BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- After six years of development, the Belt and Road Initiative has grown into one of the most promising platforms for international cooperation, with solid progress and a shifting focus on high-quality development. Since 2013, the initiative, with policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and closer people-to-people ties as its main goals, has advanced in solid steps.
Ahead of his working visit to China, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the Chinese newspaper People's Daily (Renmin Ribao). Question: In 2017 you attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, who is here for the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde ahead of the opening of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2019, to attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). (Xinhua/Shen Bohan).
