(Photo: Weng Qiyu/People's Daily Online) A total of 90 domestic and foreign journalists went to visit Beijing's new international airport, located 46km south of the capital city's downtown area, on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The activity was co-organized by the media center of the second BRF and the information office of Beijing municipal government, with participants from 46 countries and regions, including the United States, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands.
The City of London Corporation's Green Finance Initiative (GFI), in partnership with China's Green Finance Committee (GFC), announced today that 27 firms from around the world have signed up to a set of green finance guidelines for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Building on existing responsible finance initiatives, the Green Investment Principles aim to incorporate low-carbon and sustainable development into projects in Belt and Road countries, which represent approximately 40 percent of the earth's total land area and 55 percent of total CO2 emissions.
GUANGZHOU, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Export-Import Bank of China and Standard Chartered Bank on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The two banks agreed to give full play to their respective advantages and enhance exchange on information communication and knowledge to jointly provide financial support and services for the Belt and Road projects through cooperation in fields including syndicated loans, financial markets and trade finance, according to the MoU.
China first hosted the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in May, 2017. Before and during the forum, governments, local authorities and enterprises reached a range of cooperation agreements, policy measures, and effective results.