China, EU share 'compatible' visions

Chinese and Italian experts believe the Belt and Road Initiative is a great platform for connectivity and expanding win-win cooperation between China and European nations.

Xie Fuzhan, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the largest think tank in China, described the strategies to connect Europe and Asia by the BRI and European Union as "highly compatible" or "overlapping" with each other in many respects. He believes the two strategies should move toward "connectivity".

The BRI, put forward in 2013, aims to build connectivity between Asia, Europe and Africa.