China will expand scientific cooperation and talent training, enhance intellectual property protection, and build new joint laboratories and innovation centers with countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, officials said on Thursday.
Editor's note: President Xi Jinping held a number of talks on Thursday with foreign guests on the sidelines of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The following are the highlights of their meetings.
Infrastructure connectivity, a priority of the Belt and Road Initiative, has already made great achievements, said Li Xiaopeng, China's minister of transport.
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.
The Silk Road Community Building Initiative was launched at a thematic forum on people-to-people connectivity of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing on Thursday.
Regional cooperation is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative, said a senior official at a thematic forum on cooperation on Thursday.
The future shape and direction of one of the world's most important initiatives is set to be decided in Beijing.
The Belt and Road Initiative is one of the most important projects in human history, according to Parag Khanna.
When meeting with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, Xi said the African country is an important stop along the ancient maritime Silk Road and has been actively participating in joint construction of the Belt and Road in recent years.
Premier Li Keqiang called for greater efforts to promote clean governance at all levels to facilitate China's economic and social development.
The pace of job creation remained steady in the first quarter, with about 3.24 million new positions - virtually flat year-on-year - the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced on Tuesday.
Wang Xiaoguang, former vice-governor of Guizhou province, has been convicted of taking bribes, embezzlement and insider trading, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, with fines of 173.5 million yuan ($25.7 million), Chongqing Municipal No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced on Tuesday.
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