PhotoshowstheTurgusunhydropowerplantinKazakhstanbuiltbyChinaThreeGorgesCorporation.(PhotoprovidedbyChinaThreeGorgesCorporation)

ChinahasdevelopedstrategicpartnershipswithKazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,TurkmenistanandUzbekistansinceitestablisheddiplomatictieswiththefiveCentralAsiancountries31yearsago,blazinganewpathofgood-neighborliness,friendshipandwin-wincooperation,therebysettingupaparadigmforanewtypeofinternationalrelations.

Underthestrategicguidanceofhead-of-statediplomacy,Chinahasdeepenedpracticalcooperationwiththefivecountriesandachievedfruitfulresultsinbilateralandmultilateralcooperationinagriculture,trade,investment,infrastructureandotherfields.

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FromMay1to12,anumberoffeaturedproductsfromCentralAsiancountriesweredisplayedatane-commerceexhibitionheldinQingdao,eastChina"sShandongprovince,includingfruitpureeandjuicefromKazakhstan,naturalmineralwaterfromUzbekistanandtraditionalhandbagsfromTajikistan.TheexhibitionshowcasedthestrongvitalityofChina-CentralAsiaeconomicandtradecooperation.

TradebetweenChinaandthefiveCentralAsiancountriessetarecordhighlastyear.Inthefirsttwomonthsthisyear,thetradevolumesawyear-on-yeargrowthof22percent,maintainingstrongmomentumofdevelopment.

Bytheendof2022,China"sdirectinvestmentstockinthefiveCentralAsiancountriesreachednearly$15billion,withanumberofcooperationprojectslaunchedinfieldssuchasoilandgasexploration,processingandmanufacturing,connectivityanddigitaltechnologies,bringingtangiblebenefitstopeopleinthesecountries.

OnApril26in2023,foreignministersfromChinaandthefivecountriesjointlypushedthelever,launchingtheChang"anTrainfromXi"antoCentralAsiacommemoratingthe10thanniversaryoftheChina-EuropeRailwayExpressandtheBeltandRoadInitiative(BRI),attheXi"anInternationalTrade&LogisticsParkinnorthwestChina"sShaanxiprovince.

ChineseandforeignengineersworkattheconstructionsiteoftheA380highwayinUzbekistan,whichiscontractedbyChinaRailwayConstructionCorporation.(PhotoprovidedbyChinaRailway20BureauGroupCorporation)

Overthepasttenyears,theChang"anChina-Europefreighttrainservicehasoperatedover16,000trips,includingover4,250tripstoCentralAsiancountries.ThesetripswitnessedtherapiddevelopmentandremarkableresultsoftheBRIinCentralAsia.

CentralAsiaiswheretheBRIwasinitiatedandhasgrownintoamodelareathatseestangibleresultsofBRIcooperation.AllrelevantpartieshaveactivelypursuedsynergeticdevelopmentbetweentheBRIandtheirowndevelopmentstrategiesandlaunchedefficientcooperationprojects.

Alargebatchofmutuallybeneficialandwin-wincooperationhavebeencompletedundertheframeworkoftheBRI,suchastheChina-Kazakhstancrudeoilpipeline,theChina-CentralAsiagaspipeline,aChina-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistanhighway,thePengshengIndustrialParkandaChina-Tajikistan-Uzbekistanhighway,bringingtangiblebenefitstothepeopleintheregion.

ChinaandthefiveCentralAsiancountrieshaveconstantlydeepenedandexpandedBRIcooperation.Together,theypromotedtheconstructionoftheChina-CentralAsiatransportcorridorandthefourthlineoftheChina-CentralAsiagaspipelineproject.Theyalsostrengthenedcooperationonartificialintelligence,bigdata,cloudcomputingandotherhightechnologies.

UzbekAmbassadortoChinaFarhodArzievnotedthatUzbekistanattacheshighimportancetostrengtheningcooperationwithChinainvariousfieldsandwillcontinuepromotingthesynergeticdevelopmentbetweenUzbekstrategiesandtheBRIforbetterdevelopment.

ChinaandTajikistanhavejointlybuiltatextileindustrialparkinTajikistan,whichemploysadvanceddigitalandintelligentagriculturalmachineryandtextileequipment.Productsproducedintheindustrialparkhavegainedafootholdintheglobalhigh-endmarket.

Atraincommemoratingthe10thanniversaryofstartingtheYiwu-Xinjiang-EuropefreighttrainservicedepartsfromYiwu,eastChina"sZhejiangprovince,forCentralAsia,carrying100twenty-footequivalentunitsofgoods,April23,2023.(People"sDailyOnline/GongXianming)

AdairyfactoryjointlybuiltbyChinaandKazakhstaninsouthernKazakhstan"sTurkistanRegionhasbeenputintooperation.ItscameldairyproductsareverypopularamongChineseconsumers.

IntheSirdaryoregionofUzbekistan,aChina-Uzbekistandemonstrationparkofmodernagriculturaltechnologyhasbeenputintouse.Ithasintroducedanumberofnewvarietiesofhigholeicpeanuts,oilsunflowers,soybeansandcorn.

Fromcapacitycooperationtosci-techexchangesandtalenttraining,ChinaandthefiveCentralAsiancountrieshavecontinuouslydeepenedagriculturalcooperationandbuiltanagriculturalpartnershipthatcarriesrichconnotationsandbrimswithstrongvitality.

Agriculturaltradebetweenthetwosidescontinuestoexpand.MoreChineseenterpriseshavesettledinthefiveCentralAsiancountriesforinvestmentanddevelopment,whosecooperationprojectscovermanyfieldsincludingtheprocessingofwheatflourandvegetableoil,cottonplantingandtextile.Theyarecontributingtothelocalagriculturaldevelopment.

AtrainingprogramonadvancedandapplicableagriculturaltechnologyforCentralAsiawaslaunchedbyChinathisApril.Morethan80traineesfromthefiveCentralAsiancountriesjoinedtheprogramandlearnedaboutChina"sexperienceandapplicationofwater-conservationtechnologies,facilityagriculturetechnologiesandenvironmentalprotectioninagriculturalproduction.

UzbekDeputyPrimeMinisterJamshidKuchkarovsaidChina"sachievementsandexperienceinpovertyalleviation,aswellasagriculturalruraldevelopment,areworthlearningfrom.UzbekistaniswillingtoworkwithChinatopromotepovertyalleviationcooperation,soastoachievewin-winresultsandbringmorebenefitstothetwopeoples,headded.