the youth friendship story meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and malaysia was held in beijing. the youth of china and malaysia join hands to explore new opportunities for development.
2024-09-27
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on september 19, it was supported by the all-china youth federation and the malaysian youth council, hosted by china communications construction group co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ccccc"), and hosted by china harbor engineering co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "china harbor") the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and maldives and the "year of china-maldives friendship" youth friendship storytelling conference was held in beijing.
in 1974, china and malaysia officially established diplomatic relations. over the past 50 years, china and malaysia have always gone hand in hand in the changing international situation. after entering the 21st century, china-malaysia relations have entered the fast lane of development, with china becoming malaysia's largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years. in 2023, the leaders of china and malaysia announced that they would jointly build a community with a shared future for china and malaysia, opening a new chapter in the relations between the two countries.
at the meeting, young people from china and maldives expressed their willingness to continue to inherit the friendship between china and maldives, contribute their youthful energy to china-malaysia cooperation and development, promote the construction of a community with a shared future between china and maldives, and make greater contributions to regional prosperity and stability.
jointly build the “belt and road” and interpret the new concept of “win-win cooperation”
the malaysian east coast railway (hereinafter referred to as the "east coast railway"), the kuala lumpur mrt, the penang cross-sea bridge, the malaysia-china kuantan industrial park... under the framework of the joint construction of the "belt and road" initiative, landmark projects have been launched in malaysia. it rose from the ground and became a symbol of china-malaysia friendship.
"this is the subway that my father participated in the construction of!" standing in the crowded line 2 subway in kuala lumpur, malaysia, the daughter of dang yayun, deputy general manager of the 10th department of the general manager department of the east china railway project of china communications construction company, said proudly .
after graduating from university in 2015, dang was stationed in malaysia. soon after, he participated in the bidding for the kuala lumpur metro line 2 track project, and china communications construction company successfully won the bid. today, tens of thousands of passengers use this subway line every day.
in 2022, the party asian games came to kuantan from kuala lumpur to devote themselves to the track laying project construction of the east malaysia railway project.
"malaysia has become my second home." dang said, pointing to the extending railway tracks on the slide, which "symbolizes the ever-expanding friendship between china and malaysia."
according to the party asian games, during the implementation of the project, the chinese side recruited more than 300 local employees and trained a group of technical talents in the track engineering field for the malaysian side.
he gave an example: local employee nisa joined the company in 2013 and has now become china harbor rail project manager. "this is a concrete manifestation of the concept of win-win cooperation in the joint construction of the 'belt and road' initiative."
azriel, a 25-year-old malaysian boy, is one of the beneficiaries. when he was studying civil engineering at the university of malaysia pahang, he learned that china communications construction company was launching the "china-malaysia railway talent training cooperation plan", aiming to train 5,000 railway technical talents for malaysia. in october 2022, he applied to join.
for azriel, joining the malaysia-east rail link project is not only a job, he also learned the spirit of teamwork from the chinese and realized the importance of "safety" and "precision" to engineering. today, he has become a field engineer in the eighth division of the general manager department of the china communications construction company’s east-malaysia railway project.
go in both directions and build a bridge between people
in the pragmatic cooperation in jointly building the "belt and road", china and malaysia have not only made remarkable achievements in infrastructure connectivity, but also written a touching story of people-to-people connectivity.
one afternoon in june 2022, yao doosan, a chinese employee of the malaysia-east rail link project, returned to the project site after inspecting the construction site. on the way, he discovered that a shop along the street was on fire. he called the fire alarm immediately, but because the fire station was a certain distance from the fire scene, it would take him 15 minutes to get there by car at the fastest. in order to prevent the fire from spreading, he found a water truck and worked with local people to control the fire and protect the lives and property of local residents.
"since the start of the east-malaysia east railway project seven years ago, stories like this about young people from the two countries helping each other have been happening." jin qing, the narrator of the story and deputy business manager of the external relations department of the general manager department of the east-malaysia east railway project of china communications construction company, believes that, upon completion, this railway running through peninsular malaysia will not only become a road to wealth for the malaysian people, but also a future road connecting the hearts and minds of the two countries.
"zheng he made 7 voyages to the west, and at least 5 of them were stationed in malacca. since then, china and malaysia have forged a profound friendship." zhao wanzhen, the chinese director of the confucius institute at the university of malaya, said that china and malaysia have there are many things in common culturally. for example, in june this year, china and malaysia jointly applied to include "lion dance" on the unesco intangible cultural heritage list, which is a reflection of this cultural commonality.
arif ashrul, a lecturer at universiti teknologi mara, raub, said that after entering the new era, china has proposed global development initiatives, global security initiatives and global civilization initiatives, which are in line with the "prosperous malaysia" proposed by the new malaysian government. the concepts are highly consistent and "the two sides will align their development visions and will surely inject new impetus into china-malaysia relations."
people-to-people and cultural exchanges are another important way for people to connect with each other. zhao wanzhen mentioned that as the economic and trade relations between china and malaysia continue to develop, cooperation in science and technology and education also continues to deepen. china has become the world's most attractive business partner, and chinese technology companies such as huawei, zte, and alibaba are playing a key role in promoting malaysia's digital transformation. more and more young malaysians go to china to learn e-commerce and entrepreneurship knowledge, and malaysia has become one of the study abroad destinations for chinese students.
the "two-way rush" of young people from the two countries has laid a solid foundation for expanding china-malaysia cooperation.
seize development opportunities and create a green future together
green development is an important driving force for high-quality development of the global economy. in june this year, the governments of china and malaysia issued a joint statement emphasizing that the two countries will seize opportunities for the development of new productive forces such as green development and energy, and explore cooperation in areas such as advanced manufacturing, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship and development of small and medium-sized enterprises. from september 22 to 23, the united nations held the future summit at its new york headquarters. its outcome document "future compact" aims to promote the realization of the sustainable development goals and the paris agreement, accelerate the transition to a world without the use of fossil fuels, and ensure that the planet everyone on earth has a peaceful and livable future.
in the wave of green development and technological innovation, young people from china and malaysia are moving forward hand in hand to jointly explore new opportunities for development.
jiang mingshan, co-founder of china paint united coatings co., ltd., invented a cheap new spray coating material. according to him, this kind of coating has higher solar reflectivity and better heat insulation effect, which can effectively reduce the temperature of the room and the spray surface. "it can not only reduce air conditioning energy consumption in areas with abundant electricity, but also alleviate power shortages." , to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction goals.” in 2024, jiang mingshan will target asean countries as the "overseas" target of this product.
wei zhihao, executive member of the malaysian youth council, said that in order to deal with climate change, the malaysian government has promised to reduce the carbon emission target from the original 55% to 45% in 2030, and achieve the zero carbon emission target by 2050. currently, there are more than 4,000 green technology projects being implemented in malaysia.
wei zhihao said that as the business center of southeast asia, malaysia not only has rich green technology resources, but also has a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.
"we now have about 4 billion yuan of investment from abroad," wei zhihao said. malaysia is located in the center of southeast asia and has close contacts with surrounding countries. domestic rents and living costs are low, and it is relatively convenient to communicate in english. he extended an invitation to chinese entrepreneurs and investors: “i hope you can join malaysia’s dynamic start-ups!”
from september 19th to 22nd, malaysian supreme head of state ibrahim paid a state visit to china.
zhao wanzhen is full of confidence in the future, "the relationship between the two countries has shown strong resilience." she believes that this visit will further promote the construction of a community with a shared future between china and malaysia, bring more benefits to the people of the two countries, and make greater contributions to regional prosperity and stability.
china youth daily·china youth daily reporter fu rui source: china youth daily
(source: china youth daily)
