Source: CRI    Published: 2017-4-19

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced on Tuesday that the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held in Beijing on May 14 and 15.

So far, 28 heads of state and government including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and over 80 leaders of international organizations, 100 ministerial-level officials, as well as 1,200 delegates from various countries and regions will participate in the forum.

For more on this, Chen Xiaochen, Research Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, was interviewed by China Radio International, talking about the characteristics of the guest list, the purpose and the significance of the forum.