Quotable

The central government's strategy of developing the economy through urbanization in the near term is good from a balanced development perspective. But we should remember that land is the basic guarantee and social insurance for farmers, and something that should not be given up easily."

He Xufeng, professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province

"The Road and Belt Initiative cannot be carried out by China alone; it requires the cooperation of other countries. A big hurdle for implementing the strategy is that China hasn't effectively promoted it to the international community."

Cao Xin, council member of the Asia-Africa Development and Exchange Society of China

"China owes a big part of its economic success to an extraordinary ability to execute a trading-nation strategy. China's magnetic field is powered by its economic strength."

Marcos Troyjo, director of the BRIC Lab at Columbia University

(China Daily 06/26/2015 page3)