Fujian reaps benefits from Belt and Road

The Belt and Road Initiative has brought great development opportunities not only for China but for countries around the world, deputies to the National People's Congress from Fujian province said during a panel discussion with President Xi Jinping on Sunday.

Lan Pingyong, an NPC deputy and also board chairman of Fuzhou Hongdong Fishery Co, said that after Xi put forward the initiative in 2013, the Fujian provincial and Fuzhou city governments have taken effective steps to encourage fishery companies to participate.

Lan said the number of ships in his company quadrupled to the current 170 in just five years, and it has invested more than $230 million in the West African country of Mauritania to build a fishery base.