CGTN's Gao Ang sat down with the president of Renmin University of China, Lin Shangli, to discuss what the Initiative means for global peace, stability, and economic growth.
LIN SHANGLI President, Renmin University of China "I have always felt that the Belt and Road Initiative is a very good public product for the development of human society today, and its core is committed to win-win cooperation and development. China has received help and support from many countries in this process. Similarly, China's development with such support will also feed back to these countries through the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. Win-win is the best choice for mankind, cooperation is the only path, development is the fundamental mission, and modernization should be carried out on this basis. The Belt and Road Initiative provides methods, platforms, and mechanisms for such development. More importantly, it unites people's hearts and the direction of common progress."
GAO ANG CGTN Reporter "In light of complex international situations, what lessons can the Belt and Road Initiative offer for global peace, stability, and economic growth?"
LIN SHANGLI President, Renmin University of China "The most important features of the development of the Belt and Road Initiative are inclusive development, win-win cooperation, and consultative connectivity. During this process, we will have various differences and contradictions. The Belt and Road Initiative offers a plan to solve these. That is communication, consultation and equal dialogue. So in this sense, the initiative has given the world a new mechanism, new values, a new system and a new development mechanism. In the face of today's complex and changing world, the Belt and Road Initiative is undoubtedly an engine of development, an ark of peace and also a stabilizing force."
