National Bureau of Statistics： The ＂Belt and Road＂ construction has achieved fruitful results, and the supporting role of multilateral financial cooperation has emerged

CCTV News:The National Bureau of Statistics released today (October 9) that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made overall plans to promote high-quality development, build a new development pattern, and promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

By the end of 2021, China had signed more than 200 cooperation documents with 145 countries and 32 international organizations to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative.

Substantial progress has been made in the landmark project of "six corridors and six roads, multi-country and multi-port". The whole line of China-Laos Railway was put into operation, and the "two major" highways in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor were successfully completed and handed over to traffic.

2013— In 2021, the total import and export value of China and countries along the Belt and Road increased from 6.5 trillion yuan to 11.6 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 7.5%, accounting for 25% of China’s total foreign trade value in the same period; Direct investment in countries along the route totaled 161.3 billion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 5.4%. Countries along the route have invested and set up 32,000 enterprises in China, with an actual accumulated investment of 71.2 billion US dollars.

The construction of cooperative parks has developed vigorously. By the end of 2021, overseas economic and trade cooperation zones were distributed in 46 countries, with an accumulated investment of 50.7 billion US dollars and taxes and fees paid to the host country of 6.6 billion US dollars, creating 392,000 local jobs.

The supporting role of multilateral financial cooperation has emerged. As of October 2021, the number of members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has increased from 57 when it started operation to 104, which is second only to the World Bank.

By the end of 2021, China had established scientific and technological cooperation relations with 84 co-established countries, supported 1,118 joint research projects, and invested a total of 2.99 billion yuan.