People's Daily: promote the in-depth participation of central enterprises in One Belt And One Road construction

-- xiao yaqing, director of the state council's state-owned assets supervision and administration commission

Response to One Belt And One Road initiative, better "get out"

Reporter: "One Belt And One Road" initiative has been proposed for more than 3 years, what construction has the central enterprise participated in?What have you got?

Mr Xiao: xi "area" initiative, the chairman of the central enterprises to act quickly, the countries along the "region" as the focus of the overseas business development, in accordance with the principle of market-oriented, give full play to technology, capital, management advantages, actively involved in the construction, for more than three years with a total of 47 central enterprises to participate in, equity or investment, and set up the enterprise cooperation of countries along the 1676 projects.Infrastructure connectivity is a priority area for "One Belt And One Road".The central enterprises have actively participated in the construction of major projects and promoted the level of connectivity of the countries along the belt and road.On the railway side, China's high-speed railway has achieved remarkable results, and a number of high-speed railway projects, such as Ankara to Istanbul, have become a bright calling card for the construction of One Belt And One Road.Projects such as highway, the karakoram highway to local traffic bring significant improvements, revitalize the local tourist resources, foster a batch of new industries, strongly promote the production and living conditions for local residents to improve.

Connecting Asia and Europe, the silk road economic belt and the 21st century is the heart of the maritime silk route most developing countries, is in the process of industrialization, the demand for energy and mineral resources is very urgent.More than 60 oil and gas cooperation projects have been carried out in more than 20 countries along the One Belt And One Road, which have led to the rapid economic development of countries along the belt and road.Central enterprises also combined with the "area" all the way along the national industrial development, increase investment, strengthen international cooperation in production and equipment manufacturing, focus on promoting local economic transformation and upgrading, multiple industrial and manufacturing projects in countries such as Malaysia, Laos, Mongolia, Indonesia.The participation of central enterprises in the construction of "One Belt And One Road" is a win-win process.Through in-depth cooperation with countries along the belt and road, central enterprises have more experience in international management, and have improved their capabilities and levels, and the internationalization process has accelerated significantly.At present, the central business has invested 9112 overseas units in 185 countries and regions.Since the 12th five-year plan, the total value of overseas assets of central enterprises has increased by 15% annually."All the way around the central enterprises to participate in" construction, promote the national infrastructure along the improved significantly, promoted the economic growth, for local products to China, to open the door of the world, through trade, factor flow and cultural exchanges and promote the globalization process.

Go out, melt in, even the people

Reporter: "sharing business, building and sharing" is the principle of "One Belt And One Road".How can central enterprises embody this principle in the process of "One Belt And One Road"?

Mr Xiao: the central enterprises to participate in the "area" project construction, strictly in accordance with the law, the good faith management, adhere to the local development, pay attention to the ecological environment protection, and earnestly implement the social responsibility, in improving the local people's livelihood, promote the coordinated development, promote the cultural exchange has played a positive role in such aspects.

-- effectively driving local employment.At present, 85 percent of the 384,000 employees in the overseas branches are local employees, and the localization rate of many employees is more than 90 percent.China's oil and Indonesia company and China mobile Pakistan have a 99 percent localization rate.The central business also attaches great importance to strengthening technical skills training for local staff.China railway corporation, China railway construction and sino-foreign group and other central enterprises have trained 160,000 professional and technical personnel in the process of building railways and highways in cooperation with African countries.-- focus on protecting the ecological environment.The central enterprises strictly adhere to international rules and local environmental protection laws and regulations, and increase environmental protection through third-party environmental assessment and energy conservation and emission reduction.In mineral resources development, in particular, has focused on green development concept throughout the whole process of production and operation, by improving the environmental standards, the use of advanced technology, maximum limit reduces the impact of mining on the environment.Actively participate in public welfare undertakings.The central enterprise actively participates in the construction of education, culture, medical and other service facilities in the location of the project for the benefit of the local people.The China petrochemical Addax foundation's public welfare program has benefited countries such as Zambia, Uganda and Nigeria in the development of health, education and environmental protection activities in developing countries and regions.China metallurgical group has won widespread praise from local society and residents for the construction of hospitals, schools, difficulties in medical treatment and school difficulties.

In the construction of "One Belt And One Road", the central enterprises connected the people of the countries along the countries and regions along the "One Belt And One Road" line through the projects, so as to get out and get in.

We should seek win-win results in practical cooperation

Reporter: how will the central enterprise play a leading role in "One Belt And One Road"?

Mr Xiao: better play a role of central enterprises, the key is to in the process of internationalization of business transformation and upgrading, deepening and "neighbourhood" all the way along the national and regional cooperation, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

One is to focus.In infrastructure interconnectivity, energy resource development and utilization, economic and trade cooperation zone construction, industry core technology research and development, with emphasis on the strategic priorities such as support, further clarify the focus of the international operation area, key industries, key projects, deepen the foreign investment cooperation.We will speed up the construction of infrastructure such as railways, roads, electricity, oil and gas pipelines, communications, ports, airports and space information corridors in neighboring countries, and promote connectivity.We will actively participate in the planning, construction and operation of Africa's high-speed railway network, expressway network and regional aviation network, and accelerate the industrialization of Africa.

The second is the rule.Adhere to honesty, compliance in accordance with the law, comply with the relevant laws and regulations of the countries where China and the project management and industry regulations, respect the local customs, pay attention to cross cultural fusion, strengthen the communication with stakeholders and the social from all walks of life.Facing the world economic landscape changes, constantly adjust to reshape the international rules, companies must be familiar with and master the wto rules, and involved in environmental protection, labor, and aspects of intellectual property laws and regulations, and make full use of reasonable rules to protect their own legitimate rights and interests.

Third, strong innovation.Go out mode innovation, accelerate the integration, the construction of overseas cooperation zone, built camp "resource, loans, project" a package of cooperation innovation mode, build advantage industry cooperation platform, efficient production cooperation platform, business with melting platform, platform of transnational merger, acquisition and reorganization and other kinds of cooperation platform, deepen the domestic and foreign technology, business, market, capital, human and other multidimensional mutually beneficial cooperation, form a new international competition advantage, driving the transformation and upgrading of domestic industries.Fully give play to the role of all kinds of international cooperation fund, combination is introduced into domestic non-state capital, foreign advantage enterprises, outstanding management talents, advanced management mechanism and value-added services, to provide "area" construction technology, capital and intellectual support.

Fourth, risk prevention.Strive to build overseas risk prevention and control system, do a good job in risk assessment, early warning and response plan, strengthen the global economic situation, industry development trend, the international rule change trend of comprehensive study, familiar with "neighbourhood" all the way along the national and regional political, economic, legal, cultural and other aspects of the actual situation, according to the prevailing rules to strengthen project feasibility analysis, to prevent and dissolve all kinds of risks properly.We will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with local enterprises in international investment institutions and projects and establish a profit-sharing mechanism to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

In addition, enterprises should better fulfill their social responsibilities and create a favorable external environment.Righteousness is the first of all.We have always stressed that the central enterprises to attach importance to the country concerned, the enterprise development combining with the local social development and explore the pattern of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, create interest community, fate community and community responsibility.

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