The digital Silk Road, as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, has not only brought investment and jobs to the economies involved, but has also empowered them with the ability to embrace the digital age.
China is constructively undertaking international economic cooperation and making contributions to the connection of Europe and Asia in order to maintain sustainable development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Foreign officials hailed more openness, sustainability and connectivity of the Belt and Road Initiative as highlighted by President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Friday.
Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping held talks on Friday with several foreign dignitaries on the sidelines of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The following are the highlights of their meetings.
The head of a top Latin American financial institution said the Belt and Road Initiative could help inject new dynamism into the world economy, as well as generate new ideas to foster more connectivity between Asia and Latin America.
The Belt and Road Initiative may do more than serve to promote commerce and common prosperity.
The Belt and Road Initiative was conceived and organized in order to link the world in an unprecedented way. For centuries the ancient Silk Road connected Eurasian countries, bringing prosperity to ports, giving birth to towns and cities, and injecting vitality into nations along the way.
The impetus behind a revival of the ancient Silk Road connecting East and West in the 21st century was always more than just trade. When President Xi Jinping proposed the initiative during a speech in Kazakhstan in 2013, he spoke also of the benefits of cooperation between people of different races, beliefs and cultural backgrounds in pursuit of peaceful development.
It is nearly four years since all 193 members of the United Nations approved the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In that time there has been an unprecedented global mobilization of human and financial resources to protect the environmental sustainability of our planet and create a peaceful and prosperous world for future generations, a world in which poverty is eliminated and "no one is left behind".
The Belt and Road Initiative is a grand strategy to manage global deficits, a platform for international cooperation and an internationally acclaimed public good, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday at a themed subforum of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing.
China's top environmental watchdog and its partners from home and abroad officially launched a green development coalition under the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
China is calling for more innovation to facilitate trade and investment and promote high-quality economic cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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