Belt, Road aids Asia-Pacific growth

Initiative is expanding technological, economic cooperation in APEC region

China's Belt and Road Initiative is expected to tighten connections between Asia-Pacific economies and explore new growth engines in supporting a more open regional market, according to officials and experts at the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Unprecedented opportunities for regional cooperation will emerge as the Belt and Road Initiative takes shape, and this is expected to stimulate cooperative partnerships among the APEC member economies, Zhang Jun, head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's International Economics Department, said on Saturday at a news conference in Da Nang.