Economic connectivity
Advocating trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and making economic globalization more open, inclusive and balanced, is another pivotal aspect of the idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Exemplary projects centering on that aim include the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was first initiated in 2013, and has generated fruitful outcomes so far.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), established in 2016 to better connect people, services and markets, has grown from the initial 57 founders to the current 97 approved members worldwide.
In an interview with CGTN's Zou Yun, AIIB President Jin Liqun spoke highly of the achievements made by the bank in the past three years. He pointed out that lending programs worth 7.5 billion U.S. dollars have been approved by the bank's board, leveraging orders worth 40 billion U.S. dollars in investment in infrastructure and other productive sectors in participating countries.
Security concept
Ever since taking office, President Xi has elaborated numerous times at major diplomatic occasions his vision on how to build a safer Asia and a more secure world.
In his eyes, peace and security should not be for the privileged few, and the zero-sum calculation of the Cold War mentality needs to be made a thing of the past.
The Chinese president holds that the all nations should come together from different directions to resolve disputes through peaceful means, and should reject the arbitrary use or threat of force.
The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is one mechanism with such a mission for regional security and development issues.
While attending a meeting in New York in September last year with foreign ministers or representatives of other CICA members, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi saidsince China assumed the CICA presidency in May 2014, the mechanism has been a security cooperation forum that has the widest coverage, largest membership and most representation in Asia, and it has played an important and constructive role in promoting regional stability and prosperity.
