China Business Centre, PolyU arranged a Talk named “New
Silk Road Regional Policies and Infrastructure Politics” on 11 April 2016. They invited Professor Rafis Abazov (Visiting
Professor, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty Kazakhstan) to be guest
speaker. I had been invited by Prof. Azat A. Abdrakhmanov
(President, Kazakh Organization for Quality and Innovation Management (KOQIM) –
its previous name was International Association of Quality Managers and
Auditors (IAQMA)) as keynote
speaker in TQM Kaz 2011 Forum and TQM Uz 2012 Forum in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan,
respectively. Therefore, I would like to
join this seminar and made more friend in Kazakhstan. I took a photo with Prof. Abazov for memory.
In the beginning, Dr. Chan Man Hung, Thomas (Director, Public Policy Research Institute & Head, China Business Centre, PolyU) briefed the talk
contents and introduced the guest speaker Prof. Rafis Abazov.
The New “Silk Road Economic Belt” (SREB) program,
which was initiated by China in 2013, has become a new paradigm in discussing
the emerging spatial architecture re-conceptualizing the relations between the
countries in the region. This talk
assesses the “Silk Road” paradigm as an emerging spatial architecture for
Eurasian countries (China, Russia and Eastern Europe) in reshaping regional
partnership and as the bases for evolving architecture of a new regional and
global orders and addresses the following three questions.
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First, it
assesses three different visions and different political and economic
initiative introduced by China, USA and Central Asia countries – SREB,
Washington’s “New Silk Road” (NSR), regional SPECA programs – which envision
the new architecture for a new regional and supra-regional collaboration.
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Second,
it assesses the essence of the Beijing-instigated “Silk Road Economic Belt
(SREB)” initiative and its effects on the economic development in the countries
bordering China, especially on infrastructure development.
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Third, it
presents a case study of Kazakhstan evaluating the impacts of the recent
initiatives and new infrastructure projects on economic development in
Kazakhstan.
Prof. Rafis Abazov is a visiting professor at Al
Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he also manages a joint
program with Earth Institute of Columbia University (New York, USA). He summarized three fundamental shifts as
follows:
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It is
shift in trade, investments and economic relations in the Eurasian region.
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It is the
growth of land-based transportation and communication infrastructure networks.
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It is the
formation of the new regional trade block based on the attempt to unify the
tariffs and trade regime and regulations for building even closer economic
relations in the region.
Then he told us three focuses for implementation of
the New Silk Road projects and they were “Highways”, “Railways” and “Pipelines”. They needed high quality highway and railways
as well as pipeline & Asian energy highway.
For energy part, the gas and oil pipelines map was
demonstrated which connected to China and Russia.
Then he shared 4 Challenges to us as follows:
1.
Weakness
of regional collaboration institutions;
2.
Economic
nationalism in policy planning;
3.
Disconnect
in business development;
4.
Lack of
the regional/international division or labor.
I asked a question that the fifth challenge should be
language. Kazakhstan people spoke local
language or Russian language. English is
not common and students only learnt in university level. Prof. Abazov replied that all university degrees
teaching were using English and Kazakhstan began to teach English in secondary
school.
Finally, Prof. Abazov discussed six recommendations
below.
1.
The
University Alliance of Silk Road (UASR) should seek an affiliation status with
the SCO, AIDB, EAEU;
2.
The UASR
should be more involved into research activities on the Silk Road projects;
3.
The UASR
should become an intellectual vehicle for the Silk Road projects;
4.
The UASR
should work on infrastructure and transportation projects;
5.
The UASR
should be involved to policy development projects;
6.
The UASR
should be involved into technical and business feasibility studies.
Reference:
Visit to Kazakhstan
20110613: Almaty Visit before TQM
Kaz 2011 Forum - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/06/almaty-visit-before-tqm-kaz-2011-forum.html
20110614: Visit to State National
Natural Park of Charin - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/06/visit-to-state-national-natural-park-of.html
20110615: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day One
- http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/06/tqm-kaz-2011-day-one.html
20110616: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day Two
- http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/06/tqm-kaz-2011-day-two.html
20110617: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day
Three - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/06/tqm-kaz-2011-day-three.html
Visit to Uzbekistan
20120424: Arrival Tashkent,
Uzbekistan and Dinner with Prof. Azat - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/05/arrival-tashkent-uzbekistan-and-dinner.html
20120425: Visit to Samarqand - A
day before TQM Uz 2012 Forum - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/04/visit-to-samarqand-day-before-tqm-uz.html
20120426: TQM Uz 2012 Forum - Day
One - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/04/tqm-uz-2012-forum-day-one.html
20120427: TQM Uz 2012 Forum – Day
Two - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/04/tqm-uz-2012-day-two.html
20120428: Tashkent City Tour - A
Day after TQM Forum & Jeju visit - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/05/city-tour-after-tqm-forum.html
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