Concluding his speech, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli announces that in the coming five years, China will import 8 trillion USD worth of goods while absorbing 600 billion USD of foreign investment. During the same period, China's outbound investment will reach 750 billion USD and the number of outbound tourists will reach 700 million.
The High-level Plenary Meeting of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation opens in Beijing on May 14, 2017. World leaders address the meeting.
Three years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out during an inspection tour to Henan that the province should “buy global and sell global” and develop a transportation and logistics hub that links the north and south ends of the province and connects the east and west ends in order to make more contributions along the Silk Road Economic Belt.
China will set up a liaison office for the follow-up activities of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, President Xi Jinping said Sunday at the opening ceremony of the forum. China will put in place a Research Center for the Belt and Road Financial and Economic Development, the Facilitating Center for Building the Belt and Road, the Multilateral Development Financial Cooperation Center in cooperation with multilateral development banks, and an IMF-China Capacity Building Center.