The 2024 "Belt and Road" Business Association Conference opened in Fuzhou, China on December 5th. The conference, with the theme of "Setting Sail on the Maritime Silk Road: Fuzhou's Voyage to Create a New Chapter of Maritime Silk Road Cooperation", was divided into three parts: the opening ceremony, six parallel sub-forums, and industrial inspection activities. More than 1,000 representatives of business associations from over 40 countries and regions were invited to attend, including international dignitaries, diplomatic envoys in China, Chinese officials, heads of foreign chambers of commerce, and renowned experts and business representatives in related fields. They exchanged views on topics such as jointly building the "Belt and Road", connecting global business association resources, and economic and trade cooperation on the Maritime Silk Road. This conference has attracted the attention of the world and has become a platform for multi-party cooperation and creating the future together.

Biyantara, the counselor of the Embassy of Indonesia in China, spoke at the opening ceremony, saying that as a flagship project of the "Belt and Road Initiative" cooperation jointly established by China and Indonesia, the Yogyakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway has been in operation for more than a year. It has not only brought huge benefits to the improvement of people's livelihood and economic development in Indonesia, but also provided valuable experience and successful examples for further cooperation between China and Indonesia and other countries in infrastructure, transportation and other fields. In the future, the two sides should carry out in-depth cooperation on themes such as strengthening the diversified development of economy and trade, actively connecting industrial chains, and jointly promoting the development of green transformation, especially renewable energy. At the same time, he expected that Indonesia could closely cooperate with Fuzhou, China, and deeply explore the development potential in the fields of trade, investment and people-to-people exchanges.

The six parallel forums held during the conference were the highlights of the conference, reflecting the diverse impacts and development potential of the "Belt and Road Initiative" in various fields from different perspectives. The six parallel forums were respectively the Forum on the Cooperative Development of the Fujian-Hong Kong Business Association, the Forum on International Exchange and Mutual Learning of Shipbuilding Culture, the Forum on the Development of Modern Agriculture under the "Belt and Road Initiative", the Forum on Chinese Brands Going Global, the Forum on International Tea Industry Cooperation under the "Belt and Road Initiative", and the Youth Forum.The Film and Television Investment Forum. The participating guests respectively interpreted the current development status and trends of each vertical field, deeply explored the innovative paths and successful strategies for the overseas expansion of enterprise brands from various countries, shared excellent cases and valuable experiences, and built a professional platform for communication and cooperation for enterprise brands from various countries to go global. For example, in the "Belt and Road Initiative" Modern Agriculture Development Forum, Babagana Wakil from Nigeria said, "Agricultural experts from China have successfully cultivated the latest rice varieties in Nigeria, with the output increasing by more than 30% compared to local rice varieties. In addition, Chinese enterprises have also built agricultural industrial demonstration parks and conducted training and exchanges of new agricultural technologies." "The conference provides a valuable platform. We look forward to more Chinese enterprises taking root in Nigeria and enabling us to achieve a low-carbon, green and intelligent agricultural transformation." ； At the "Belt and Road Initiative" International Tea Cooperation Forum, Ian Gibbs, the chairman of the International Tea Committee, said that people can enhance mutual understanding and establish closer partnerships through tea. He hoped that everyone would jointly promote international cooperation in the tea industry, achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages, and contribute to the prosperous development of the global tea industry.

During the industrial visit, the participating guests had an in-depth look at the marine industry and cultural tourism projects in Fuzhou, China, and experienced the local industrial advantages and development potential firsthand. Through face-to-face exchanges with local enterprises and on-site visits to projects, the guests gained a more intuitive and in-depth understanding of the investment environment and industrial policies in Fuzhou, China. This model of combining the conference with industrial visits has improved the level of transformation of conference outcomes.

the conference provides a platform for enterprises and business associations of the countries jointly building the "Belt and Road Initiative" to have direct exchanges and cooperation, promoting trade exchanges and investment growth among countries and injecting new impetus into global economic growth. China is the initiator of the "Belt and Road Initiative", leading the cooperative countries to carry out extensive cooperation in areas such as infrastructure construction, trade and investment, and cultural exchanges.