Expo shows BRI is China-Eurasia trade driver

China will continue to work with Eurasian economies in building the Belt and Road Initiative for more shared benefits, Vice-Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying said on Thursday.

"Eurasia is an important driver of world economic growth and is a major area in building the Belt and Road Initiative. Cooperation with Eurasia is important more than ever," Fu said at the 6th China-Eurasia Expo, a three-day event that began on Thursday in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China.

Fu said China will work together with Eurasian economies for more cooperation in infrastructure, e-commerce and free trade areas. The annual expo, which was held for the first time in 2011, is an important platform for promoting trade along the Silk Road Economic Belt, one of the two wings of the BRI. More than 35 countries and regions, including Georgia, Turkmenistan and Pakistan, are participating in this year's event.