The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has provided over 1.8 billion yuan (about $268 million) in total for the Belt and Road science and technology projects since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed in 2013, said the CAS President Bai Chunli on Apr.
After its successful debut two years ago, the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a leading platform for international cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, will be held in Beijing again this month, drawing representatives from over 150 countries, including 37 leaders of foreign governments, under the theme of "Belt and Road Cooperation, shaping a brighter shared future.” Although you may have heard the term before, do you know what the BRI is? More than two thousands years ago people of Eurasia explored and opened up routes of trade and cultural exchanges that linked the major civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa, later called the Silk Road.
Liu Yang talks with his teacher Pang Zizhen at a practical class on April 17. (Photo/Xinhua) 19-year-old Liu Yang (Chinese name) from Ghana, who has studied car mechanics in China for four years, is planning to open an automobile vocational school in Ghana and will invite Chinese teachers to give lessons in the school, xinhuanet.
Two-way investment between China and economies related to the Belt and Road Initiative exceeded $130 billion between 2013 and 2018, injecting new growth momentum into BRI-related countries and contributing to recovery of the global economy, senior Chinese officials said on Monday. China's direct investment in BRI-related countries grew by 5.
