How to deepen cooperation under BRI framework

The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing late last month, yielded a list of 283 deliverables. In terms of numbers, the second Belt and Road forum may have produced just four more deliverables than the 279 by the first forum two years ago, but in terms of quality, the second edition has produced more remarkable results.

The list of deliverables comprises six categories: initiatives proposed or launched by the Chinese side; bilateral and multilateral documents signed during or immediately before the second forum; multilateral cooperation mechanisms under the Belt and Road framework; investment projects or project lists; financing projects; and projects of local authorities and enterprises.

While the first Belt and Road forum held in May 2017 helped China to change the outside world's perception on the Belt and Road Initiative - from "suspicion" to "understanding" to "endorsement", the second has helped advance the Belt and Road Initiative from one "based on talks and communications" to one driven by the aspirations of the Belt and Road partner countries.