□ 文/本刊记者 熊怡

还记得重庆直辖后首次举行的高级别国际会议AAPP吗？

□ 文/本刊记者 熊怡

2002年4月16日—19日，亚洲议会和平协会第三届年会分别在北京和重庆隆重召开。

亚洲议会和平协会（A s s o ci atio n o f A si a n Parliaments for Peace，简称AAPP），是亚洲议会大会（Asian Parliamentary Assembly，简称APA）的前身。我国全国人民代表大会是亚洲议会和平协会和亚洲议会大会的创始成员，派团出席了亚洲议会和平协会和亚洲议会大会历届年会。

2002年4月16日—19日，北京和重庆共同承办了亚洲议会和平协会第三届年会。16日，AAPP第三届年会在北京人民大会堂开幕；17日，AAPP第三届年会移至重庆举行。本届年会也是全国人大常委会在新世纪初承办的又一次重要的大型国际会议。在重庆举行的第一次会议上，时任全国人大常委会委员长李鹏当选协会新任主席。19日，在重庆人民大礼堂举行的闭幕式上，大会诞生了具有历史意义的《亚洲议会和平协会重庆宣言》。

此次盛会共有39个外国代表团、300余人参会，是当时重庆承办的规模最大、级别最高的国际会议。时值重庆直辖五周年，会议选址重庆，这一中国改革开放以来取得巨大成就的一个“窗口”，表明中央政府对中西部唯一直辖市重庆的关心和重视。重庆成功协办AAPP第三届年会，向世人展示了重庆直辖5年来的巨大发展和变化，充分展示了山城人民开朗好客、奋发进取的精神风貌，提升了城市的管理水平。

AAPP第三届年会向亚洲、向世界传递出强烈的追求和平、共谋繁荣的信息，亚洲各国议会“创建和谐亚洲”的共识初步显现。各国与会代表认为，和平与发展相辅相成，和平是促进发展的重要前提，也是增强繁荣的唯一途径。努力促进各国议会间的合作，对世界和地区的和平与发展至关重要。亚洲各国议会领导人和议员围绕“和平与发展”这一主题，就世界多极化与世界和平，经济全球化与发展中国家，加强国际合作、推动建立国际政治经济新秩序等议题进行了深入磋商和广泛交流。亚洲议会和平协会开辟了各国立法机构对话与交流的新篇章。

通过本次年会，AAPP的重要作用进一步受到重视并得以发挥，亚洲各国加强团结、共同应对新挑战的意愿和共识进一步增强。与会者秉承求同存异、平等协商的精神，就许多问题进行了坦诚讨论，通过了反映与会各方共识的《亚洲议会和平协会重庆宣言》，表达了“和平与发展”的时代主题。

亚洲议会和平协会自1999年9月在孟加拉国首都达卡成立，至2006年11月共举行了7届年会。在伊朗举行的亚洲议会和平协会第七届年会决定，将亚洲议会和平协会正式转变为亚洲议会大会。

今天，亚洲议会大会42个成员国全部是我国倡导的“一带一路”沿线的重要国家，这些亚洲国家领导人也都积极回应与参与了这一合作倡议。作为亚洲大家庭的一员，中国的发展与亚洲的整体发展密不可分，亚洲议会大会已成为促进亚洲互联互通合作的重要平台。

（图片由市政府外事侨务办提供）

① 2002年4月19日，AAPP第三届年会闭幕式在重庆人民大礼堂举行。

② 2002年4月16日，在京出席亚洲议会和平协会第三届年会的贵宾合影。

Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP)refers to the predecessor of Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). National People’s Congress of China constitutes one of the founding members of AAPP and APA. In every year, China will send a delegation to attend their annual meeting.

Over the April 16-19, 2002, Beijing and Chongqing worked together to hold the Third Annual Meeting of AAPP. On April 16, the Third Annual Meeting of AAPP was inaugurated at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing; on April 17, the annual meeting moved its holding place to Chongqing and wrapped up in Chongqing on April 19. This annual meeting was another important international conference held by Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress at the beginning of new century in which a significant declaration-Chongqing Declaration of AAPP was introduced.

This annual meeting represented the largest and highest international conference held by Chongqing at that time as 39 foreign delegations with a total of 300 or more representatives participated in it.As the year of 2002 marked the fi fth anniversary of Chongqing being set as a municipality, the annual meeting was held in Chongqing, a place which has served as an “access” to great achievements since the introduction of reform and opening-up policy, demonstrating the great importance attached by central government to the only municipality in Central and Western region of China. Coorganization of the Third Annual Meeting of AAPP by Chongqing showed people its tremendous changes over the past five years since it became a municipality, and fully demonstrated the spirit of Chongqing people-enthusiasm, hospitality and hard working, thus promoting city’s management.

The Third Annual Meeting of AAPP signaled the ardent pursuit of peace and common prosperity to Asia and beyond, and parliaments in Asian countries reached an initial consensus on the “building of harmonious Asia”. Participant representatives from Asian countries claimed that peace and development complement each other;peace acts as an important premise of development and the only means of pursuing prosperity.Therefore, in pursuing the world and regional peace and development, it is of great importance to make great efforts to promote inter-parliament cooperation in Asian countries. Leaders and members of Asian parliaments, focusing on the theme of “peace and development”, had an in-depth and wide consultations and exchanges on the following issues including world polarization and peace,economic globalization and developing countries,promotion of international cooperation and building of new international political and economic order.AAPP has opened up a new chapter in dialogue and exchanges of legislatures of Asian countries.

This annual meeting helped to focus more attention on the role of AAPP and its full play, and strengthen the willingness and consensus of Asian countries to work in unison to cope with new challenges.Participators, upholding the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving difference and equal consultation, conducted a sincere discussion on many issues and approved the Chongqing Declaration of AAPP which re fl ects the consensus reached among participating countries, highlighting the theme of our times-“peace and development”.

During the period from September 1999 when it was founded in Dhaka, capital of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to November 2006, AAPP has held seven annual meetings. The Seventh Annual Meeting of AAPP held in Iran made a decision to of fi cially turn AAPP into APA.

Today, 42 member states of APA constitute major countries along the Belt and Road routes, and the leaders of those Asian countries have a active response to this initiative proposed by China. Being a member of the Asian big family, China cannot make progresses without the overall development of Asia, and APA has developed into an important platform for boosting Asian connectivity.

(The pictures are provided by Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Of fi ce of Chongqing Municipal People’ s Government)

Do You Remember AAPP—the First High-level International Conference Held after Chongqing Being Set as a Municipality?

□ Article / journalist Xiong Yi