China issues report on BRI progress, contributions and prospects
China published a report on the progress, contributions and prospects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on Apr. 22, ahead of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) to be held from Apr. 25 to 27. The document was released at a press conference held by the State […]
China has the opportunity to help develop SE Asian countries under BRI: Mahathir
The Silk Road connects China and Europe and is an important trade route between East and West. President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to further expand the con-notation of the Silk Road, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Mahathir is set to visit China for the upcoming second Belt and Road […]
China’s ‘miracle grass’ contributes to world’s green development: UN meeting
A kind of “miracle grass” introduced from China, known as Juncao, is being held up by UN officials as a powerful tool that contributes to agricultural cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as the sustainable development around the world. At a meeting brought together about 200 representatives from […]
Report: China’s health indicators higher than international average
The main health indicators of Chinese people are better than the average level of those in middle- and high-income countries, according to a report submitted by the State Council to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Sunday. The number of doctors in China has reached 3.607 million, and the annual number of diagnosis and […]
Chinese grassroots rise to stardom thanks to video-sharing platforms
False eyelashes, airbrushed fashion feeds, or glittering skylines of metropolises can be what you may frequently see in the pop-up tweets on live-streaming or short video sharing platforms. However, they do not have any merits for a swarthy-cheeked truck driver who has to frequently bear 3-day starvation while driving long distance in mountainous regions of […]
Intellectual property cooperation assists Belt and Road construction
Intellectual property (IP) has been among China’s priorities when it implements the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), given its importance in the cooperation among en-route countries. According to recent data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), China filed 48,882 applications under the WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), ranking the second in the world. […]
AIIB boosts common development of Asia, world
The China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $7.5 billion in loans to support infrastructure projects in 13 countries of six regions, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and Africa, driving almost $40 billion of capital into infrastructure projects over the past three years since its opening on Jan. […]
Does China ‘Belt and Road’ initiative benefit Africa?
The fact that the Belt and Road project was initiated by China, but serves development interests of other countries is a confirmation of President Xi Jinping’s belief that the world can work together for the betterment of humanity, with shared prosperity, and that poverty elimination is possible and can be speeded up within developing countries. […]
Green investment prioritized in Belt and Road cooperation
China is reinforcing cooperation on environment-friendly investment and green financing with financial institutions from multiple countries and regions, in an effort to curb carbon emission generated from infrastructure construction, and secure low-carbon and sustainable growth of countries along the Belt and Road. The Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH) predicted that by 2040, most of the investment […]
The Significance of “Belt and Road” for African Integration
It was a good chance to visit the great nation-China. I visited China in 2011 and 2013 respectively for about ten days each, which is a very short time to explore such a big nation. However, in addition to Beijing I had an opportunity to visit Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou. Due to my professional background, […]
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