020年上半年，中歐班列開行數量同比增長36%，運送包括防疫物資在內約2.7 萬噸貨物，為相關國家送去急需的抗疫物資。此外，中國還依托“一帶一路”打造了媒體合作平臺，向各國新聞界介紹本國抗疫情況和抗疫舉措，分享逆向而行的抗疫故事，共同凝聚起戰勝疫情的正能量。

總之，中國通過“一帶一路”向相關國家持續提供抗疫物資和傳遞戰勝疫情的信心，為國際社會合作戰勝疫情提供了巨大支持和精神動力，體現出中國作為全球大國的責任擔當，為全球抗疫合作樹立了典范。

（作者系中國青年政治學院“一帶一路”與青年研究所所長、副教授）

中歐班列擦亮“一帶一路”金字招牌

China-Europe Railway Express brightens the Belt and Road Initiative

董一凡

自2011年3月首趟從重慶開往德國杜伊斯堡的“渝新歐”班列發車以來，中歐班列已歷經十載春秋。十年間，中歐班列已從數條線路發展為覆蓋60 多個中國城市和23 個歐洲國家、160 余個歐洲城市的歐亞鐵路運輸網絡，目的地涵蓋了德國、波蘭、比利時、法國、荷蘭、英國和俄羅斯等國家。在開行列次上，2011年中歐班列開行僅20 余次，而2020年開行首次突破萬次，達到12400 次。

在數量增長的同時，中歐班列也注重品質化經營，打造“一帶一路”互聯互通的標志性品牌。2016年6月習近平主席在訪問波蘭期間，出席統一品牌中歐班列首達歐洲（波蘭）儀式，標志著運行于歐亞國家之間的跨國貨運專列統一為“中歐班列”品牌。同時，中歐班列還借助綠色化和數字化實現服務優化和升級，如中國工商銀行將區塊鏈技術應用于中歐班列的服務，大大加快了貿易公司獲得貸款的速度。更重要的是，自新冠疫情在全球肆虐以來，由于供應鏈斷裂和海上運輸風險上升，國際海運出現大規模遲滯和運費飆升現象，而中歐班列卻構建了一條全天候、大運量、綠色低碳的運輸新通道，一如既往地提供優質高效物流服務，有力保障了全球產業鏈供應鏈穩定。

十年來，中歐班列與“一帶一路”倡議和中國與亞歐國家務實合作相向而行，不僅由“鋼鐵駝隊”重新鑄就了陸上絲綢之路榮光，也為絲綢之路賦予新的內涵，成為21世紀推動發展、實現互聯互通的新型國際公共產品。

（作者系中國現代國際關系研究院歐洲所助理研究員）

China-Europe Railway Express sets record in transportation of goods

By Alexei Grom, CEO of the United Transport and Logistics Company -- Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA)

The development of the China-Europe Railway Express is marked by an expansion in the types of goods and their increased volume.

In order to cope with the increasing number of China-Europe Railway Express trains, railway logistics companies in the Eurasian region are further increasing transport capacity,developing technologies to provide digital services, and ensuring competitiveness through affordable transport prices.

Controlled by Russian Railways, Kazakhstan National Railways and Belarusian Railways, the UTLC ERA provides services for transportation on the route between China and Europe via the three countries.

A total of 336,500 TEUs were transported in the first half of 2021, which shows an increase of about 50 percent over the same period last year. In May this year, the monthly transportation volume reached 61,500 TEUs, a record high in a single month since the establishment of the company.

We expect this year’s annual transportation volume to be close to 700,000 TEUs, which may create a new annual record. At the same time, maintaining transportation speed,competitiveness, reliability and safety are also very important.

The company’s data shows that electronic and machinery products, as well as auto parts, accounted for 80 percent of the goods China transported to Europe three years ago. In the first half of this year, these three types of commodities accounted for about 40 percent of the total cargo transportation volume.

The transportation volume of chemical products such as plastics, rubber and glass has increased, and the volume of medical and health products also showed strong growth momentum with more diversified commodities.

The volume of freight from Europe to China was also increasing as the company “provides customers with commercial solutions, using return containers to load agricultural products from Belarus and Russia, and transit through Kazakhstan to export to China.”

The development of e-commerce will play a positive role in the growth of China-Europe freight trains. The e-commerce operation model tends to deliver goods in a faster way and this will be a very prospective field for railway cross-border transportation, which the company is currently focusing on and will continue to develop.

In order to cope with the ever-increasing volume of China-Europe express trains, the company has taken a variety of measures, such as extending the length of freight trains and developing new container terminals along the China-Europe train,to further increase capacity and ensure service and price levels.

The reliability and safety of railway transportation was a priority in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Even during some of the most challenging periods amid the pandemic,materials such as medical and protective equipment could be delivered to their destinations on time.

The railway has become a link connecting various places and conveying goodwill. For many companies that trade in Europe and China, rail transportation has become a viable alternative to sea and road transportation.

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are actively developing railway transit transportation and speeding up the construction of logistics infrastructure under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Eurasian Economic Union and Kazakhstan’s new “Bright Road” economic policy.

This is an investment in the future, which will have a multiplier effect on the countries’ development and can drive the development of a series of fields such as construction,engineering, and IT technology.

Source:Xinhua

China playing exemplary role making vaccines public goods

China Daily editorial

In his message to the first meeting of the international forum on COVID-19 vaccine cooperation held via video link on August 5, President Xi Jinping pledged China will provide 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the world and USD 100 million for the COVAX program.

These are China’s latest contributions to the global fight against the novel coronavirus; the country having already provided the world with 700 million vaccine doses.

Presided over by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the event was first proposed by President Xi as part of a host of measures to support global solidarity against the pandemic at the Global Health Summit on May 21.

The meeting brought together the foreign ministers or officials in charge of vaccine cooperation work from different countries, representatives from international organizations,including the United Nations, as well as relevant companies,providing them with a platform to strengthen exchanges on vaccine supply and distribution.

When releasing its 2021 World Trade Statistical Review on July 30, the World Trade Organization warned that the trade in goods contracted 8 percent last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the trade in services shrank by 21 percent. Their recovery depends on the fast and fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

And on August 4, the World Health Organization called on the rich countries to halt their booster shot campaigns so that more vaccines can go to the less-developed countries. According to the WHO, the low-income countries have only been able to administer 1.5 doses for every 100 people due to their lack of vaccines.

It is more than disgusting that some rich countries would rather have millions of doses of vaccines expire in warehouses than provide them for the needy in poorer countries.

That said, the forum was a confidence booster for developing countries that they will have better access to the vaccines,as it provided the participating countries and international organizations with the opportunity to directly communicate with the major Chinese vaccine producers － whose annual production capacity has hit 5 billion doses now － on not only direct supplies of the vaccines but also possible cooperation for their localized production.

Such a to-the-point meeting with its practical outcomes is in sharp contrast to the talk shops some rich countries have hosted on vaccine access for developing countries.

Viewing the world as a community with a shared future,China has always advocated mutual assistance and international solidarity to address the public health crisis. That is why it is doing all it can to help the less-developed countries fight against the virus.

Belt and Road can drive development for both China and European Union

By Jasna Plevnik, president of the Geoeconomic Forum Croatia

The Communist Party of China has to shoulder the sweet burden of praise for its governance and leadership, which have made China the second-largest economy in the world and one of the leading powers in high-tech including artificial intelligence.

The CPC has come a long way, 100 years to be precise,and can now enjoy the success of its vision that it is possible to build a prosperous society by following socialism with Chinese characteristics. The CPC has solved many fundamental issues of socialism by developing productive forces, eliminating absolute poverty, safeguarding the interests of peoples, and leading China toward prosperity and security.

The CPC has worked out a strong and effective foreign policy aimed at boosting China’s development and promoting win-win cooperation, and helping build a community with a shared future for mankind, a vision that has the potential to change international relations from the archaic pattern of power politics to a fair and effective global governance system.

In international relations, China has led the global development initiatives related to, among other things, the economy, environmental protection and public health. It is not easy to solve all the problems facing the world, but China has been trying to address them through various forms of diplomatic action such as the Belt and Road Initiative.

Countries across the world still need new bridges and roads,and China has gained extensive experience with its Belt and Road projects in such fields. It also has enough funds to give shape to such projects. China has already set a benchmark in this field with the Belt and Road Initiative.

Over the years, China has been recognized as a country with high economic competence and a good friend, which has been proved during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks to China, Southeast Europe got the opportunity to move away from the economic periphery of Europe and connect economically and digitally with China and Eurasia. Cooperation between China and the Balkans has great potential in the “Digital Silk Road”.

Source:China Daily