President salutes forum on intl legal cooperation

President Xi Jinping said in a letter that China is ready to work with other countries and regions to create a sound legal environment and a set of global economic and trade rules that are fair, reasonable, transparent and promote high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative to better benefit others.

The congratulatory letter to the China Forum on International Legal Cooperation was read out on Sunday by Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, at the forum's opening ceremony in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Xi said development of the Belt and Road requires legal guarantees and expressed hope that the forum would strengthen exchanges, increase consensus and facilitate the development and improvement of legal systems so that the rule of law would play a strong role.