SANTIAGO and BEIJING, April 13,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from Beijing
Review:
The Spanish edition of Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road
Initiative is helping Latin American countries better
understand and participate in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),
officials and scholars said at a seminar held for readers to share
their ideas in Santiago, Chile, on
April 11.
"Within the BRI framework, China and Chile have worked together effectively in the
construction of infrastructure such as ports, subways and highways,
as well as in the development of a science and technology center,"
Yu Tao, Vice President of China
International Communications Group (CICG), said at the seminar.
Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the BRI in 2013 to
boost connectivity along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes.
Chile is the first Latin American
country to voice support for the initiative and sign a memorandum
of understanding on Belt and Road cooperation with China.
The Spanish edition of Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road
Initiative gives Latin American readers an in-depth, nuanced
understanding of the initiative, thereby contributing to more
productive collaboration, Yu said. CICG is China's leading international communication
institution and owns the book's publisher, the Beijing-based Foreign Languages Press
(FLP).
The book is a collection of 42 articles by President Xi on Belt
and Road cooperation, dated from September
2013 to July 2018, addressing
issues ranging from how and why the initiative was introduced to
its principles and goals. Its English, French, Russian, Arabic,
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese editions have been
published by the FLP for international audiences.
The book is a definitive work that is assisting all sectors of
Chilean society to familiarize themselves with China's proposals and the rationale behind
them, so that the two countries can work in concert more
efficiently, Ma Zhen, Political
Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Chile, said.
Fernando Reyes Matta, former
Chilean Ambassador to China and
Director of the Center for Latin American Studies on China at Chile's Andres Bello University, said the BRI
aims to benefit the international community and the Spanish edition
of Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road Initiative enables
Latin American people to understand China's concepts and policies.
Ricardo Gamboa Valenzuela, Deputy
Director of the Institute of International Studies (IEI) at the
University of Chile, said his
institute pays great attention to China's increasingly important role in
Latin America and the rest of the
world. The book provides authoritative reading materials for
professors and students, giving them a deeper understanding of
China.
Carlos Olguín, an associate professor at the IEI and former
Director of the Asia-Pacific Department at Chile's Foreign Ministry, Luis Ajenjo Isasi,
General Manager of Radio Cooperativa, and Malva Venturelli,
President of the José Venturelli Foundation, also shared their
views. They all recognized the book's role in cementing mutual
trust.
Hu Kaimin, FLP President, said he hoped the book will make the
initiative more popular in Chile
and the rest of Latin America,
build new cultural ties, and promote the two-way understanding of
the Chinese and Latin American civilizations.
With the guidance of CICG and the Chinese Embassy in
Chile, the seminar was organized
by the FLP, CICG Center for Americas and the IEI. Approximately 50
representatives from sectors including politics, academia and
culture participated in the event.
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