AFTER THE COVID-19, CHINA AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" CO CONSTRUCTION HAVE REMAINED DETERMINED TO PROMOTE THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE STABILITY AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT. ACCORDING TO THE NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN, IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2020, THE TOTAL IMPORT AND EXPORT VOLUME BETWEEN CHINA AND THE COUNTRIES ALONG THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" REACHED 1.31 TRILLION YUAN, UP 1.8% YEAR ON YEAR, REACHING MORE THAN 30% OF CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE VOLUME FOR THE FIRST TIME.RUSSIA TODAY QUOTED EXPERTS RECENTLY AND SAID THAT ALL COOPERATION PROJECTS UNDER THE THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AND THE BRICS FRAMEWORK WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO ADVANCE. TRUE FEELINGS ARE REVEALED IN ADVERSITY, AND RUSSIA CHINA RELATIONS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY.FILIPPO FASULO, DIRECTOR OF THE ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CENTER OF THE ITALY CHINA FOUNDATION, RECENTLY STATED THAT THE PANDEMIC WILL NOT CHANGE THE LONG-TERM POSITIVE TREND OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY. THE EPIDEMIC WILL NOT HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL IMPACT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" PROJECT.WITH THE CONTROL OF THE COVID-19 IN CHINA, THE RATE OF ENTERPRISE RESUMPTION HAS INCREASED, AND THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION HAS DEMONSTRATED RESILIENCE. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE OVERALL PROGRESS OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION PROJECT WAS STABLE, AND THERE WAS NO LARGE-SCALE DELAY DUE TO THE COVID-19. THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION RECENTLY STATED THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF CHINA EUROPE FREIGHT TRAINS HAS ACHIEVED A COUNTER TREND GROWTH, AND THE RESUMPTION RATE HAS REACHED OVER 90%. NEXT, THE COUNTRY WILL INTRODUCE CORRESPONDING POLICY MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE SAFE, STABLE, AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE CHINA EUROPE FREIGHT TRAIN. IN ADDITION, THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK JOINTLY ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" PROJECTS AND ENTERPRISES AFFECTED BY THE EPIDEMIC.IN THE SHORT TERM, THE COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES TO THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION. IN THE LONG RUN, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE EPIDEMIC IS MINIMAL. THE REASON IS, ON THE ONE HAND, TO JOINTLY BUILD THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" IS CONDUCIVE TO PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RELEVANT COUNTRIES, AND ALL PARTIES HAVE A PRACTICAL NEED FOR LONG-TERM COOPERATION. FROM CONNECTIVITY TO INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION, TO PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION AND FACILITATION, THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" BENEFITS ALL PARTIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, CHINA HAS A PROFOUND TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP WITH MOST OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COUNTRIES, AND MANY COUNTRIES HAVE ALIGNED THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" INITIATIVE WITH THEIR OWN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. IN ADDITION TO ECONOMIC AND TRADE, THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" ALSO PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR POLITICAL, SECURITY, PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AND CULTURAL AND OTHER FIELDS OF COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE, WHICH IS WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE OF ALL COUNTRIES. THIS IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING THE STABILITY OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION.IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE INCREASINGLY INTERCONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT. FACED WITH GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO RESPOND. AT PRESENT, COUNTRIES ARE MORE AWARE OF THE NECESSITY AND URGENCY OF MULTILATERAL COOPERATION ADVOCATED BY THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" INITIATIVE. SOME TIME AGO, WE LEARNED THAT CHINA IS IN SHORT SUPPLY OF EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL MATERIALS, AND MANY "THE BELT AND ROAD" COUNTRIES HAVE OFFERED TO HELP CHINA IN MANY WAYS. WITH THE POSITIVE TREND OF EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN CHINA, THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF EPIDEMIC PREVENTION MATERIALS IS GRADUALLY RECOVERING. CHINA HAS ALSO DONATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND DISPATCHED EXPERT TEAMS. JOINING HANDS TO BUILD A TIGHT DEFENSE LINE AGAINST THE EPIDEMIC IS A VIVID MANIFESTATION OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE FOR MANKIND.    IN FACT, PUBLIC HEALTH COOPERATION UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" HAS BEEN IN THE ASCENDANT. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION, COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A MEETING MECHANISM FOR HEALTH MINISTERS. COUNTRIES ALONG THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" ALSO OFTEN HOLD HEALTH AND MEDICINE THEME FORUMS TO STRENGTHEN EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION. FOR CHINA AND THE WORLD, THE COVID-19 IS A NEW CHALLENGE AND THREAT. COUNTRIES ALONG THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" SHOULD FURTHER STRENGTHEN COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ESTABLISH NEW CONSULTATION AND SHARING MECHANISMS, WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A "HEALTHY SILK ROAD", AND CONSTANTLY CONTRIBUTE NEW CONTENT, NEW PROGRAMS, AND NEW WISDOM TO THE "THE BELT AND ROAD" COOPERATION.