On November 11, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference as part of its "Striving for the 15th Five-Year Plan" series to brief on Belt and Road cooperation. Liang Linchong, Director of the Department of Regional Opening-up, stated that the NDRC will next work with relevant departments to closely follow the deployment outlined in the 15th Five-Year Plan, continuously improve international exchange and cooperation mechanisms in emerging fields, and achieve more tangible results in Belt and Road practical cooperation. Specifically, this involves four aspects: First, build a high-quality Digital Silk Road by actively carrying out cooperation in smart cities, smart industries, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, smart education, and other fields, and supporting the development of new business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce; second, build a high-quality Innovation Silk Road by deepening implementation of the Belt and Road Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation Action Plan and promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation; third, build a high-quality Green Silk Road by advancing cooperation in green infrastructure, green energy, green transportation, green finance, and other fields, deepening cooperation on climate change, and building closer partnerships for green development; fourth, build a high-quality Health Silk Road by strengthening cross-border collaboration in the prevention and response to public health emergencies and the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, deepening paired hospital cooperation, and building high-quality overseas centers of traditional Chinese medicine.
