Silk Road International Happiness Week

In the opening year of the second golden decade proposed by the "Belt and Road" initiative, on December 7, 2024, Talking about the new era of digital technology · Building a new future for urban development——The "Belt and Road" High quality Development International Dialogue was successfully held in Beijing. With the theme of "Dialogue on Science and Technology Civilization and Co building Happiness", we discussed with the scientific and technological community, the cultural and educational community and all sectors of society how to jointly create a new future for the sustainable development of the "Belt and Road" cities in the new era of digital economic system development. At this dialogue conference, the "Silk Road International Happiness Week" kicked off globally.

This dialogue actively implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the Fourth "Belt and Road" Construction Work Symposium on December 2——to strengthen strategic confidence, take on responsibilities, and comprehensively promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" Initiative.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to focus on promoting the construction of high-quality "Belt and Road" mechanism, improve the overall management mechanism of the "Belt and Road" cooperation plan, and improve the coordinated promotion mechanism of "hard connectivity", "soft connectivity" and "heart connectivity".

The Silk Road International Happiness Week takes a comprehensive large-scale international celebration as a carrier, with cities from different countries as units. By integrating cities, enterprises, media, and consumers, it forms eight dimensions and ten categories of projects, creating a unique, ecological, and irreplaceable international new model. It creates a comprehensive new ecological mechanism for multi-dimensional and three-dimensional happiness sharing brands, festivals, exhibitions, and forums worldwide, promoting the "heart connection" of people's hearts.

The results of the "Belt and Road" initiative have benefited more than 150 countries, opened up a road of cooperation, opportunities and prosperity leading to common development, and achieved higher quality of joint consultation, construction and sharing, becoming a popular international public product and international cooperation platform. In the new era of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the pursuit of happiness by people around the world is the sustainable and peaceful development of the earth's civilization, the long-term coexistence of various civilizations in the world, and the basic principle of world order governance. In order to practice the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", jointly build a community of shared future for mankind, and practice the development concept of "people's happiness and health is the ultimate goal of promoting high-quality development", the Silk Road International Happiness Week was held to constantly transform development achievements into quality of life, and constantly enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

Throughout history, the Chinese nation's understanding of blessings has gone through four stages: blessings from gods, blessings from people, blessings from the people, and blessings from the world.

The first stage, from ancient times to the pre Qin period in Chinese history, was the blessing of God. People's understanding of blessings is explained in the "Shuowen Jiezi" as the origin of the word "fu" - "fu": "you ye". People believe that happiness comes from the protection of the divine ancestors.

The second stage of happiness in people is from the Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China, starting with the concept of happiness in "Han Feizi: Jie Lao": "If there is no harm, one will reach the end of the heavenly years. If one obtains reason, one will succeed. If one reaches the end of the heavenly years, one will live a complete and prosperous life. If one achieves success, one will become rich and noble. Full life and wealth are called blessings.

In the third stage, the people are blessed. The CPC led by Mao Zedong's innovative understanding of happiness expanded the concept of happiness from individual and family to people and nation, and from then on, happiness has become a broad social concept.

The fourth stage is to bring benefits to the world. Starting with the "Belt and Road" initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping and the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind, the pursuit of happiness by people around the world is regarded as the basic principle for the sustainable and peaceful development of earth civilization, the long-term coexistence of various civilizations in the world, and the governance of world order.

The four happiness concepts of the Chinese nation are not separated from each other, but a unified organic whole that influences and integrates with each other. Blessings contain the infinite expectations of the Chinese nation for all beauty.

The hosting of the Silk Road International Happiness Week will allow China's culture of "happiness and harmony" to shine worldwide; Let people around the world see the template of a happy city on the Silk Road; Transmitting the new concept of the International Capital of Happiness to the world; New measures to promote a happy city for human civilization; It is a concrete action to jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind.

The core mission of Silk Road International Happiness Week is to shape the global capital of happiness and jointly build a new future of a beautiful and happy life; Global Collaboration: Sharing and Dissemination of Silk Road Civilization; Unique value: happy experience and high-quality development; Future outlook: Building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In the process of high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", the Silk Road International Happiness Week is passing on the kindling of happiness to the world through the implementation of the important concept of building a community of shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi, and becoming a powerful force to promote global cooperation and development.

The content framework of Silk Road International Happiness Week is as follows: One theme: Silk Road International Happiness Week. Two purposes: talk about the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road" and jointly build a new future of a happy life for mankind. Three goals: to build an international happy capital on the Silk Road, tell the story of China well, and spread Chinese culture. Promote high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road" and promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations. Building a community with a shared future for mankind and promoting a new future of world peace and happiness. Four innovations: the world's first theme week for people's happy lives, international exchange and cooperation on cross-cultural diversity, dialogue between technological civilization and urban development, soft connectivity, hard connectivity, and heart connectivity, and actions for joint consultation, co construction, and sharing. Five forms: dialogue forums, themed activities, exhibitions and displays, festival celebrations, and promotional releases. Six achievements: Festivals: Large scale festivals in the Silk Road International City of Happiness; Grand Ceremony: Silk Road International Brand Yearbook Exhibition; Classic: Silk Road International Happiness Industry Famous Product Catalog; Film and television: Silk Road International Happiness Week documentary; Venue: Silk Road International Weibo Museum; Volunteer: Silk Road International Happiness Week Global Volunteer Alliance. Seven dimensions: happiness, ecology, brand, technology, education, cultural tourism, and health and wellness. Eight media channels: television media, print media, new media, online media, social media, short video platforms, international media, and global media matrix. Top 10 contents: Silk Road Dialogue International Reception Room, Silk Road International Weibo Museum, City Dialogue, Silk Road International Wedding, International Brand Dialogue Media, Technology Ecological Experience Center, Mental Quality Education, Non Drug Therapy, International Friendly Scenic Area, Smart City Ecological System.

The Silk Road International Happiness Week is a global celebration, which aims to promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", deepen cultural exchanges on the Silk Road, and promote the spread and practice of the concept of global happiness. Through a 7-day series of themed activities, we aim to create a transnational and cross-cultural happy ecosystem that covers multiple fields such as culture, technology, and social responsibility, promoting global economic, cultural, and social harmony. Every day's themed activities will showcase the charm of Silk Road civilization, advocate for the concept of a happy life, and promote global cooperation.

The Silk Road International Happiness Week will become an important platform for global cultural exchange, economic cooperation, social development, and the dissemination of happiness concepts, creating a borderless and multi-ethnic Silk Road civilization celebration. Through the above-mentioned theme activities, promote interaction and cooperation among countries in various aspects such as culture, economy, and society, and jointly move towards a higher quality and more meaningful happy life. The activities not only focus on the practice of the "Belt and Road" initiative, but also further strengthen the integration and prosperity of global culture and promote the grand goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind through transnational cooperation, industrial linkage and happiness sharing.