Synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and the 2030 SDGs: from the perspective of development

The Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)has its own development logic,which draws mainly from China’s development and cooperation experiences.In addition to aid,the BRI prioritises ownership,infrastructure connectivity and comprehensive approaches to development.The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs),drawing many lessons from the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs),mark a visible shift from the past donor–recipient relationship to an equal development partnership in the international development narrative.Comparing the two initiatives,this paper identifies synergies between the BRI and the SDGs from the perspective of development and concludes that an emphasis on ownership is the basis for docking the two development visions.The docking process should begin at the stage of strategic dialogue and policy planning between China and its development partners,and infrastructure connectivity is an area of special importance when seeking synergies and developing differentiated approaches to working in different contexts.

On 21st Century Marxism

As a good summary of the latest Marxist theories such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,21st century Marxism does the following:It consciously complies with the logic of Marxist development;it continues to ensure that theories keep pace with the times and that practice is innovated and developed;it marks out the historic orientation of grasping the initiative and leading the revitalization of world socialism based on the essence,characteristics and trends of the profound changes unseen in a century;it makes original contributions on major theoretical issues such as the historical and logical unity of the evolution of the stages of social development,the integration of national rejuvenation with the course of world history,the inevitability of CPC strengths promoting political advancement,and the historical and cultural heritage for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context.With the new civilizational form of the Chinese path to modernization,the new economic globalization model of the Belt and Road Initiative,and the new global vision of a human community with a shared future,it provides a new competitive advantage for the Chinese path and contributes Chinese approaches to human development and progress.The great creation of 21st century Marxism makes Marxism shine with a more effulgent light of truth and gives its practice greater power.