Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed at the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) two years ago to build the Belt and Road into a road connecting different civilizations, introducing a broad vision of civilization to today’s world. “In pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), we should ensure that when it comes to different civilizations, exchange will replace estrangement, mutual learning will replace clashes, and coexistence will replace a sense of superiority.
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made great achievements for the benefit of participating countries and demonstrated its all-win nature, said officials and observers gathering here from across the world. Participants in the ongoing second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) also cited concrete examples to refute the much-hyped "debt trap" and other unfounded charges hurled at the BRI.
BANGKOK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Thailand supports China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which stimulates economic growth in Asia as well as the world, and is consistent with strategies of Thailand, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said late on Thursday. In a written reply to Chinese media before his departure from Bangkok to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, Prayut described the BRI as an initiative seeking to promote connectivity among Asia, Europe, and Africa and closer relations between countries with a view to advancing sustainable development through increased trade, investment, and various projects on connectivity.
In the keynote speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening of the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) on May 14, 2017, he proposed to build the Belt and Road into a road of innovation. To achieve this goal, Xi announced to launch the Belt and Road Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Action Plan, which consists of the Science and Technology People-to-People Exchange Initiative, the Joint Laboratory Initiative, the Science Park Cooperation Initiative and the Technology Transfer Initiative.
