Belt and Road Forum vows to boost global cooperation

On May 14 and 15, President Xi Jinping chaired the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.

The forum, which was the largest multilateral diplomatic activity proposed and hosted by China since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, was attended by 29 foreign heads of state and government. Other delegates included officials, entrepreneurs and financiers, plus representatives of the media from more than 130 countries and regions.

The attendees represented more than two-thirds of the world population, and their combined GDP accounted for 90 percent of the global total.