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BRI: A ladder for global development
With the Second Belt and Road forum for International Cooperation kicking off this week, the BRI has been thrust into the media limelight. What has been achieved in the past five years since the initiative was first put forward? How to turn the BRI vision into reality? Five Years of the Belt and Road Initiative is a book series co-published by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China and Foreign Language Press, analyzing the initiative from the perspectives of policy connectivity, infrastructure connectivity, trade connectivity, financial connectivity and people-to-people connectivity. Here is an excerpt of the episode on infrastructure connectivity.
2019-04-24 -
BRI: An engine for international cooperation
With the second Belt and Road forum for international cooperation kicking off this week, the BRI has been thrust into the media limelight. What has been achieved in the past five years since the initiative was first put forward? How to turn the BRI vision into reality? Five Years of the Belt and Road Initiative is a book series co-published by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China and Foreign Language Press, analyzing the initiative from the perspectives of policy connectivity, infrastructure connectivity, trade connectivity, financial connectivity and people-to-people connectivity. Here is an excerpt of the episode on policy connectivity.
2019-04-23 -
Belt and Road: Win-win, not 'creditor imperialism'
The 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held in Beijing in late April. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has attracted cheers and jeers at the same time. A total of 126 countries and 29 international organizations have signed up for the sprawling transcontinental connectivity project, despite a tireless chorus of opposing voices and a cacophony of claims about its intention and operations. CGTN is attempting to cut through the noise in a new short video series titled “Hype or Hope?” Here is an episode to help you separate BRI facts from fiction. Wang Wen is the executive dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China.
2019-04-23 -
Belt and Road forges new path to inclusive globalization
Six years into its development, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is more celebrated as a resounding call for advancing and rebalancing globalization, forging a new pathway toward inclusive globalization that delivers widely-shared benefits.
2019-04-23 -
China's draft civil code focuses on regulating embryo-related studies
China is considering regulating studies related to human genes or embryos in the draft section of personality rights of the civil code, which was submitted to the top legislature for review on Saturday.
2019-04-23 -
Nationality inclusion in China's credit system means equal treatment for foreigners
China's credit reporting system has not yet included information on utility payments, which was heatedly discussed online in recent days, as more effort is needed to address problems like data accuracy, an official said Monday.
2019-04-23 -
BRI features inclusiveness, diversity and equal chance for all participants
Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote address at the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which will be held from April 25 to 27 in Beijing.
2019-04-22 -
Wang Peng: Clarifying Misunderstandings, Conveying the Essence
THIS year marks the sixth anniversary of the inception of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In April 2019, China will host the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. While welcoming guests from all over the world, we also need to make clarifications on some internationally prevalent misunderstandings about the initiative. Only in this way, can we enhance the people-to-people bonds, realize shared growth through consultation and collaboration, and ensure long-lasting and fruitful cooperation.
2019-04-22 -
Wang Wen: Belt and Road Initiative is not 'Marshall Plan'
Despite the remarkable achievements made over the past five years, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is still faced with some skepticism and misunderstanding at home and abroad. Some people regard the BRI as China's Marshall Plan. However, the two are essentially different in terms of intention, content, and additional conditions.
2019-04-22 -
Five Chinese scholars recount FBI encounters, airport questioning
When the two countries established diplomatic relations 40 years ago, mere thousands of mutual visits were made, whereas now the number has risen to over 5.3 million every year, with some 14,000 people flying across the Pacific Ocean between the two countries every day.
2019-04-19 -
US exclusion of academics 'shortsighted'
Following a recent report saying that the United States canceled Chinese scholars' visas or placed them under administrative review by the FBI, experts warned that Washington's ramping up measures to treat China as a rival could significantly harm normal bilateral exchanges and damage the country's open and inclusive national image.
2019-04-19 -
New foreign investment law shows China’s confidence, mature market
The release of China's newly approved foreign investment law, which aims to protect overseas investment, showed the confidence of the country's system as well as the maturity of the Chinese market, an expert said on Thursday.
2019-04-19 -
Switzerland applauded for joining BRI
A decision by Switzerland to join the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has garnered much praise in China, where analysts call the move a crucial step that will open up massive possibilities for cooperation and strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties.
2019-04-19 -
Ding Gang: BRI helps countries bring governance reform
Durian is one of the main fruits that Thailand exports to China. When I was a correspondent in Thailand eight years ago, a Thai exporter told me that it took around 10 days for durians from being picked to being transported to ports on China's southeastern coast. Durian should be picked when it is 60 to 70 percent ripe. The exporter's profits suffer as durians shrink and lose weight during transportation.
2019-04-18 -
Individual investors scramble to buy local government bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has approved the sale of local government bonds directly to individuals as well as small and medium-sized institutional investors at commercial bank counters, triggering massive investor enthusiasm.
2019-04-18 -
BRI will clear doubts as it progresses
Doubts have again been raised over the Belt and Road Initiative's goals, with some calling it a "debt trap" for participating countries and China's "geopolitical expansion tool". Why are anti-China elements using such ploys to malign China? And will they see reason once the Belt and Road Initiative starts yielding fruitful results for the participating countries? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:
2019-04-18 -
Zhou Rong interviewed by China Economic Net on Chinese development
On April 12, Zhou Rong, senior fellow of RDCY join the program The Belt and Road: Face to Face, which was co-produced by by China Economic Net and VSH News Television, and discussed the hot issues regarding the development of China. The following is the full text of the discussion.
2019-04-17 -
Jia Jinjing: Europe shows growing enthusiasm toward BRI
Following Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Italy, Monaco and France in March, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brussels, Belgium on April 8 for the 21st China-European Union (EU) leaders’ meeting. After Brussels, Li is scheduled to pay an official visit to Croatia where he will attend the eighth leaders’ meeting for China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). China has attached great importance to diplomatic relations with Europe, as top Chinese leaders paid their first visit of the year to European countries.
2019-04-17 -
US damaging its open, inclusive image
The risk of misjudgment could significantly rise as normal China-US people-to-people exchanges have been severely affected by the US, Chinese experts warned, following reports that the US either canceled the visas of scores of Chinese social science scholars or put them on administrative review by the FBI in 2018.
2019-04-16 -
Developing a transparent, sustainable and diverse national security system in China
The holistic view of national security in China was first proposed five years ago, but few open resources report the development of China's national security system. In April 2014, while presiding over the first meeting of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to adhere to a holistic view of national security and explore a "national security path with Chinese characteristics."
2019-04-16
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