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According to the report of Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, the Kenyan website recently reported that the "the Belt and Road" is an unmistakable way of technology transfer. In addition to creating thousands of jobs in Kenya, it has also brought a lot of railway technical expertise and trained a group of engineers and drivers.

"China has been helping to jointly build the 'the Belt and Road' countries to accelerate technological progress, eliminate extreme poverty and achieve high-quality development. According to the report of Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation," a Pakistani website recently said that through the "the Belt and Road" initiative, China hopes to achieve common progress, shared prosperity and win-win cooperation.

Since the launch of the the Belt and Road Initiative for Scientific and Technological Innovation in 2017, China has cooperated with the the Belt and Road countries in four aspects, namely, scientific and cultural exchanges, joint laboratory construction, cooperation in science and technology parks, and technology transfer, to jointly build the the Belt and Road into an innovation road.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, by the end of 2021, China has established scientific and technological cooperation relations with 84 countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road", supported 1118 joint research projects, invested 2.99 billion yuan in total, and started the construction of 53 joint laboratories in agriculture, new energy, health and other fields. So far, the "the Belt and Road" international scientific and technological organization cooperation platform construction project launched by China has attracted more than 200 international organizations and more than 1000 national organizations to participate, involving more than 150 countries and regions around the world. A total of 152 projects have been implemented, supporting the establishment or preparation of 30 regional scientific and technological organizations, 36 international scientific and technological organization joint research centers, and 5 national scientific and technological research centers, and cultivating more than 119000 scientific and technological talents. The "the Belt and Road" international scientific organization alliance led by China has 67 member units. In addition, China has built eight transnational technology transfer platforms for ASEAN, South Asia, Arab countries, Central Asia, Central and Eastern European countries, Africa, the SCO and Latin America, and has established a "South South Cooperation Center for Technology Transfer" under the South South framework of the United Nations.

China's growing scientific and technological strength and innovation capability are the prerequisite for high-quality promotion of the "the Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation cooperation. At present, China's science and technology is making a qualitative leap from the accumulation of quantity, from the breakthrough of point to the improvement of system capability, and a solid step has been taken in building a scientific and technological power. According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report, the report on the global innovation index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows that China's comprehensive ranking of innovation ability has risen from 34th in 2012 to 11th in 2022. At the same time, China has always adhered to the global perspective, deepened international innovation exchanges and cooperation, and focused on giving full play to the comparative advantages and resource endowments of countries, so that scientific and technological progress can benefit more countries and people. This fully demonstrates that China's scientific and technological innovation focuses on the people and aims to improve human welfare, so as to make the society better and the human being happier.

The "the Belt and Road" cooperation in scientific and technological innovation has continued to advance, which has strongly promoted people to people, concept to concept, factor to factor, and facility connectivity, driven the docking of development strategies and capacity cooperation between China and countries and regions along the Belt and Road, injected new energy into economic transformation and industrial restructuring along the Belt and Road, and made important contributions to the implementation of global development initiatives. According to the World Bank's prediction, by 2030, the international cooperation of the "the Belt and Road" will lift 7.6 million people out of extreme poverty and 32 million people out of moderate poverty in relevant countries, and will increase the trade of participating countries by 2.8% to 9.7%, global trade by 1.7% to 6.2%, and global income by 0.7% to 2.9%, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

At present, the world's unprecedented major changes in a century have accelerated their evolution, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation have developed in depth, and the "the Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation cooperation is facing new opportunities and challenges. China and the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" should seize the historical opportunity to jointly explore solutions to global problems through scientific and technological innovation. In this process, whether it is innovation, trade and investment, intellectual property protection and other issues or new areas such as the Internet, outer space and polar regions, when formulating new rules, we should fully listen to the views of countries, especially emerging market countries and developing countries, reflect their interests and aspirations, and ensure their development space. We will strengthen the coordination of macro science and technology policies, achieve in-depth docking of development strategies, and accelerate the transformation of new and old drivers and the transformation and upgrading of the economic structure through mutual efforts.

In the future, we believe that China will continue to deepen scientific and technological innovation cooperation along the "the Belt and Road", and work with the countries that jointly build the "the Belt and Road" to guide innovation globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction, promote globalization to release more positive effects, help developing countries accelerate digital economy development and green transformation, and share the dividends of scientific and technological progress.