一带一路倡议实施的制度—文化约束

The Institutional (Cultural) Constraints to Implementation of “One Belt and One Road” Initiative

从根本上说,一带一路倡议的实施,无论对中国还是沿线国家来说都不是一个单纯的经济问题,而是一个文化大于资本、制度重于技术的非纯经济问题。相对于资本与技术而言,来自于制度—文化的约束,既是最软的约束,也是最坚硬的约束,从而也是最根本的约束。所谓制度—文化约束是指,由不同习俗、价值观等文化因素所形成的内在制度安排之间的相互认同障碍,以及这种具有不同文化特质的内在制度安排对更广泛区域或共同体内部、正式制度安排缔结和制度环境形成的影响。跨越制度—文化约束的关键是在共同繁荣的基础上,构建一个彼此尊重、相互包容的可操作的制度—文化认知共同体系。这对一带一路倡议掷地有声地实施,无论从逻辑还是现实意义上说,都是应该先行的策略与智慧考量。

Basically, the implementation of “One Belt and One Road”initiative is not only an economic issue for both China and the countries along the route but a non-pure economic issue in which culture outweighs capital and institution outweighs technology. In comparison to capital and technology, the constraints from institutions （cultures） are both the softest and the hardest. The so-called institutional （cultural） constraints refer to the barriers in mutual understanding of the internal institutional arrangements caused by cultural elements such as different customs and values, and the impact of the internal institutional arrangements of different cultural traits upon the establishment of formal institution and the formation of the institutional environment in broader regions or within the community. The key to transcend the institutional （cultural） constraints is to establish an operable institution of mutual understanding and tolerance———a common cultural cognition system———on the basis of common prosperity. This should be the first strategy and consideration to ensure the implementation of “One Belt and One Road”initiative in both logical and real sense.