YANGON: A seminar has been held in Myanmar to jointly promote the Belt and Road Cooperation between China and Myanmar, which will work together to share development and prosperity. The seminar held on Thursday featured discussions on China-Myanmar cooperation projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Union Minister for Union Government Office 1 U Aung Naing Oo said the …

VIENTIANE: Since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a number of development projects have been started and implemented, creating job opportunities, contributing to the development and improving people’s livelihood in Laos, as well as providing stable dynamics for economic cooperation between China and Laos. “This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative proposed …

DAR ES SALAAM: The Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, Chen Mingjian, announced on Thursday that China intends to continue promoting Belt and Road cooperation with Tanzania, jointly advancing toward a better future of modernization. Chen made the remarks during a press briefing in Dar es Salaam, the commercial hub of Tanzania, in which she introduced the outcomes of the Third Belt …

BISHKEK: “The SCO is the guarantor of peace and progressive development,” reads an electronic display standing erect at an intersection in downtown Bishkek. These words rendered on the screen in four languages — Kyrgyz, Russian, Chinese and English — tell how much the world’s largest and most populous regional institution has valued and championed the main theme of the times …

FREETOWN: China plays a significant role in the development of Sierra Leone’s agriculture and food security, said a senior Sierra Leonean official. Agriculture is a top priority for Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in the pursuit of sustainable economic development and social progress, said the country’s Deputy Minister of Information and Civic Education Yusuf Keketoma Sandi in a recent …

PHNOM PENH: The decade-old Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by China has become a catalyst for regional and global economic growth and property, Cambodian experts said here on Wednesday. Neak Chandarith, director of the Cambodia 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Research Center, said the BRI is not just a framework for infrastructure development, it’s a catalyst for economic progress …

BISHKEK: On the uppermost floor of the Kyrgyz State Historical Museum in Bishkek lies a captivating exhibition showcasing an array of state gifts to Kyrgyzstan. Among them are a coral-red porcelain vase adorned with gold dragons, a gilt bronze Ruyi scepter, a masterpiece of traditional brushwork and others. These Chinese gifts displayed in one of the most important museums in …

BEIJING: An interesting pattern depicting three racing rabbits, with each two sharing one ear, is vividly presented in caves of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest China. What’s more interesting, the unique picture is also seen on chinaware of Egypt, on the clocks of some churches in Germany, and on tile paintings in the …

During most recently concluded 3rd BRF the Chinese President Xi Jinping “chalked out” a holistic and comprehensive strategic “road map” for the further development of the BRI in next decade based on eight action plans. Hopefully it will take to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. In this regard, building of a multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network, speeding up …

SANTIAGO: Chile’s active participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will not only enrich China-Chile relations, but also make Chile an important pivot for BRI cooperation between China and Latin America, said Chinese Ambassador to Chile Niu Qingbao. China-Latin America relations were also deepened under the initiative, and friendly cooperation across the Pacific Ocean has become wider, the Chinese …

CAIRO: Every participant of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was proposed by China ten years ago, is a winner, Alaa Thabet, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s top daily Al-Ahram Newspaper, told Xinhua recently. The BRI has enhanced global development and trade over the past decade, creating more infrastructure projects, services, industrial zones, and free zones for trade exchange, “so everyone …

ISLAMABAD: Chinese investments in the special economic zones (SEZs) being established under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will increase Pakistan’s exports and revenue, said a Pakistani business leader on Tuesday. Fuad Ishaq, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said in a statement that the country’s exports would be further enhanced by …

ISLAMABAD: The Silk Road International Communication Forum is all set to commence in Xi’an city of China’s Shaanxi province on Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency along with the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government are jointly hosting the Silk Road to implement the important outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit and establish a platform for in-depth cooperation among media organizations …

ISLAMABAD: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) helps promote common development and prosperity, said a Pakistani expert. The BRI has facilitated infrastructure development, trade, investment, and cultural exchanges in more than 150 countries and with over 30 international organizations, promoting a shared vision of growth, peace, and prosperity, Farhat Asif, president of the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies said …

TEHRAN: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) makes a good example of collective cooperation for building a favorable future for nations, said Alireza Zakani, mayor of the Iranian capital of Tehran. The initiative is a pioneering idea, a win-win game for all participating countries, said Zakani in an interview with Xinhua prior to his trip to China to participate in …

KUALA LUMPUR: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers hope of a renewed economic recovery despite global uncertainties, a Malaysian observer has said. This is being achieved while giving participating countries full autonomy to act, in contrast with Western-led projects that force countries into bloc confrontation, Lee Pei May, a political expert at the International Islamic University Malaysia, told …

ASMARA: Eritrea’s cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is crucial for promoting the country’s economic industrialization and diversification, an expert has said. Fikrejesus Amahazion, research analyst at the Eritrean Center for Strategic Studies, told Xinhua in a recent interview that the BRI has enjoyed global prominence since it was proposed in 2013. China has signed more …

CAIRO: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a timely project aimed at addressing global risks, said Egypt’s former Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. “The BRI is a timely initiative. Chinese initiatives are essential for humanity. They address global threats and promote the (building of a) community with a shared future,” Sharaf told Xinhua in a recent interview in Cairo. In …

BEIJING: About 200 people from 40 countries and regions and international organizations engaged in in-depth discussions during a recent thematic forum on think tank exchanges held in Beijing. The event was part of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation that attracted representatives from over 150 countries and 40-plus international organizations. This grand gathering, where views were shared …

TIANJIN: Moaaz Awan, a 30-year-old Pakistani Ph.D. student at Tianjin University, was very excited after hearing a major event was held in Beijing to mark international cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, held from Tuesday to Wednesday, was attended by representatives of 151 countries and 41 international organizations. For …

BEIJING: “On the ten years anniversary we can declare the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) an amazingly successful initiative”, said Erik Solheim, chairman of the Europe-Asia Center, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Commending the pioneering role of the initiative in promoting employment and alleviating poverty, Solheim said, “Nearly 150 countries take part in the BRI and benefit from the …

MOSCOW: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is based on the principle of voluntary participation and includes the interests of all countries, Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua in a recent interview. Babaev believes that the BRI demonstrates a completely new model of international relations, where countries …

ULAN BATOR: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a grand initiative of not only regional but also global significance, Mongolian Minister of Road and Transport Development Sandag Byambatsogt has said. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the initiative with the aim of building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient …

BEIJING: As the just-concluded third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation has charted a course toward greener and more sustainable development, the decade-old initiative is set to continue transforming the world’s development landscape. Green development and sustainability were among the hot topics at the two-day event, attended by representatives of 151 countries and 41 international organizations. A wide consensus …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) Chinese President …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan) Chinese President …

PORT OF SPAIN: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) plays an important role in enhancing the flow of trade and economic development, said Paula Gopee-Scoon, trade and industry minister of Trinidad and Tobago. “The initiative is a significant project from the point of view of both countries. For China, it represents investments into another country, and for us, that assistance …

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, met with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Lao president, in Beijing on Friday. The two leaders inked a 2024-2028 action plan between the CPC and the LPRP on building a China-Laos community with a …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Noting that China and Vietnam have developed a deep friendship of “camaraderie and brotherhood,” Xi said the two countries are both advancing their own socialist modernization cause, both regard the bilateral relationship …

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s foreign ministry said in a press statement on Thursday that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided numerous benefits to developing countries. The statement was issued at the end of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet’s trip to Beijing, capital of China, for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which was held in conjunction …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Noting that Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi said China stands ready to work with Sri Lanka to jointly promote high-quality Belt …

BEIJING: Eight foreign leaders and president of the New Development Bank (NDB) held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday after attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which concluded on Wednesday. They lauded the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China’s constructive role in international affairs, among others. Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Xi said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ironclad friends, noting that successive Pakistani governments have actively supported and participated in the Belt and Road cooperation. Over …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with Jean-Pierre Raffarin, special representative of French President Emmanuel Macron and former French prime minister, in Beijing. Facing an international landscape marked by change and disorder, China and France, both independent major countries, have the ability and responsibility to jointly promote international solidarity and cooperation, said Wang, also a member of …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China will work with Pakistan, which he said is an “iron-clad friend,” to make new contributions to safeguarding peace and stability and promoting prosperity in the region and the world. Over the past decade, the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has yielded fruitful results and vigorously promoted Pakistan’s economic and social …

ISLAMABAD: Executive Director, Center for South Asia and International Studies (CSAIS) Islamabad, Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan on Thursday said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had helped build an enabling economic environment in Pakistan as energy, education and the economy being among its key pillars. China had invested US$25.4 billion in direct projects in Pakistan, creating 236,000 jobs, generating …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who is in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. China and Cambodia have set a good example of relations between countries of different sizes based on equality and mutual benefit since they established diplomatic ties 65 years ago, Xi said, …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). Over the past decade, China and Egypt have conducted fruitful cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi said, calling on the two sides to jointly follow …

JINAN: A traditional Chinese medicine hospital of the Xihai’an (West Coast) New Area in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, in cooperation with the College of International Exchange of the Shandong University of Science and Technology, invited international students from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries to experience the charm of traditional Chinese medicine culture here on Wednesday. A Turkmen …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China stands ready to advance the synergy of the Belt and Road Initiative with Cambodia’s Pentagon Strategy and let China’s development bring more dividends to Cambodian people. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia as well as the China-Cambodia Friendship Year, Xi said …