BRI countries focus on anti-corruption

Delegates attending the Thematic Forum on Clean Silk Road of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation proposed intensifying international cooperation to create a corruption-free environment for business while carrying out the Belt and Road Initiative.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the forum, which focused on anti-corruption cooperation among countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, Li Shulei, vice-chairman of China's National Commission of Supervision, a top anti-corruption body, said representatives from countries involved in the BRI, including Pakistan, Laos, Cuba and Egypt, have joined the proposal.

"Facing severe challenges to eliminate corruption, we have no choice but to strengthen cooperation," Li said. "We propose countries involved in the BRI strengthen oversight over various cooperation programs according to laws and regulations and strictly follow laws and regulations in bidding, construction, operation and management of the projects, to leave no room for corruption and create a regulated and law-governed business environment."