B&R seminar to help boost regional cooperation

Central and Eastern European countries are expected to explore opportunities for further cooperation with China through the Belt and Road Initiative at an international financial exchange and cooperation seminar that opened in Beijing on Tuesday.

Thirty-one participants, mainly government officials, from Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Montenegro are participating in the 10-day seminar.

Delegates will attend lectures conducted by experts on global economic trends, China's national development strategies and infrastructure investment. The speakers include Zhu Min, head of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University and former vice-president of International Monetary Fund, and Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.