Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
This is the highest-level international event organized under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. The main events include an opening ceremony, a Leaders Roundtable Summit and a high-level conference.
The first forum was organized by China in Beijing on May 14-15, 2017. A major diplomatic gathering in 2017, it was significant to international and regional cooperation. Twenty-nine foreign heads of state and government attended the forum along with the UN Secretary-General and heads of two other international organizations, in addition to about 1,500 representatives from over 130 countries. About 4,000 global journalists reported the event. Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the forum on May 14, 2017. More than 270 concrete results in five key areas - policy, infrastructure, trade, finance, and people-to- people connectivity - were made at the forum.
The second forum was held in Beijing on April 25-27, 2019. Thirty-eight heads of state and government attended the forum along with the UN Secretary-General and IMF managing director, in addition to about 6,000 representatives from over 150 countries and 92 international organizations. Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the forum, presided over the Leaders Roundtable Summit, and held meetings with foreign leaders. The attendees exchanged views, reached extensive consensus on promoting high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and achieved fruitful outcomes.
“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇
“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇是“一帶一路”提出以來最高規(guī)格的論壇活動, 主要包括開幕式、圓桌峰會和高級別會議三個部分。第一屆“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇于2017年5月14日至15日在北京舉行,是2017年中國重要的主場外交活動,對推動國際和地區(qū)合作具有重要意義。29位外國元首、政府首腦及聯(lián)合國秘書長、紅十字國際委員會主席等3位重要國際組織負責(zé)人出席高峰論壇,來自130多個國家的約1500名各界貴賓作為正式代表出席論壇,來自全球的4000余名記者注冊報道此次論壇。2017年5月14日,中國國家主席習(xí)近平出席論壇開幕式并發(fā)表主旨演講。經(jīng)過梳理和匯總形成的高峰論壇成果清單主要涵蓋政策溝通、設(shè)施聯(lián)通、貿(mào)易暢通、資金融通、民心相通5大類,共76大項270多項具體成果。
2019年4月25日至27日,第二屆“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇在北京成功舉行。這場盛會是我國2019年最重要的主場外交。論壇的主題是共建“一帶一路”、開創(chuàng)美好未來。論壇期間舉行了高峰論壇開幕式、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人圓桌峰會、高級別會議、12 場分論壇和1場企業(yè)家大會。包括中國在內(nèi),38個國家的元首和政府首腦等領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人以及聯(lián)合國秘書長和國際貨幣基金組織總裁共40位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人出席圓桌峰會。來自150 個國家、92個國際組織的6000余名外賓參加了論壇。
論壇期間,習(xí)近平主席出席高峰論壇開幕式并發(fā)表主旨演講,全程主持了領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人圓桌峰會,同與會各國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人舉行了雙邊會見。在習(xí)近平主席的親自主持和引領(lǐng)下,與會各方就共建“一帶一路”深入交換意見,普遍認為“一帶一路”是機遇之路,就高質(zhì)量共建“一帶一路”達成廣泛共識,取得豐碩成果。