Silk Road project lauded by media

Senior editors and reporters from 18 nations who attended a seminar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Beijing on the Silk Road Economic Belt said they look forward to seeing how the Belt and Road Initiative will help people in their countries.

Twenty-three senior editors and reporters from countries including France, Germany, Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Egypt participated in the weeklong seminar hosted by the State Council Information Office. It concluded over the weekend.

The group spent five days in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to get a better understanding of China's westernmost region, which China sees as the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.