Experts from China Circulation Forum of 30 People proposed to build a ＂Silk Road Supermarket＂.

　　Cctv news Experts from the Forum of 30 Circulation People in China put forward an idea to encourage China supermarket enterprises to enter the markets of five Central Asian countries along the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and establish a "Silk Road Supermarket". To this end, Ma Longlong, vice chairman of the 30-member China Circulation Forum, and Zhi Li, a young expert, wrote to the leaders of the Ministry of Commerce, proposing to establish a "Silk Road Supermarket" and held an expert seminar.

　　According to Ma Longlong, in the summer of 2014, they led a team to five Central Asian countries to investigate the development of local commerce and trade circulation industry, and deeply felt the urgent desire of the local government and people to vigorously develop commercial infrastructure to meet the growing consumer demand. As the "One Belt, One Road" strategy has entered the stage of full implementation, supporting and guiding China supermarket enterprises to enter the Central Asian market along the "Silk Road" is in line with the interests of all countries and has broad prospects.

　　"Construction ‘ Silk Road Supermarket ’ It is of great significance. " Ma Longlong analysis:

　　— — It is conducive to the smooth implementation of the "Belt and Road" strategy.

　　Building a "community of interests" and "community of destiny" of relevant countries is one of the starting points of the "Belt and Road" strategic concept. The construction of "Silk Road Supermarket" is a concrete form of strengthening economic and trade exchanges between China and countries along the route, which can effectively promote the implementation of the strategy and tap the potential of cooperation between China and countries along the route.

　　— — It is conducive to creating a new situation in China’s opening up. China has made remarkable achievements in opening up to the outside world, but the overall pattern is "fast in the east and slow in the west, strong in the sea and weak in the land". The construction of "Silk Road Supermarket" is an important measure to accelerate the pace of China’s opening to the west and help inland border areas move from the edge of opening to the forefront.

　　— — Is conducive to establishing a new diplomatic image of China. Countries along the "Belt and Road" are rich in energy, but daily necessities and fresh food are relatively scarce. The construction of "Silk Road Supermarket" is conducive to reversing China’s diplomatic image with the main purpose of "purchasing resources" and enhancing its diplomatic affinity.

　　— — Conducive to China’s circulation industry going out. In July 2012, the State Council put forward the strategy of "going out" for the circulation industry. The construction of "Silk Road Supermarket" will be a vivid practice of this strategy and will also provide valuable experience for later enterprises.

　　In view of the characteristics of the five Central Asian countries, such as sufficient purchasing power, vast territory and sparsely populated, Ma Longlong believes that a perfect supply chain is one of the key factors for successfully building a "Silk Road Supermarket", and small and medium-sized supermarkets should become the main format of the "Silk Road Supermarket", while private enterprises are more suitable as the main business entities of the "Silk Road Supermarket". Ma Longlong suggested that the government should encourage and guide domestic private supermarket enterprises to go out and build small and medium-sized supermarkets mainly engaged in daily necessities and fresh food in countries along the Belt and Road; The government has invested in the construction of transportation infrastructure and public welfare logistics and distribution centers in countries along the route, and introduced preferential policies for the import and export of goods to facilitate the supply of goods; Five Central Asian countries will be used as construction pilots, and when they are mature, they will be deployed to enter the markets of Turkey or other countries.