The Belt and Road initiative put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping is of great significance since the highly-collaborative proposal will boost the development of the en-route countries and even the whole world, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stressed on Thursday, pledging all forms of support to propel the initiative.
The Silk Road spirit followed by the Belt and Road initiative offers pioneering ideas for contemporary international cooperation, the delegates told the People’s Daily upon the arrival of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, agreeing that the proposal will bring benefits to all.
The ongoing Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will make future-oriented plans for cooperation and push forward the construction of the routes on a new starting point, said a commentary published by People’s Daily on Sunday, the same day the two-day event opened in Beijing.
The Leaders' Roundtable Summit of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) kicked off on Monday morning at Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing for world leaders to exchange views on Belt and Road cooperation.