Lord James Meyer Sassoon, Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council (Photo/People's Daily Online) The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) kicks off this week, bringing the conversation of the mammoth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to the global stage once more. Since the BRI was first proposed in 2013, countless bilateral agreements have been signed and celebrated, alongside a number of push backs and concerns over the initiative.
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs and addresses the leaders' roundtable meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for joint efforts of all parties to promote high-quality development of the Belt and Road.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday met with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who attended the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Participants to the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) agreed the BRF is an important platform for multilateral cooperation, and should be held on a regular basis, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced when meeting the press at the closing of the forum in Beijing on Saturday.
