Think tanks urge deeper Asia-Europe cooperation

Liao, from the CASS, noted that China actively promotes the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative with the Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakhstan's "Bright Path "new economic policy, and other development strategies of Asian and European countries, providing strong impetus for the economic and social development of Asia and Europe.

Denis Mukha, director of the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, agreed with Liao. Mukha said that his agency attaches great importance to cooperation with China, a country with enormous scientific and economic potential, and with which Belarus has established strong strategic relations in all spheres, including science and technology.

For Belarus, scientific and technological cooperation with China is a strategic direction of its foreign policy, which is reflected in the alignment of the fundamental development goals of the two countries, Mukha said.

Li Xiangyang, director-general of the National Institute of International Strategy at the CASS, said it is important to realize a high-level international communication mechanism under the framework of joint construction of the Belt and Road in the new era.