Recently, Kuwait’s "Izvestia" published a commentary by Dr. Talal Abu Jazalai, a well-known Jordanian entrepreneur and winner of the China-Arab Friendship Award for Outstanding Contribution. The article claims that China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative has an “international flavor”. It awakens the ancient Silk Road two thousand years ago, highlights China’s views on exchanges and cooperation with friendly neighboring countries, and gave birth to the “Belt and Road” joint construction. The concept of the country.
The author of the article, Talal, is the founder and chairman of the Jordan Tag Group (TAG Group). He was the chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology and Development. He was awarded the First Class Independence Medal by King Abdullah II of Jordan. .
Talal stated in the article that cooperation under the "Belt and Road" framework is "borderless", involving education, health, agriculture, industry, trade, tourism, sports and other fields. The "Belt and Road" co-construction countries will benefit from it in all aspects. Countries will attract more investment and have more professionals in the field. People of all countries will get more income from energy and other fields, and buy daily necessities at more favorable prices.
Talal pointed out that one of the great challenges facing the “Belt and Road Initiative” is how to respond to various voices from the international community. For example, some countries criticized the debt problem of the "Belt and Road" initiative and falsely claimed that China was behind the world financial crisis. Talal believes that this comes to a certain extent from the differences in the development paths of various countries. Unlike many Western countries, China has formulated a clear long-term development plan and vision in opening up to the outside world and participating in international trade, while the United States and other countries have not.
For the future "Belt and Road" cooperation, Talal believes that it can be strengthened in two areas: one is to promote the establishment of the "Strategic Plan for Economic and Trade Partnership with China" and continue to strengthen economic and trade cooperation; Create a smart city and empower society together. In addition, Talal called for the strengthening of Chinese language learning, and suggested that all countries establish think tanks with experts as the core to provide consulting services for all countries.
Talal said at the end of the article that TAG Group has actively joined the University Alliance Headquartered in Shenyang, Liaoning, established by China and the “Belt and Road” countries, and hopes that other educational institutions will join the alliance to carry out scientific research, innovation, invention, and research together. Cooperation and exchanges in various fields such as cultural exchanges, joint management, development of talents and organizational mechanisms.
