Promote the establishment of a more constructive and inclusive international order - Interview with Ong Si Kit, former Minister of Transport of Malaysia and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific "One Belt, One Road" Co-Planning Association

Reporter Yu Jinghao

"The four major global initiatives are practical solutions proposed by China to safeguard world peace, stability, development and prosperity, and respond to global challenges. They respond to the desire of the international community, especially the developing countries, to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable international order." Ong See Kit, former Minister of Transport of Malaysia and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific "Belt and Road" Co-Planning Council, said in an exclusive interview with this reporter, "China brings certainty to an unstable world."

Ong Shijie said that the world today is undergoing profound changes in a century, with geopolitical conflicts emerging one after another, and the rise of unilateralism and protectionism, which have had a huge impact on world stability and economic recovery. The international community looks forward to China's plan. Following the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative, China proposed a global governance initiative in September last year. Four global initiatives provide a pragmatic framework aligned with the vision of countries in the Global South. At a time when the existing international system is facing increasingly severe challenges, these initiatives can help promote the establishment of a more constructive and inclusive international order.

"The Global Governance Initiative responds to the international community's call for a more just and reasonable global governance system." Weng Shijie said that since the Global Governance Initiative was proposed one year ago, it has received support and response from nearly 160 countries and international organizations, showing strong vitality and charisma. In October last year, China established the International Mediation Court in Hong Kong. This is an important legal public product provided by China to improve global governance, and has been recognized and supported by many developing countries.

Ong Shijie believes that in recent years, China has adhered to the concept of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness in its peripheral diplomacy and deepened economic and trade cooperation with ASEAN. The two sides have been deeply integrated in the production and supply chain, which has laid a solid foundation for cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. China has promoted the conclusion and high-level implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and signed the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Version 3.0 Upgrade Protocol, which has provided important support for further promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region and advancing the process of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area.

Ong Shijie said that currently, the construction of the Malaysia East Coast Railway project participated by Chinese enterprises has entered the sprint stage, and the agglomeration effect of the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park has continued to increase. The two parties are expanding cooperation in emerging fields such as digital economy, new energy, cross-border e-commerce and electric vehicles. Initiatives such as the mutual visa exemption between Malaysia and China and the expansion of direct flights between the two countries have brought more and more people from the two countries, especially young people, closer to each other's history and culture. In the future, the two countries can further promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges through co-production of movies and other channels, continuously consolidate the public opinion foundation for the friendship between the two countries, and contribute humanistic strength to the building of a high-level strategic Malaysia-China community with a shared future.