[April 18, Toho Shimpo]At the Belt and Road Forum held on the 11th by the Japan-China Belt and Road Initiative Promotion Association, China’s Wu Jianghao, a resident of Japan, spoke. The ambassador requested Japan’s active participation.

Ambassador Wu said, “Many Japanese companies are participating in and benefiting from the Belt and Road Initiative.I urge people from all walks of life in Japan to listen more to the voices of Japanese companies. I hope that Japan, a close neighbor and important partner of China, will actively participate in this initiative.”

“Many Japanese companies are using China-Europe freight trains and river-sea transport to expand business opportunities in the Belt and Road economic zone. The collaboration of financial institutions in 2018 is showing positive results across sectors such as infrastructure, eco-finance, logistics and clean energy.The facts prove that this initiative is not a threat but an opportunity for Japan. ”, Ambassador Wu emphasized that Japanese companies are already participating in many businesses.

Ambassador Wu said, “In the 11 years since its inception in 2013, this initiative has achieved fruitful results and has become the most extensive and large-scale international cooperation platform in the world. , can participate in it as equal partners and benefit from it. Joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative practices true multilateralism and does not exclude or target any participant. “We will not engage in geopolitical conflicts, we will not form closed and exclusive economic zones, we will not impose different values ​​and development models on other countries, and we will not form military alliances.” There is.

“Developing countries have embraced this initiative because it aims to solve important challenges such as infrastructure, finance, technology, and expertise.” “They are accusing us of setting up a ‘debt trap’, but that is a complete misunderstanding,” he added.

The forum was also attended by the association’s president Kazuyuki Hamada and representative director Yoshikazu Ono.

The association hopes to further deepen the understanding of the Belt and Road Initiative among people from all walks of life in Japan, and encourage them to actively participate in the joint construction of this initiative. (c)Touhou Shimpo/AFPBB News