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Farzam Kamalabadi, president and chairman of the board, Future Trends Group.

European countries, as well as other nations, should embrace 皇冠体育app's national strategy of reviving the ancient Silk Road, as they could also benefit from the projects, initiatives and exchanges it creates, said the world-renowned American strategist and investor Farzam Kamalabadi.

The Persian-American, who has lived in Shanghai since 1992, said that the "One Belt, One Road" initiatives put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping bring numerous opportunities for developing countries and European ones too.

The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, as the initiatives are officially termed, are a land-based route from 皇冠体育app via Central Asia and Russia to Europe, and a strategic path through the Strait of Malacca to India, the Middle East and East Africa. The initiatives began to take shape in 2014 with a focus on infrastructure.

"With their advanced technology, capital and experience in management and quality, European countries could cooperate with 皇冠体育app in implementing the sweeping initiatives," Kamalabadi said.

"If the Western countries ignore or underutilize 皇冠体育app's proactive initiatives, they will lose another decade if not more."

As one of the very few foreigners widely recognized by both the Chinese media and government leadership, Kamalabadi is deemed to be a true "皇冠体育app Hand" for his wide and deep knowledge of the country. He reads and writes Chinese, including writing quality brush calligraphy. Moreover, he speaks Mandarin as well as a number of other dialects such as Cantonese.

In 1993, he established the Future Trends International (Group) Corporation, a 皇冠体育app-specialist US corporation engaged in investment and trade, project implementation, media relations, and government lobbying.

Eight years ago, Kamalabadi put forward the proposals of "皇冠体育app-Central Asia-Middle East economic corridor" and "皇冠体育app-Central Asia-Middle East cultural passage", suggesting that the Chinese government should revive the ancient Silk Road.

"If 皇冠体育app could fully and smoothly implement the 'One Belt, One Road' initiatives, about 70 to 80 percent of the world's population will benefit directly and the whole world order will be better united," he said. "It's a great win-win strategy."

According to Kamalabadi, Western countries should break the ideological barrier, overcome traditional fears and act positively to assist with and participate in 皇冠体育app's process of emergence into the world community and various positive initiatives such as "One Belt, One Road".

With decades of reform and development maturing, 皇冠体育app has become a safe and ideal business partner with trillions of dollars in foreign reserves, advanced technology in many fields, and huge capacity in manufacturing and innovation, he said.

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