3月25日，在亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，印度尼西亚国会议员、印度尼西亚国会对华友好小组主席普特丽·阿内塔·科马鲁丁发表主旨演讲。

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各位来宾、青年朋友们、女士们、先生们：

大家早上好！我非常高兴来到广州南沙，很荣幸今天能和大家一起感受这个美丽的城市。在座各位是亚洲今日和未来的青年领袖，借此论坛盛会，我期待与大家交流见解、扩大合作，让两国的青年和人民民心相通。

我是普特丽·科马鲁丁，我是印度尼西亚众议院议员和印尼青年议员小组的主席。我在众议院第十一委员会任职，负责监督财政、银行业和国家发展规划部门，同时也是议会间合作委员会的成员，在该委员会担任负责印尼议会和中国人大双边合作事务的对华友好小组的主席。

女士们、先生们，今天印尼正在朝着实现《2045愿景》努力，届时将迎来印尼第一个百年纪念日。该愿景的核心是将印尼建设成为一个公平、繁荣的国家，并且发展成为一个先进的经济体——全球第四大经济体。

这一愿景得到了“一带一路”倡议的有力支撑。我们与印尼政府一道创立了该倡议，基于这一共同原则：这些项目应对经济社会发展作出贡献。今天，该倡议正对我们的基础设施发展作出有意义的贡献。例如，2022年，“一带一路”倡议在印尼的建设总量达到了25亿美元，在所有受援国中排名第三。

此外，中国和印尼两国达成一致，“一带一路”倡议应能创造附加值，产生新的经济增长点，包括创造就业机会、改善福利和减轻贫困等，这反过来也将推动实现《2045愿景》的主要目标之一：培养健康的、有知识的、有技能的人力资源，尤其是要为青年和具有生产力的人提供充分的支持。这群人将成为我们人口中的主导群体，占总人口的70%。

因此，我们认识到，青年是国家发展规划的一个重要的组成部分。印尼政府在年度工作计划中特别强调要注重青年发展，例如，今年我们着重加强跨部门的青年服务，特别是中央和地方政府之间的协调。其次，通过创新型和技术型创业激励青年积极参与。最后，通过加强地方政府的参与让青年在发展项目中更好地发挥作用。

女士们、先生们，我们的年轻议员也在不懈努力，促进青年参与我们所有的职能工作。2020年，我们发起了印度尼西亚青年议员小组，这是印尼议会有史以来第一个青年小组，来自8个政党和11个议院委员会的575名议员中，有72名21～40岁的青年议员加入了该小组。

成立三年以来，小组一直致力于在广大青年的心声和他们的青年代表之间搭建桥梁。我们与青年组织合作举行听证会、讨论会、公共活动，对青年进行政策制定方面的教育和培训。例如，我们和联合国开发计划署和中国驻印尼大使馆合作，对年轻的公共政策领袖培训如何推动可持续发展目标在印尼的实现。

作为我选区的国会议员，我与许多当地的青年领导的组织以及以青年事务为重点的组织会面，听取和收集青年的关切和愿望。许多人指出在教育、工作场所和企业中存在缺乏机会的问题。

因此，我们与政府合作伙伴——如国家级银行、印尼金融服务管理局和中央银行——协调，通过以下措施为青年和青年企业家提供支持，包括为中小微企业提供正式融资渠道；为青年提供管理技能、金融和数字金融方面的培训，助理当地青年提升技能并学习新技能；为中小微企业提供输送设施、基础设施和商业设备；为有需要的学生提供奖学金。

作为印尼青年的一员，我们希望能够在全球公共政策舞台上展现青年的视角。因此，在2021年，我作为印尼的首席代表参加了在意大利举行的二十国集团青年峰会。通过这次峰会，我有机会与来自中国等二十国集团国家的青年分享印尼青年对全球问题的看法，包括数字化、未来工作、包容和平等机会、气候、可持续发展等问题。

最后，我们为二十国集团的国家政府提供了一份具体的政策建议，建议如何促进青年参与决策过程和加入各级领导层，其中一项策略就是在公共行政部门实施法定的青年配额，以确保更多政策考虑到青年这一群体。两国都是二十国集团的成员，我真的希望中国和印尼能尽快推行这个包括青年配额在内的政策。

女士们、先生们，在青年发展工作中，我们需要通过制定学习或文化交流项目促进跨文化体验。在我们72年的外交关系中，印尼和中国一直保持和维护着我们长期以来相互尊重、互惠互利的经济合作，并且扩大了两国青年间的联系，如在教育和文化交流项目方面。每年，至少有15000名印尼学生到中国访学，我们也欢迎来自中国的Darmasiswa奖学金获得者在印尼政府的全力支持下到印尼学习。

此外，我们还将宝贵的友谊延伸到政党之间的交流，特别是我所在的政党、印尼第二代政党——戈尔卡党——与中国共产党之间的交流，加强两党之间的合作正是巩固我们现有合作承诺的基础。

众所周知，政党是国家治理的基石。因此，国家之间有意义的沟通和关系应当扩大到政党层面。此类合作可以增强两国人民之间的友善、团结和理解。戈尔卡党的领导层愿意与世界更多的政党建立关系，特别是亚洲的朋友。

女士们、先生们，年轻的政治家们尤其需要这些交流，从而使自己成长为未来的领导者。交流经验能够拓宽我们的视野，掌握关于各自政治和治理的新知识。我们在比较异同中更了解彼此，在友谊中建立青年领袖网络，在合作中贯彻相互理解。

我希望本次论坛能够增强不同党派之间的青年政治家的交流，同时也继续提供一个平台支持亚洲各地的青年领袖跨越文化和政治差异而建立长久的友谊。

期待我们友谊长存、合作长虹，也期待与各位一同享受南沙和本次论坛的一切。

谢谢大家！

Puteri Anetta Komarudin hopes for continued platform and support for youth leaders across Asia to connect and build lasting friendships beyond cultural or political differences

On 25 March, Puteri Anetta Komarudin, member of parliament of the House of Representatives of Indonesia and chairperson of the Indonesia-China Bilateral Cooperation Group, delivered a keynote speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum. Following is the full text of the speech.

Honorable Asian dignitaries, 

Youth leaders and Representatives from all over Asia, 

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning. I am excited to be here in Nansha, Guangzhou, and it is an honor to experience the beautiful city together with you all today, young leaders of today’s and tomorrow’s Asia, in such a significant forum for us to exchange insights and extend cooperation to connect our youth and people.

My name is Puteri Komarudin. I’m a member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia and also chairperson of the Indonesian Parliamentary Youth Caucus. I serve in House Commission XI, overseeing finance, banking, and national development planning sectors as well as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, where I reside as the chair of the Indonesian Parliament’s Bilateral Cooperation Group with the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China.

Ladies and gentlemen, 

Indonesia, today, is working hard to achieve today’s 2045 Vision, when we will celebrate our 1st centennials. The Vision is centered towards becoming an equitable and prosperous nation and moving up the ladder to become an advanced economy, the 4th largest in the world.

One that is meaningfully supported through the Belt and Road Initiative. With Indonesia, we founded the Initiative on a common principle: that the projects should contribute to the economy and society. Today, the Initiative contributes meaningfully to our infrastructure development. Throughout 2022, for example, Belt and Road Initiative’s construction volume in Indonesia reached USD 2.5 billion, the third largest among other recipient countries.

Indonesia and China also agreed that the Initiative should be able to create added value and generate new centers of economic growth, including creating jobs, improving welfare, and alleviating poverty. This, in turn, will also contribute to one of the main pillars of the Vision, which is to focus on nurturing healthy, educated, and skilled human resources, notably, to fully support our youth and those in productive age, which will dominate our upcoming population or 70 percent of our total population.

Therefore, we recognize that youth is an integral part of our national development planning. Our government particularly emphasized youth development in our annual working program. This year, for example, we focused on strengthening cross-sectoral youth services, especially the coordination between central and regional governments. Secondly, on increasing youth’s active participation through innovation-and technology-based entrepreneurship; and lastly, on optimizing the role of youth in development programs by involving regional governments.

Ladies and gentlemen, 

Our young parliamentarians are also working tirelessly to bolster youth participation throughout our functions. In 2020, we initiated the Indonesian Parliamentary Youth Caucus, the first-ever youth caucus in the Indonesian Parliament, which connects 72 young parliamentarians aged 21 to 40 from 8 political parties and 11 House Commissions out of 575 Members of Parliament.

Since our formation three years ago, the Caucus has aimed to bridge youth’s aspirations with their young representatives. We held hearings, discussions, and public events in cooperation with youth organizations to educate and train young people on policy making. Such as with UNDP and also with the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia to train young public policy leaders to advance Sustainable Development Goals realization in our country.

As a Member of Parliament in my district, I am meeting with numerous local youth-led and youth-focus organizations to listen to and pick up their concerns and aspirations. Many points out the lack of opportunity in education, the workplace, and businesses.

Therefore, we coordinate with our government partners, such as national banks, the Indonesian Financial Services Authorities, and the central bank, to provide support for youth and young entrepreneurs by providing:

·access to Micro Small & Medium Enterprises’ formal financing schemes;

·training and knowledge in management skills, financial literacy, and digital financial literacy to upskill and reskill our local youth;

·channeling facilities, infrastructure, and business equipment to MSMEs; 

·and also providing scholarships for students in need.

As part of Indonesian youth, we aim to leverage our youth’s perspective in the global public policy stage. Therefore, in 2021, I joined the Y20 Summit in Italy as the head delegate of Indonesia. Through the Summit, we had the chance to share with the youth from the G20 countries, including that from China, about Indonesian youth perspectives on global issues, from digitization, the future of work, inclusion, and equal opportunities to climate and sustainability issues.

As a result, we put together a specific policy recommendation for G20 governments to boost youth participation in decision-making processes and all levels of leadership. One of the strategies is to implement a statutory youth quota in public administration to increase youth-inclusive policy adoption. As a member of G20, I’m really hoping that China and Indonesia will soon implement this youth quota as part of the policy.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

What needs to be addressed in youth development efforts is facilitating cross-cultural experience through study or cultural exchange programs. Throughout our 72 years of diplomatic ties, Indonesia and China have preserved and nurtured our long history of respectful and mutually beneficial economic cooperation. We also expanded the ties of our youth, including education and cultural exchange programs. Each year, at least 15,000 Indonesian students are studying in China. We also welcome Dharmasiswa scholarship grantees from China to study in Indonesia, with full support from the Indonesian government.

Furthermore, we extend our valuable friendship into inter-political party exchanges, especially between my political party, the Golkar party, the second biggest party in the Parliament, with the CPC. Stronger cooperation between our political parties is just what we need to build on our existing commitment.

As we know, political parties are the building blocks of our countries’ governance. Therefore, meaningful communication and relations between countries should extend to reach between political parties. Through this cooperation, we can also develop goodwill, solidarity, and understanding between our people. Our leadership in Golkar is open to building relations with more political parties worldwide, especially our friends in Asia.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Young politicians, in particular, require these exchanges to develop themselves as future leaders. Exchanges of experiences broaden our perspective and knowledge about our own politics and governance. We learn about each other better by comparing our differences and finding our similarities; we build networks of young leaders through friendship and embody mutual understanding in our cooperation.

I hope the Forum will promote more young politicians’ exchanges between political parties, and continue providing a platform and supporting our young leaders throughout Asia to connect and build lasting friendships beyond our cultural or political differences.

I look forward to our friendship and cooperation and to enjoying Nansha and the Forum with you.

Thank you.