With the continuous integration of the concept of diversified development into the construction of the Belt and Road, the cooperation on the Belt and Road related projects is gradually expanding. The China Frontier Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Sciences Literature Publishing House recently jointly released the "Blue Book on China's Neighboring Relations: Report on the Development of Relations between China and Neighboring Countries (2022)", which analyzes the progress made by China and neighboring countries in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Blue Book pointed out that Central Asian countries are important partners of China's Belt and Road Initiative and the frontier of the Silk Road Economic Belt's westward extension. The Belt and Road Initiative has received positive responses from Central Asian countries since its inception. The five Central Asian countries have formulated docking strategies based on their respective economic development characteristics, resource advantages and location advantages. Under the framework of the Belt and Road, guided by strategic alignment, close cooperation has been established in many fields such as energy, infrastructure, transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, finance and trade, science and technology and culture, and a series of fruitful results have been achieved.

Among them, Kazakhstan is one of the first countries to expressly express that it will jointly build the Belt and Road with China. In the more than 8 years since 2013, the joint construction of the Belt and Road between China and Kazakhstan has achieved remarkable results. Kazakhstan's "Kazakhstan-2030" 》Development strategy and China's Belt and Road Initiative are progressing smoothly.

The joint construction of the Belt and Road has achieved remarkable results

In April, the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered a video speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, pointing out that the Belt and Road Initiative has strong vitality in promoting the concept of international cooperation and globalization. Since the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, 11 international transportation routes have passed through Kazakhstan, including 6 cross-border highway routes including the 2,700-kilometer "Shuangxi Highway", and 5 cross-border railways leading to the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia. line. These lines turn Kazakhstan into a transit transport hub.

In June, during the phone call between the leaders of China and Kazakhstan, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Tokayev reached a consensus on jointly building the "Green Silk Road", "Healthy Silk Road" and "Digital Silk Road". He affirmed that the cooperation between China and Kazakhstan under the framework of the joint construction of the Belt and Road has brought benefits to the two peoples and set an example for the international community. It can be seen from the speeches of the leaders of China and Kazakhstan that the joint construction of the Belt and Road between China and Kazakhstan has achieved great success.

In addition to the completed projects, a large number of projects under construction are also accumulating energy for the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Kazakhstan. In July, the Turgusun Hydropower Station in Kazakhstan, which was built by China Water Resources and Electric Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation, was put into operation. Power generation, the project lasted for 7 years. It is the first key project in the hydropower field of Sino-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative that has been implemented and put into production and power generation.

In the Kazakhstan Pavilion of the Dubai World Expo, an exhibition area focusing on the cooperation results of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Kazakhstan has been opened, showing the achievements of the two countries in the fields of trade, energy and interconnection. Chaizhunusov pointed out that the Belt and Road projects are displayed in the main exhibition area of the Kazakhstan Pavilion because the Belt and Road Initiative is not only important for China and Kazakhstan, but also for the whole world.

After the opening of the China Railway Express, Kazakhstan has become a transit country to Europe, and the transportation time of goods has been greatly shortened, which only takes 6 to 13 days. This is an important contribution of Kazakhstan to the global economy, demonstrating the cooperation between China and Kazakhstan and the potential of Kazakhstan in global transportation.

The main goal of Uzbekistan's economic reform in 2021 is to reduce poverty and improve people's well-being. Uzbekistan President Mirziyoyev pointed out that in this regard, the Belt and Road cooperation will help Uzbekistan achieve the goal of poverty reduction.

At this stage, the Uzbekistan government has combined the focus of economic work with the China-Uzbekistan Belt and Road cooperation. On the basis of consolidating the achievements of the cooperation between the two countries, it has further developed the China-Uzbekistan Belt and Road cooperation.

In February, the Navoi 100 MW photovoltaic power station project in Uzbekistan's new energy plan undertaken by Shandong Electric Power Construction Third Engineering Co., Ltd. entered the formal construction stage, and a large number of photovoltaic project equipment was delivered to Uzbekistan by "Qilu". The Uzbekistan Pengsheng Industrial Park invested and constructed by Zhejiang Wenzhou Jinsheng Trading Co., Ltd. continues to expand the scale of construction investment. As of February 2021, 12 enterprises have settled in, with an annual output value of nearly 100 million US dollars, which can provide more than 2,000 local people. solve employment.

In other Central Asian countries, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, the Belt and Road connection work is also being carried out as scheduled. The cottonseed and sunflower oil refining project in Tajikistan, undertaken by Jiangsu Myander Group, a Chinese enterprise in Yangzhou, was put into operation in June. The project can provide more than 100 local jobs and promote the development of the domestic consumer market in Tajikistan. In 2021, China officially built the first dam deformation monitoring system based on the Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system on the Usoi Dam on the Sarez Lake in Tajikistan. Important progress has been made in the international cooperation in disaster reduction between China and Tajikistan and the international application of the Beidou Belt and Road Initiative. Keywords: infrastructure, infrastructure construction, planning and investment

After more than 8 years of construction, the Belt and Road Initiative has ushered in the project harvest period. A large number of projects jointly constructed by China and Central Asian countries have been put into use, bringing considerable benefits to the local area. These achievements have effectively promoted the Central Asian countries to continue to invest in the construction of the Belt and Road projects, and China and Central Asian countries have broad prospects for jointly building the Belt and Road. Editor / Xu Shengpeng