BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Turning a blueprint into railways, harbors and busy trade across continents, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) took less than six years to achieve such tangible progress. More importantly, the world is seeing a growing consensus that the BRI is a new model for multilateralism and an open economy.
I often ask my students: imagine your day if there were no electricity. The iPhone would be useless; there might be difficulties getting to the university; the lecture theatre would be plunged into darkness; there would be insufficient light to study and no TV in the evening.
Photo shows panels of a Chinese-built solar power station in Kazakhstan. The solar power station was put into operation at the end of 2018 together with a wind power station that was also built by China.
A Golden Bridge on Silk Road, a thematic landmark of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation stands in front of the China National Convention Center in Beijing to welcome global guests participating in the event, Apr. 20, 2019.
