Initiative offers integration boost

Senior officials say that new momentum to stimulate region, partners' economies

China's expanding Belt and Road Initiative will further integrate with the development programs of partner countries - including Indonesia's Maritime Power Strategy - for a new growth momentum to boost the region's economy, senior government officials said on Monday.

Vice-Minister of Commerce Fang Aiqing said the partners were mostly emerging economies and developing nations in the midst of industrialization, characterized by fast economic growth and offering enormous potential for future development.