en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 23, the 2026 Belt and Road Trade and Investment Forum was held in Beijing. Ren Hongbin, President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Chairman of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC); Song Hailiang, Chairman of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC); along with representatives from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the China-Britain Business Development Centre, the Malaysia-China Business Council, and the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, attended the forum's opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

In his speech, Song Hailiang stated that as a pioneer among Chinese enterprises in "going global" and a main force in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) construction, CCCC adheres to a coordinated development strategy prioritizing overseas, high-quality, and synergistic growth. The company fully implements the BRI, deeply engages in global markets under the principle of "extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits," and has accumulated robust international competitive advantages. Its newly signed contract value and revenue from overseas engineering contracting consistently rank first among central state-owned enterprises, leading the industry in business layout, business models, and brand image, thereby making positive contributions to global economic and social development.

Song Hailiang noted that as the Chair unit of the China Committee of the Silk Road Business Council, CCCC, based on the new positioning of jointly building the BRI, closely follows the eight major steps for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, earnestly practices the four global initiatives, and fully leverages its integrated, comprehensive, and converged system advantages in the "five full, four major, and five-type" domains. Together with partners from all sides, the company aims to expand new spaces for win-win cooperation at higher levels, with greater resilience and sustainability. First, focusing on "connectivity," CCCC acts as a model for infrastructure connectivity, optimizing its layout around the "six corridors, six routes, multiple countries, and multiple ports," completing benchmark projects such as the East Coast Rail Link in Malaysia and the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in Cambodia to high standards, and implementing numerous "small yet beautiful" livelihood projects, paving the way for infrastructure connectivity. Second, focusing on "integration," CCCC serves as a leader in industrial integration, driving multi-industry integrated development through integrated traction, strengthening investment empowerment, accelerating the realization of "four major integrations," exploring new paths for the implementation of the "eight-network integration" industry, and reshaping the new ecosystem of industrial integration with the responsibility of a leader. Third, focusing on "innovation," CCCC acts as a pioneer in science and technology-driven development, proactively grasping new trends in digitalization and intelligence, promoting the interoperability, mutual learning, and integration of Chinese and foreign standards, providing Chinese technology, Chinese equipment, Chinese standards, Chinese solutions, and Chinese wisdom for the development of host countries, and empowering the quality improvement and upgrading of Silk Road cooperation through technological innovation. Fourth, focusing on "transformation," CCCC serves as a practitioner of green development, actively promoting the green transformation of traditional industries and the layout and cultivation of low-carbon emerging industries, establishing a green development system covering the entire industrial chain, continuously strengthening green cooperation with all parties, accelerating the green and low-carbon transition, and making green the most prominent background and hallmark of Silk Road cooperation.

Before the opening ceremony, Song Hailiang held talks with Ren Hongbin. Song Hailiang stated that under the guidance of CCPIT and CCOIC, CCCC will carry forward and enhance its "ten core advantages," leverage its overseas network layout advantages, strengthen international industrial and supply chain exchanges and cooperation, and fully promote the implementation of the "eight-network integration" practice, injecting new momentum into the high-quality joint construction of the BRI. Ren Hongbin expressed that CCCC has deeply implemented the BRI over the years, participating in international cooperation in multiple aspects and at deep levels, bringing tangible economic and social benefits to the project host countries. He hopes that CCCC will continue to leverage its advantages, maintain close cooperation with all parties, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the BRI.

This forum, themed "Linking New Open Patterns, Building a New Future for the Silk Road," included special speeches and two thematic seminars. China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. shared insights during the special speech session.

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