The 2022 Silk Road Youth Forum was held online and offline in Beijing on December 17. The theme of the forum was “Building a youth silk road and a beautiful world and working together to build a Belt and Road youth community with a shared future”. The forum was hosted by Silk Road International Think Tank Exchange Center, supported by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC), organized by the comprehensive department of the CCOIC and the silk road encyclopedia magazine. Mr. Qi Xuchun, Vice Chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee and other distinguished guests attended the forum. Mr. Li Huilai, Vice President of CPIFA, attended and addressed the forum via video link.
In his speech, Vice President Li said that we should attach great importance to the role of youth exchange in the Belt and Road Initiative, strengthen practical cooperation both from domestic and abroad, promote people-to-people ties，and create conditions for international personnel training and cooperation. We should be guided by the goal of building a road to peace, prosperity, openness, innovation and civilization, promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people ties, and make continuous efforts to provide conditions for the youth to better participate in jointly building the Belt and Road.