BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called on young people to take an active part in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), support solidarity and cooperation between China and Africa, and make their own contribution to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.Xi made the statement Tuesday when replying to a letter from

Five years after the Belt and Road initiative was proposed, the Chinese government emphasizes the need to realize the high-quality development of the initiative and create more tangible benefits.Illustration: Peter C. Espina/Global TimesAddressing a symposium marking the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road initiative in Beijing on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that the initiative has offered a

In the autumn of 2013, Xi Jinping proposed the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which is the Belt and Road initiative.The Belt and Road originates from China and moves towards the world. In the past five years, the ancient road of dreams has once again prospered in this new era.In the

The economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa has improved infrastructure, created jobs, and enhanced people's livelihood in Africa, a senior commerce official said Tuesday.

The People's Daily recently interviewed Dr. Mark Levine, an American scholar at Minzu University of China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the 2018 high-level conference on intellectual property (IP) for countries along the Belt and Road, which opened in Beijing Tuesday.China has carried forward the Silk Road spirit and proposed to jointly develop the Belt and Road Initiative, which has won wide recognition and seen active participation among relevant countries and

The picture presents key spots of China's Belt and Road initiative, which contains two business routes, the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road. (Xinhua/Web Photo)In the fall of 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping first proposed the formation of theSilk RoadEconomic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, today known as theBelt and RoadInitiative (BRI) while visiting

(Photo: CGTN)The total trade between China and participating countries in the Belt and Road Initiative has exceeded 5 trillion US dollars with an average annual growth rate of 1.1 percent, said Ning Jizhe, director of the National Bureau of Statistics at a news briefing held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on Monday.Over the five years since the Belt

President Xi Jinping on Monday underlined thorough and solid cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to benefit people in countries involved and build a community with a shared future for humanity.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed a symposium held in the Great Hall

Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2018 shows the special stamp set "Yangtze River Economic Belt" in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province. China Post released a set of special stamps on the theme of development achievements of Yangtze River Economic Belt on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sun Zhongzhe)A stamp collector presents the special stamp set "Yangtze River Economic Belt" in Huainan, east China's Anhui

The China-Europe Railway Express freight train completed its 10,000th trip on Sunday, arriving in Wuhan, Hubei Province from Hamburg, Germany. (Photos: People's Daily app)

The People's Daily recently talked with international students from 22 countries who studied in China, listening to these young people's understanding of the BRI.

(Photo: CGTN)The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not a geopolitical strategy but international public goods offered by China to the world, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Thursday.The initiative is not China's Marshall Plan, Wang said when meeting reporters with his Mongolian counterpart Damdin Tsogtbaatar.Since the launch of BRI, China has adhered to

Bank of China (BOC) has granted 115.9 billion U.S. dollars worth of credit lines to countries along the Belt and Road by the end of June, reported by yidaiyilu.gov.cn on August 21.Photo: XinhuaAccording to the report, the bank financed more than 600 projects under the Belt and Road initiative by the end of June.It is learned that the lender has

Since the Belt and Road initiative was first proposed five years ago, the endeavors of participati

(Photo: CGTN)Editor’s Note: Wang Yiwei is a Jean Monnet Chair professor at Renmin University of China. The article reflects the author’s opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.I once asked my African friends two questions: first, why can't Africa bring in Western capital and technology like China did in its reform and opening-up to supplement various factors of economic

(Photo: Global Times)Is theBelt and Roadinitiative (BRI) a strategic tool of Beijing or a geopolitical lever to confront the West? Is BRI comparable to the old Marshall Plan, the US-led project at the beginning of the Cold War to confront the Soviet Union?Many in the West are suspicious of the BRI, even though there is positive interest developing around the

Peruvian officials and scholars have said China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative offers great opportunities for cooperation."China is Peru's leading trading partner, so we have a significant trade volume to take advantage of for the initiative," Rogers Valencia, Peru's foreign trade and tourism minister, told Xinhua in a recent interview.One of Peru's advantages is its 20 free trade agreements (FTA) with

China-Europe Railway Express bears fruit along Belt and Road