BeltandRoadInitiative:ABridgeConnectingtheChineseDreamandtheWorldDream_GuangmingOnlineOver2,000yearsago,theSilkRoadandMaritimeSilkRoadconnectedAsia,Europe,andAfrica,fosteringcooperationbetweentheEastandWest,advancingtrade,civilization,globalprosperityandhumanprogressingeneral.In2013,CPCGeneralSecretaryXiJinpingproposedtheconceptofbuilding“acommunityofsharedfutureformankind”androlledoutthe“BeltandRoadInitiative”(BRI).ThisinitiativeisrootedintheancientSilkRoad,butitisimbuedwithacontemporaryspirit.Itservesasapracticalplatformfortheconstructionofacommunityofsharedfutureformankind,enrichesglobalgovernance,andbringscertaintyandstabilityfortheplanet.MarxandEngelshighlightedintheCommunistManifestothattheemergenceoftheworldmarketbroughtanendtotheself-sufficiencyofregions,nationsandlocalcommunities.Thelevelofinteractionandinterdependenceamongpeoples,countries,andregionshasthereforedeepened,transformingthehumanhistoryintoaglobalhistory.TheMarxisttheoryofworldhistoryforesawtheinevitableshiftfromregional,nationalhistorytoaworldhistorymarkedbyinternationalinteraction.ItalsolaysthetheoreticalgroundworkfortheBRI.Aseconomicglobalizationadvances,nationshavebecomemoreinterdependent,eventuallyformingaglobalcommunity.Inthefaceoffrequentglobalchallengesandtheevolvinglandscapeofworldaffairs,BRIemergedasapracticalresponse,offeringpracticalguidancetotheconstructionofacommunityofsharedfutureformankind.Inthelastdecade,BRIhasevolvedfromaconceptintotangiblereality,becomingarecurringtopicinresolutionsoftheUNGeneralAssembly,theShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO),theBRICS,andvariousothermultilateralmechanisms.Ithasalsotransformedintoaninternationalpublicgoodandaplatformforcooperation.Bylinkingpolicy,infrastructure,tradeandcapital,andfosteringpeople-to-peopleconnections,BRIhasnotonlycontributedtoChina’shigh-qualitydevelopmentbutalsoyieldedsubstantialbenefitsforthenationsinvolved.Throughenhancedcollaboration,BRIistappingnewpotentialsandexploitingnewpossibilitiesforworldeconomicprogress.Amidstthetrendofde-globalizationandincreasingwealthdisparities,ChinaisproactivelycontributingtoglobaldevelopmentwiththeChineseprescriptionofbuildingacommunityofsharedfutureformankind.Author:DongHao,lecturerattheSchoolofMarxism,ChineseAcademyofSciences;andDuanHongmei,researchfellowattheInstituteofInternationalTradeandEconomicCooperationoftheMinistryofCommerce.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.