BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- By advocating extensive consultation among relevant parties on equal footing, China has seen the Belt and Road Initiative evolve from a Chinese proposal to a global consensus, according to an official report released on Monday. The report released by the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative came ahead of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held from April 25 to 27 in Beijing.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), since it was proposed almost six years ago, has witnessed a stretching network of friends, enabling China to forge partnerships all over the world and enjoy great popularity with its “Chinese solutions”. As the Silk Road spirit, with peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit at its core, earns more and more recognition and support around the world, the BRI has grown into the global public goods with a widest coverage and richest connotation, and injected new momentum into global economy.
(Photo/CRI Online) BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Noy Sonemany works at the China-Laos railway construction site in northern Laos. Sonemany, a builder before the job, has grown into a skilled welder and was conferred "railway craftsman.
NAIROBI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) would stimulate Africa's growth, and African governments should take bolder steps to better align themselves with the opportunities it presents, said a Nairobi-based economist. Anzetse Were carried out an in-depth study of the BRI after joining the African Policy Institute, a 20-year-old think tank, in 2018.