BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday held talks with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and paying an official visit to the country. Li said China stands ready to work with Thailand to adhere to good-neighborliness and friendship and firmly support each other on issues concerning …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). Xi said Putin has attended the BRF three times in a row, demonstrating Russia’s support for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Lauding Russia as an important partner as China pursues …

BEIJING: Senior Chinese official Li Xi on Wednesday met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. China is willing to work with Pakistan to advance the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and speed up the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Noting that China and Pakistan are ironclad brothers, Li said China is willing to work with Pakistan to further implement the important consensus reached by the two countries’ leaders, enhance high-level exchanges …

BEIJING: A report released by the Xinhua Institute on Wednesday argues that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given rise to a genre of more inclusive and effective development science — the Belt and Road Development Studies. The report, titled “The Belt and Road Development Studies — A Synergy Approach to Global Development,” was released at a thematic forum …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday delivered a keynote speech at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The following is the full text of the speech: Building an Open, Inclusive and Interconnected World For Common Development Keynote Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At the Opening Ceremony of the Third …

BEIJING: Belt and Road cooperation was proposed by China, but its benefits and opportunities are for the world to share, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday elaborated on experience drawn from Belt and Road cooperation achievements over the past decade in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. First, “we have learned that humankind is a community with a shared future,” Xi said. “China can only do well when …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) he proposed, noting that the BRI aims to enhance policy, infrastructure, trade, financial and people-to-people connectivity, inject new impetus into the global economy, create new opportunities for global development, and build a new platform for international economic cooperation.

BEIJING: China will work with all parties involved to usher Belt and Road cooperation into a new stage of high-quality development, and make relentless efforts to achieve modernization for all countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday. Global modernization should be pursued to enhance peaceful development and mutually beneficial cooperation and bring prosperity to all, Xi said. Xi noted that …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and delivered a keynote speech. Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and delivers a keynote speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of …

BEIJING: The achievements of Belt and Road cooperation are neither a windfall nor made with others’ alms-giving and charity, but are earned by governments, enterprises and the people of participating countries with their diligence, wisdom and courage, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Tuesday. Xi made the remarks at a welcome banquet for guests attending the third Belt and …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been highly appreciating and supporting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and is willing to learn from China’s development experience, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, said in a recent interview with Chinese media here. Kakar, who was invited to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for Chilean President Gabriel Boric in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2023. Gabriel Boric is in Beijing to attend the …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2023. Abiy Ahmed is in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and pay …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2023. Viktor Orban is in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2023. Tokayev is in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei) Chinese President Xi …

HAIKOU: Over the past decade, south China’s Hainan Province has seen its trade with Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries grow from 57.4 billion yuan (about 8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2013 to 94.4 billion yuan in 2022, with average annual growth of 5.7 percent, said Haikou Customs. In the first three quarters of 2023, the province’s foreign trade …

BEIJING: A book of President Xi Jinping’s discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been published in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese. The launch ceremony of the multiple language editions was on Monday hosted by the State Council Information Office and the China International Communications Group and joined by more than 100 attendees, including envoys from BRI …

VIENNA: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as “a massive project” with “immense potential,” can help accelerate efforts to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ghada Waly, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said in a recent interview with Xinhua. Waly is going to attend the third Belt and Road Forum …

BEIJING: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar arrived in Beijing on Monday to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

BEIJING: When Pablo Cordova was trapped beneath debris in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador, he did not expect that a phone call and some assistance from the other side of the globe would save his life. Cordova was a member of staff at a hotel in Portoviejo, in Ecuador’s coastal province of Manabi, one of the areas hit hardest …

BEIJING: Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, on Monday arrived in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

ASMARA: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major global initiative that is “responsive to the times,” a senior Eritrean government official has said. “When it comes to the arrangements (BRI), you can envisage various projects and programs that are responsive to the times,” Eritrean Minister of Information Yemane Gebremeskel told Xinhua in a recent interview. With the …

BEIJING: The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held from Oct. 17 to 18 in Beijing. This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows a floral decoration for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) near China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong) This photo taken on Oct. …

BEIJING: Kenyan President William Ruto on Sunday arrived in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

BUENOS AIRES: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has promoted development in Argentina and served as a paradigm for the unconditional multilateralism China champions globally, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said here recently. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua at the government headquarters, Fernandez said that the China-proposed BRI has shown that the country has “an attitude of great respect for …

NANNING: Randy Geovani Putra, 36, hails from Bandung, Indonesia. He came to Guangxi to study for a master’s degree in 2015. Upon graduation in 2018, he became a teacher of the Gamelan (an Indonesian orchestra composed mainly of tuned percussion instruments) art at Guangxi Arts University, and also served as the principal of the university’s Gamelan. In his teaching, Randy …

PHNOM PENH: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given a big boost to the development of infrastructure connectivity and green growth in all participating countries, a Cambodian scholar said on Friday. Joseph Matthews, a senior professor at the BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh, said the BRI has drastically and dramatically changed infrastructure conditions and supported green development in …

HONG KONG: Deep engagement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will bring unlimited business opportunities to Hong Kong and make its future full of hope, said Nicholas Ho, commissioner for Belt and Road of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government. He told Xinhua in an interview that the HKSAR government will continue to leverage the institutional advantages …

ATHENS: A decade after the launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Greek painter Barbara Gerodimou, in her colorful studio in the seaside town of Marathon near Athens, said she was breathing in the fresh air through the window that the project opened for Greece and the world. “If this (initiative) did not exist, we should really be looking …

BEIJING: “May the Triple Gem bless you.” In April this year, Wei Yuansong, a professor from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), received a sincere blessing from villagers in Sri Lanka as the Triple Gem in Buddhism is seen as priceless in the world. As for Li Xueyuan, an engineer from Beijing-based rainwater …

BEIJING: Despite the complex international situation and tortuous global economic recovery, countries around the world still share a common pursuit of peace and development, which contributes to a solid foundation for high-quality Belt and Road (B&R) cooperation in the future, a Chinese official said. In an interview with Xinhua, Cong Liang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission …

BEIJING: A decade after its launch, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has yielded substantial benefits and achieved initial success in promoting shared development and prosperity for participating countries, all amid a changing global situation. Guided by the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, BRI cooperation has covered the majority of the world’s countries. By June 2023, …

PHNOM PENH: Ten years on, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had a tremendous impact on Cambodia, injecting strong momentum into the kingdom’s development of infrastructure, trade and economy, a Cambodian scholar said on Tuesday. Seun Sam, a policy analyst at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said BRI projects invested or aided by China have been turning Cambodia into …

BEIJING: The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing from Oct. 17 to 18. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the forum and deliver a keynote speech, and hold a welcome banquet and bilateral events for the guests attending the forum, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Wednesday. …

BEIJING: China’s State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled “The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future.” The white paper will give the international community a better understanding of the value of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), facilitate high-quality cooperation under it, and ultimately deliver benefits to more …

BEIJING: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has created a new paradigm for international cooperation, rising above the outdated mentality of geopolitical games, a Chinese official said Tuesday. “We are committed to openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation,” said Li Kexin, director-general of the Department of International Economic Affairs of China’s Foreign Ministry, at a press conference. Over the past decade, …

BEIJING: The State Council Information Office of China will release a white paper titled “The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future” at 10 a.m. Tuesday and hold a press conference.