The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the world's largest platform for international cooperation and one of the most well received programs promoting global public good since it was proposed in 2013. As many as 123 countries and 29 international organizations have signed BRI cooperation agreements with China, showing their support and confidence in the program.
As part of China's opening up drive in the new era, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has aroused interest around the world and won widespread international participation as a result of its inclusive, win-win nature.
The visit by President Xi Jinping to Italy, Monaco and France will be a turning point in relations between China and the European Union (EU) because it will highlight a different approach to financing Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) more in line with EU rules and expectations.
Last year, MIT's Cheetah 3 robot attracted widespread concern around the world. MIT's Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when suddenly yanked or shoved, all while essentially blind.
In reporting in China on the country’s “Two Sessions,” a new anchorwoman “Xin Xiaomeng” was seen. She is a virtual anchor created through the application of artificial intelligence technology.
The former residence of Marco Polo in Venice has been a must-see for Chinese tourists. This Venetian, who was born on September 15, 1254, is the most familiar Italian name to Chinese. He came to China with his father and uncle via the Silk Road in 1271. The Travels of Marco Polo has had profound influence.
Italy is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with China on cooperation within the framework of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The move will have profound impact and be of great significance to both countries.
With the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Italy, there will no doubt be some discussion of cooperation between the two nations on the African continent. For Italy, helping to resolve the dire economic situation in Africa is both a humanitarian and an economic concern. The devastated economy in many African countries is bringing more and more refugees to Italy's shore, and the burden is taking its toll on the Italian economy. For China, Africa has always been a particular concern having shared in the condition of underdevelopment for so many years. Even when both were clearly developing countries, China offered its assistance to its African brothers.
According to The Associated Press, Admiral Phil Davidson, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, suggested in Singapore earlier this month that a loose security grouping of US, Japan, Australia and India, which is known as the Quad, may be shelved for now, as Indian navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba "made it quite clear that there wasn't an immediate potential for a quad."
Spending on defense accounts for about $750 billion out of a total budget outlay of $4.6 trillion proposed recently by US President Donald Trump. Apart from related expenses allocated to agencies such as the US Department of Energy, the Pentagon will get $720 billion in this budget - an increase of around $3.3 billion over fiscal year 2019.
From early 2014, China started a new and wide-ranging program to reduce the nation's poverty. This grand endeavor can also be viewed as a key part of the global plan to lift people out of poverty.
"The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is aimed at achieving true common prosperity instead of the mere satisfaction of self-interests," Chinese President Xi Jinping once said. The BRI is indeed the most important public good offered by China to the international community, demonstrating the Chinese wisdom and putting forward a Chinese approach to navigate globalization and global governance.
Almost all emerging economies in Asia that became independent after WWII are grappling with religious problems. Opposing pulls among ethnic groups and religions born out of such problems are one of the principal reasons behind unrest and disputes between neighboring countries.
It is really great news that Zhou Xiaochuan, the former governor of Chinese Central Bank-the People's Bank of China, won the 2019 lifetime achievement award from London-based Central Banking Publications as the sixth winner of this award.
In a letter to the Congress earlier this month, US President Donald Trump signaled plans to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for Indian exports worth $5.6 billion. This is another front in his trade war after the US announced 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum in March 2018.
China's new foreign investment law has entered the countdown stage with the beginning of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).
At the annual National People's Congress (NPC) meeting, China has set its economic growth target for 2019 at 6.0 to 6.5 percent. To put this into comparison with the word's three largest economies, China is expected to grow this year more than twice as fast as the U.S. and more than three times as fast as the EU.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for one day. Teach a man how to fish and he can eat forever." It's a common saying and underpins much of the Western foreign aid budget.
On the morning of March 5, the premier Li Keqiang delivered the government work report which showcases the resolute mind of the Chinese government that puts into practice reform and opening-up policy in an all-round way. It can be reputed as an annual transcript of the government subject to social deliberation, as well as a holistic deployment of work for the new year to come.
Premier Li Keqiang announced a series of policies and measures favoring Chinese private economy in his Government Work Report to this year's National People's Congress (NPC), which opened on March 5.