A freight train is travelling from Northwest China's Lanzhou for a journey en route to Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. (Photo/People's Daily Online) The China proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an economic pie, given its immense scale and multi-faceted layers of cooperation among all partners.
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) --UnionPay International announced Tuesday it had signed agreements with financial institutions of several Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries to develop payment services. According to these agreements, UnionPay will establish a joint venture with financial institutions of Laos to run the country's national bank card payment system, while leading banks in Indonesia and Thailand will issue up-market UnionPay cards.
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping sent a letter to congratulate the inauguration of the Belt and Road Studies Network (BRSN) on Wednesday. Xi said the development of history, prosperity of civilizations, and progress of humanity are closely connected with the guidance of advanced ideas.
Beijing, April 24 (People’s Daily Online) -- On April 23, the Belt and Road News Network (BRNN) First Council Meeting kicked off in Beijing. Media leaders from China and abroad spoke highly of the BRNN, noting that the platform is a highly relevant one, which is anticipated to raise the cooperation among international media outlets to a higher level.