To commemorate the 9th anniversary of the “the Belt and Road Initiative” and celebrate the 120th anniversary of the founding of Beijing Normal University, The 4th Beijing the Belt and Road Forum and the press conference of Series of High-quality Joint Construction of “the Belt and Road”, sponsored by the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, were held in Beijing on September 3rd.With the theme of “High-quality Joint Construction of ‘the Belt and Road’ for Promoting the Common Development of Developing Countries”, the Forum was attended by well-known experts from related government departments such as the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, scholars from universities and research institutes such as Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and journalists from authoritative media such as Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China Daily and Economic Daily. The Forum was hosted by Professor Hu Biliang, Executive Dean of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University.

MA Jun, President of Beijing Normal University, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. MA Jun pointed out that under the background of the reverse tide of globalization and repeated global epidemics, high-quality joint construction of “the Belt and Road”is of great significance in promoting the development of both China and the world. To this end, Beijing Normal University set up the Belt and Road School to carry out related personnel training, academic research and policy research, and has made remarkable achievements. The Series of High-quality Joint Construction of “the Belt and Road published this time reflects the latest research results of teachers and researchers in the Belt and Road School in the past year. The purpose of “the Belt and Road” Forum in Beijing is to set up a professional high-end academic exchange platform in the field of “the Belt and Road”and actively offer advice and suggestions for the construction of the China’s “the Belt and Road”and foreign cooperation. Beijing Normal University is willing to further strengthen cooperation with all walks of life from all over the world in the future, and jointly contribute to the promotion of high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road, the great rejuvenation of the nation and the construction of human community with a shared future.

Gan Cangchun, Vice President of China Law Society, Jiang Yaoping, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, Wu Shulin, Chairman of the 7th Council of Chinese Publishers Association, Jin Xin, Director of the Research Office of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, Zhao Ai, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of China Society of Economic Reform, Di Dongsheng, Director of the Belt and Road Construction Promotion Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Guo Xuejun, Deputy Director of the Department of International Economics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

At this forum, the Belt and Road School released the Series of High-quality Joint Construction of “the Belt and Road”published by Beijing Normal University Press as the gift for the 120th anniversary of the founding of Beijing Normal University. The series, edited by Wang Shoujun, Vice President of Beijing Normal University and Dean of the Belt and Road School, and Hu Biliang, Executive Dean of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, include 13 books, such as High-quality Joint Construction of “the Belt and Road”: From Thought to Action (by HU Biliang and ZHANG Yiling),“The Belt and Road”and the New Development Pattern (by WAN Zhe), Digital “Belt and Road”(by LIU Qian et al.) and Green “Belt and Road”(by CHEN Zhihua, LIU Shiqi et al.).The purpose is to comprehensively and accurately interpret General Secretary Xi Jinping’s systematic thought on high-quality joint construction of“the Belt and Road”,comprehensively and deeply summarize the construction experiences on the construction of “the Belt and Road”in recent ten years, and study and look forward to the development prospect of high-quality joint construction of“the Belt and Road”. Lv Jiansheng, Chairman of Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, delivered a speech on the publication of the series. The guest speaker and the leader of the Press unveiled the Series of High-quality Joint Construction of “the Belt and Road”.

The authors made academic reports on the main contents of the 13 books at the Forum, which were highly recognized and praised by the guests. At the same time, experts and scholars also put forward some problems that need further study.

At this forum, four foreign professors from the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University -Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan, Djoomart Otorbaev, former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Zlatko Lagumdzija, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grzegorz W.Kolodko, former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance, and 14 students and alumni representatives from the Belt and Road School, on behalf of 510 alumni from 91 countries, delivered birthday greetings to the 120th anniversary of Beijing Normal University by video.