The Belt and Road Initiative is building one of the world's largest economic platforms, including Asia, Europe, Africa, etc., and the countries along the Belt and Road are working together to develop their economies, which not only inherits the successful trade routes of the ancient Silk Road, but also expands trade between countries along the way, and carries out cultural exchanges, which is a good opportunity for common development for countries along the route.

"Thailand has also carried out economic development planning, the Eastern Economic Corridor development plan, vigorously promoted infrastructure construction, ten key industries and super industries, and border special economic zones, these measures are proposed by China," Professor Manli told Zhou Sen. The Belt and Road Initiative is highly compatible and complementary, China is Thailand's largest trading partner and the largest import and export market, and Thailand is China's fourth largest trading partner among ASEAN countries. ”

"In recent years, especially the number of Chinese tourists to Thailand has gradually increased, China has watched the movie "Thai Embarrassment", many tourists are also interested in Thailand's attractions, the number of tourists to Thailand has increased significantly compared to before, and the number of Chinese students to study in Thailand has also increased, which is a gratifying phenomenon, and we also welcome Chinese students to study in Thailand. ”

"China is a big country in the East, and if you connect China and ASEAN, it will form a huge market. ”

"The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has brought many benefits to Thailand and other ASEAN countries, and the overall plan of the Belt and Road Initiative aims to connect countries and regions to build economies together, focusing not only on infrastructure development, but also on people-to-people and financial connectivity to promote common prosperity. ”

"The 10 ASEAN countries have plans for connectivity, planning to build and improve infrastructure such as roads, bridges and airports, and at the macro level, China is providing financial support to ASEAN under the Belt and Road Initiative to promote ASEAN to improve its facilities. ”

"The more Thailand and China are connected, the more prosperous the trade and tourism between the two countries will be, and we all know that China's high-speed rail technology is advanced, and the high-speed rail is completed and expanded, connecting the whole region, and the business and trade between China and ASEAN will be more frequent. ”

"We welcome more Chinese investors to Thailand's EEC to invest in high-tech industries and improve the local environment, and we see a lot of powerful Chinese companies, and we also hope to cooperate with these companies, and we hope to achieve digital connectivity in the ASEAN region." ”

"Build high-speed railways, improve infrastructure, establish digital connectivity, enhance cultural exchanges, and establish close and friendly relations between countries in many aspects. ”

"If we promote connectivity, the more cooperation between the two sides, the closer the relationship between the two countries will be, and the more frequent the business and trade exchanges, tourism exchanges, investment and development, and cultural exchanges will be. ”

"We have launched the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and the Irrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, and the countries of these regions can jointly participate in projects that will enable people exchanges between the Mekong subregion and southern China to become a huge market, and we can further develop trade and tourism. ”

"We have also noticed that China's market is more open, the economy is more prosperous, people's lives will be better and better, and an open market can promote trade growth, so that there will be more opportunities for economic development. ”

"I'd like to boast about China's China International Import Expo in Shanghai, last year, Thailand participated in the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, and this year, Thailand will participate in the China International Import Expo. ”

"Professor Manli, you went to the China International Import Expo in Shanghai last year!"

Professor Manli nodded, "Last year, I went, I have always wanted to go to Shanghai to have a look, Shanghai is a first-tier city in China, with Shanghainese culture, and it is also a well-known big city with a high degree of openness and a high reputation in the world, and I personally like Shanghai." ”

"Shanghai is very fashionable, especially the construction and development of Pudong New Area is very fast, there are many attractions are very attractive to tourists, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Bund, Yu Garden, Lujiazui are all to Shanghai must visit the attractions, I went to Shanghai after I found that the urbanization of Shanghai is very fast, I also went to Shanghai once ten years ago, at that time there are still large areas of farmland in Pudong Chuansha area has not been developed, Pudong to go to the city to cross the Huangpu River, but also need ferries, the traffic is far less convenient than now. ”

"At that time, Pudong was not yet developed, ten years ago and ten years later, it was really a big change, I know some international photographers, they like to shoot the changes in Shanghai, especially the changes in Pudong, the skyscrapers in the area of Pudong Avenue, Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Tower, it is really beautiful, especially at night, Shanghai is really a city that never sleeps, the lights are brilliant, the super dazzling lights flicker with the music, it is intoxicating. ”

"Shanghai is a modern international metropolis, many grand events will be held in Shanghai, Thailand's participation in the Import Expo, the establishment of close ties with China, and the active participation in relevant activities organized by China are conducive to bilateral trade between Thailand and China. ”

"With the development of economic globalization and the deepening of the interdependence of the economies of various countries, only by opening up markets, relying on free trade, and promoting the multilateral trading system can we explore more opportunities and achieve sustained growth of the global economy. ”

"I can give an example, for example, a commodity, even if it is a very small commodity, due to international cooperation, division of labor, the material supplier of the original comes from one country, and the assembly is in another country, the outer packaging may go to another country, and finally it will be brought to the market in another country, this kind of thing cannot happen before, it is a country that produces itself, assembles itself, packages itself, and sells it by itself. ”

However, with the development of the global economy more and more closely, there are more and more opportunities for this division of labor and cooperation, many multinational companies not only have their own industries in their own countries, but also go to foreign countries to seek development opportunities, and local enterprises to cooperate, these multinational companies also promote the circulation of goods and transnational cooperation between countries. ”

"Over the years, the academic community has also carried out transnational exchanges, there are many experts and scholars from Europe and the United States who have come to Thailand for academic exchanges, and there are also Chinese university professors who come to our universities to communicate with each other, and our Thai economists have also had the opportunity to go abroad, go to Chinese universities to listen to lectures, communicate with Chinese teachers and students, and understand Chinese culture and history, I think this is a very interesting thing, I have been to China five times, and I personally also benefited from it. In the context of the Belt and Road Initiative, it is also a rare opportunity for me to have the opportunity to go to China and communicate with outstanding economists in the field of economics. ”

"I think China has been at the world's leading level in many fields of science and technology, we still have a significant gap between Thailand and developed countries, and there is not enough money to buy those high-tech technologies from European and American countries, their prices are very expensive, I think many of China's successful experiences are worth learning from, China attaches great importance to high-tech, these years, China has a lot of independent scientific research projects, China is also catching up, has become the second largest economy, I think, Thailand should also open the market, learn new technologies, New knowledge, improve the level of science and technology, and carry out independent innovation. ”

"If many developing countries want to develop their economies, they must use scientific and technological innovation to drive them, and China's economic development model is a good example for us to learn from. ”

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