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.

BEIJING: Dirk Heil, a resident living in the small town of Schwarzenbek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, has been using solar-powered equipment made by Chinese companies in recent months as an energy solution. Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, these high-quality and fairly priced products from China have entered German households by sea or by taking China-Europe freight trains. Hengdian Group …

PHNOM PENH: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed tremendously and timely to Cambodia’s economic and social development, with achievements enjoyed by the government and people of the Southeast Asian country, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth has said. Pornmoniroth, who is also the minister of economy and finance, said the BRI has played an essential role in promoting …

ZHENGZHOU: Central China’s Henan Province is eyeing greater opening-up through its participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), striving to build a “highland” of opening-up in the inland area, according to a local official. Over the past decade, Henan has steadily increased its involvement and influence within the BRI. Zhang Min, vice governor of the province, noted that Henan …

ISLAMABAD: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) allows countries of Global South to connect with each other, a Pakistani economist told Xinhua in a recent interview. “We have seen that China itself has come out of years and decades of poverty, and it has transitioned into a country that is fast developing. So for them to tailor a program …

BISHKEK: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has opened up enormous development opportunities for Kyrgyzatan, a Kyrgyz official has said. Kyrgyzstan-China relations have been developing intensively in recent decades and today they are characterized as strategic, said Zhalyn Zheenaliev, deputy director of the National Investment Agency under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, in a recent interview with Xinhua. “Over …

DHAKA: It used to take Rukhsana Parveen Khan 30 to 45 minutes to reach Bonani from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Today, the journey is a mere five minutes. “This is excellent,” she told Xinhua. “I use this road daily and will benefit greatly from it.” The road Khan mentioned is the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway, one of Bangladesh’s flagship infrastructure …

URUMQI: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has introduced new dimensions for China’s opening-up to the outside world and provided Xinjiang with unprecedented new opportunities for development, according to an official in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. After a decade of exploration and practice, Xinjiang has made breakthroughs in promoting the construction of BRI projects, Yusupjan Mamat, vice chairman …

PHNOM PENH: Ten years on, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has injected vigorous impetus into building a community with shared future for mankind, significantly contributing to global and regional development and stability, a Cambodian expert said on Saturday. Kin Phea, director general of the International Relations Institute of Cambodia, a think tank under the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said …

HAVANA: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a role model for inclusion and international cooperation, said Eduardo Regalado, a researcher at the International Policy Research Center of Cuba. “This is a very inclusive project, open to all nations interested in advancing international collaboration and economic development,” the expert told Xinhua, adding that the BRI is also in keeping …

BEIJING: China-Malaysia cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) helps to accelerate Malaysia’s economic development and progress, said Johari bin Abdul, the Speaker of Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament. The Belt and Road projects in Malaysia, such as the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and the “Two Countries, Twin Parks,” have achieved good economic and social …

Interestingly, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his state of the nation address rightly emphasized the strategic importance of trans-regional connectivity. At least0 “11 international transport corridors” navigate Kazakhstan, and it aims to increase the share of transport and logistics in its GDP to 9 percent within the next three years. Historically, Kazakhstan was one of the first countries to support the …

ADDIS ABABA: China-Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has boosted infrastructure connectivity and integration across Africa, a senior African Union (AU) official has said. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-proposed Initiative. “In those ten years, when we look at the landscape of Africa, we find very concrete evidence of the BRI,” said Albert Muchanga, …

XI’AN: Employing his fluent Chinese, Wouters Jeffery was busy introducing his Belgian products to expo visitors, pouring beer for them to taste. Held on the sidelines of 2023 Euro-Asia Economic Forum, the economic and trade expo was held from Friday to Monday in Xi’an, the capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Stationed in Xi’an, Jeffery, 35, works for a Brussels-based …