AMMAN: The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to push for closer Belt and Road cooperation between China and Jordan will open new horizons for the partnership between the two countries, said Jordanian economic expert. China and Jordan signed the MoU on Belt and Road cooperation in late November, pledging to actively promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, …

The 3rd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) 2023 hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping with the announcement of 8 new principles has laid down the solid foundation for the future course of development under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that is entering into the new stages of high-quality progress across the globe. Over the past decade, China following a …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is widely deemed as a “game-changer” transforming the economic competitiveness of its partner countries, said Ong Tee Keat, president of Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific. The BRI has focused on connectivity, notably the physical connectivity through infrastructure development, which has also been instrumental in rebalancing the economic inequality across …

FUZHOU: The fifth Maritime Silk Road International Arts Festival kicked off Friday in Quanzhou in east China’s Fujian Province, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. The festival, which will last until Dec. 13, has attracted over 1,600 artists and 52 troupes from 43 countries and regions. The art festival will feature …

BEIJING: Seventy-five years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document in the history of human rights, was published, global human rights and development are still beset with formidable challenges of persistent issues such as hunger, war, environmental pollution, and a widening development gap. Over the past decade, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a …

SANYA: The fifth Belt and Road Women’s Forum, focusing on women’s development and cultural exchanges, opened Thursday in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province. Themed “She Power: Jointly Building and Sharing a Beautiful Life,” the forum attracted around 400 participants, including diplomatic envoys in China and business representatives. It runs through Friday. The event includes a youth leadership forum and themed …

VIENTIANE: Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone said here on Thursday that Laos attaches great importance to the development of news, culture and tourism, and hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in these sectors to attract more Chinese tourists. The second Belt and Road Forum for Laos-China Cooperation, jointly organized by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos, Xinhua …

BEIJING: The China Foundation for Human Rights Development and New China Research (NCR), Xinhua’s think tank, issued a report on Thursday titled “For a Better World — Looking at the Past Decade of Jointly Pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative from a Human Rights Perspective.” The report explores the relationship between the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the development …

The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has completed its first ten years during which it has become a “grand path” of common development, connecting unlimited “hearts and minds” around the globe due to which more than 152 countries have joined it so far. The BRI has also become “symbol” of economic globalization disseminating spirits of modernization, openness, qualitative industrial …

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, has emerged as a success story of development project in the global arena in just 10 years of its launching in 2013 with the collaboration of Pakistan and China under the visionary leadership of both sides. At the 10th anniversary of this mega initiative, the CPEC has …

PHNOM PENH: A decade-old China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given strong momentum to Cambodia’s socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, experts have said. Neak Chandarith, director of the Cambodia 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Research Center, said BRI’s landmark projects such as the Sihanoukville Special Economy Zone, the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, and hydropower …

ISLAMABAD/JINAN: Muhammad Talha is one of 11 Pakistani engineers who have recently attended a technical training program in China’s State Grid technical college of Tai’an city in east China’s Shandong province. Talha is serving as a supervisor of a converter station at ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The training program focused …

The Chinese One Belt & One Road Initiative (BRI) has entered into its Phase 2. According to numerous independent reports the BRI 2.0 has brighter prospects in terms of further expansion, scope, utility and multidimensional trans-regional connectivity in the next decade. The BRI represents the Chinese president Xi’s extraordinary vision, transcends borders, connects continents, and fosters economic cooperation on an …

ISTANBUL: Over the past decade, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has grown into an extensive cooperation network spanning three continents and it is raising a new concept for multilateral cooperation, a Turkish scholar has said. “When we analyze the developments in the past decade, the BRI has turned from a project to … building a network of cooperation not …

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Eiv Thuna, a 20-year-old Cambodian student, was proud to have earned a scholarship to study at the Sihanoukville Institute of Business and Technology (SIBT) here, expressing her hope for a brighter future as the school has been providing her both professional skills and Chinese language proficiency. The tuition-free SIBT is a university-level school, which was jointly founded by …

BEIJING: China on Friday published a document titled “Vision and Actions for High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation: Brighter Prospects for the Next Decade.” The document was formulated by the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative. In the next decade, all parties will be encouraged to strive towards equal cooperation and mutual benefit, propelling Belt …

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Located in southwest Cambodia, the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), a joint venture between Chinese and Cambodian companies, has not only positively impacted on local people’s lives, but also significantly contributed to the kingdom’s economic growth. A landmark project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the 11-sq-km special economic zone currently houses 175 factories from China, Europe, …

SANYA: Starch-rich cassava provides food for more than 200 million people in Africa and is an important food security crop for the continent long plagued by hunger and malnutrition. A researcher shows cassava powder, delivered from a China-aid agriculture technology demonstration center in the Republic of the Congo, at a laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences in …

XI’AN: Pomegranate, introduced to China more than 2,000 years ago from Central Asia, has become a name card for free trade propelled by the Silk Road. Now a sought-after fruit in Xi’an, the capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, pomegranate-made products from Azerbaijan, one of the fruit’s main producers, also drew the attention of participants at the 7th Silk Road …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof in Beijing on Friday, and both sides expressed willingness to deepen cooperation in various fields. Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China and Malaysia enjoy a time-honored friendship and bilateral relations …

ADDIS ABABA: China and Africa on Wednesday vowed to further enhance China-Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with stakeholders pledging financial support to bolster high-quality BRI cooperation. This comes as the African Union (AU) and the Chinese Mission to the AU held a high-level seminar Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, with the participation of …

AVARUA: High quality Belt and Road cooperation will bring great opportunities for the development of Pacific island countries, China’s Special Envoy for Pacific Island Countries Affairs Qian Bo have said at the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, which ran from Nov. 6-10 in the Cook Islands. While addressing a dialogue session on Friday, Qian expounded on China’s policy toward …

ISLAMABAD: Ghulam Khatoon, a native of the underdeveloped Thar Desert in Pakistan’s south Sindh province, has evolved from a financially challenged housewife into a resilient and independent woman, all because of the waves of development brought by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to her hometown. Launched in 2013, CPEC, a flagship project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), …

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar railway, one of the priority development projects of Bangladesh, was inaugurated here on Saturday to bolster connectivity and transportation infrastructure in the South Asian country. The 103.5-km railway, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was partly built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and the China Railway Group Limited (CREC). Bangladeshi …

CHONGQING: A new international academic network has been launched in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, with the purpose of fostering closer research synergy between China and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries. The University Network for Research Collaboration: A Belt and Road Science and Technology Initiative (iUNRC) was initiated during the first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology …

CHONGQING: Abdel Nasser B.Singab, chairman of the Center for Drug Discovery Research of Egypt’s Ain Shams University, has brought experimental specimens to China for joint research and development with his Chinese partners. Ain Shams University and China’s Southwest University have jointly carried out research and development of both medicinal and edible plants, and relevant results will be released in the …

CHANGSHA: In October, in the Thatta district of southern Pakistan’s Sindh province, more than 100 wind turbines are constantly delivering green power to households in the rural areas. “This is an important part of our wind power project portfolio, and at present, all 12 wind power projects, with a total installed capacity of 610 MW, have been connected to the …

CHONGQING: Wajahi Hussain, a Pakistani student newly enrolled at Southwest University, Chongqing, is diligently immersing himself in the study of a unique potato variety, with a view to taking part in laboratory experiments. He is pursuing a master’s degree at the university, but his ultimate aim is to introduce this high-yield potato variety into his country. Named Red Rose, the …

CHONGQING: Themed “Together for Innovation, Development for All,” the first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange opened in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Monday. This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023 shows a view of the venue for the first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao) Attendees …

CHONGQING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange, also out of his proposal, fully showing that he attaches great importance to Belt and Road sci-tech cooperation, said Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Monday. Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange that opened Monday in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. In his letter, he noted that the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was successfully held, ushering in a new stage of high-quality development for the Belt and Road …

TIANJIN: About 28.5 tonnes of resin, produced by a new materials manufacturer, recently embarked on a journey from the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to Thailand, where these goods can enjoy preferential tariffs under the China-ASEAN free trade agreement. “The past 10 years have been a ‘golden decade’ for us. Our exports to the Belt and Road partner countries …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province has the potential to become a hub of domestic and international tourism after the inauguration of the New Gwadar International Airport, a donation by the Chinese government under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a Pakistani official said. “In recent years, Balochistan has experienced a notable surge in domestic tourism and with the …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation has been published. Xi delivered the speech, titled “Building an Open, Inclusive and Interconnected World For Common Development,” in Beijing on Oct. 18. The booklet, published by the People’s Publishing House, is available at Xinhua Bookstore outlets across the country.

BEIJING: The first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange will take place in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality from Nov. 6 to 7, the State Council Information Office said Monday at a press conference. The conference will focus on inter-governmental cooperation in science and technology, people-to-people exchanges in science and technology, industrial innovation and development, paradigm change in …

KORCULA, Croatia: At a recent seminar in southern Croatia, ambassadors of Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Malaysia to Croatia hailed the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying the BRI has brought great benefits to their home country. “The BRI has become a significant international project and the largest platform for cooperation in the world,” said Akylbek Kamaldinov, …

NAIROBI: Lives have improved for Kenyans following the successful implementation of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Tens of Chinese investors have set foot in Kenya, while hundreds of young Kenyan students have traveled to China to study, with most on scholarships. Experts agree that the BRI has accelerated the adoption of Chinese technology that meets local challenges in …

TIANJIN: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has created vast growth potential in the mining sector, with a range of joint projects and cooperation agreements realized over the past decade, according to experts and officials attending the 25th China Mining Conference and Exhibition in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. Ye Jianliang, chief engineer of the China Geological Survey, said that China …

BEIJING: The just-concluded third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) has injected new vitality into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With eight major steps and 458 outcomes announced at the gathering, the initiative is charting the course for a better connected world featuring prosperity, harmony and sustainability. In the past decade, China has signed more than 230 …

PHNOM PENH: China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has promoted sustainable growth, green development and digital innovation, a Cambodian expert said on Friday. Neak Chandarith, director of the Cambodia 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Research Center, said recognizing the importance of sustainable development, the BRI has promoted green and sustainable practices. “This includes encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, …