On October 18, 2023, the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. The theme of the forum this year is building the “Belt and Road” in High Quality and Working Together to Achieve Common Development and Prosperity. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, announcing eight actions in support of high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.
On the afternoon of 18th, High-level Forum on Green Development of the 3rd “Belt and Road” Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. The forum was held under the theme of Building a Green Silk Road and Promoting Harmonious Coexistence between Humanity and Nature. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attended the Forum and delivered a speech; Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan, Ukhnaa Khurilsukh, President of Mongolia, Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, Adriano Afonso Maleiane, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique, James Marape, Prime Minister Malape of Papua New Guinea, Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister Setha of Thailand, António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, Dilma Vana Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Special Representative of French President Emmanuel Macron and former French Prime Minister, delivered speeches.
At the meeting, Prof. Xue Lan, Director of Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University (TUSDG), on behalf of the research team, introduced the Flagship Research on the “Belt and Road” Green Development Prospect, and Zhu Xufeng, Executive Director of TUSDG, attended the event.
Prof. Xue Lan Introduces the Flagship Research on “Belt and Road” Green Development Prospect
As the flagship research project of the BRI International Green Development Coalition, the report covers 139 “Belt and Road” countries and conducts in-depth assessments of 44 countries, integrating economic, social and environmental dimensions, and emphasising that green development is composed of two aspects, namely, "green" and "development". It focuses on the two-way interaction and integration of the two, to use green leading development, to use development promoting green. By systematically reviewing the work of the past decade, the report points out that from 2010 to 2020, the overall green development of the countries in the “Belt and Road” Initiative is favourable, the green development index of the countries is increasingly high, and the growth rate is accelerated.
Based on this, the report puts forward the following five outlooks: (1) promoting communication on ecological and environmental protection policies; (2) preventing environmental risks in infrastructure construction; (3) continuing to promote post-pandemic economic recovery, and facilitating the green and low-carbon transformation of BRI countries; (4) strengthening people-to-people exchanges on environmental protection, and facilitating the capacity building of BRI countries; and (5) focusing on the key areas of the key countries, deepening cooperation on green development.
Research on “Belt and Road” Green Development Prospect
The Forum
