HK best placed to gain from the country`s strategic initiative, with wide spectrum of businesses to benefit, roundtable forum told China`s "Belt and Road" initiative offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for various business sectors in Hong Kong SAR, and will strengthen the city`s traditional role as the "super connector" and global financial hub, while driving growth for next-generation businesses, panelists told the China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable on Thursday.
The Silk Road Forum 2015, was opened in Madrid on Wednesday with the participation of around 300 guests from over 30 nations and international institutions.
Hong Kong`s Financial Secretary John Tsang said on Thursday that this is the right moment to seek to understand more about the different perspectives of the "Belt and Road" initiative, in particular the business environment and investment opportunities in the emerging markets in Central Asia.
Vincent Lo Hong-sui, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), urged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong to seize the new business opportunities the "Belt and Road" initiative is likely to open up.
China`s Belt and Road Initiative will play a crucial role in facilitating the global economic recovery, connecting international markets and forming a new order for world development, said Li Wei, president of the State Council`s Development Research Center.
Belgium`s Port of Antwerp is looking to "further consolidate" its ties with China and play an active role in the implementation of China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiative, the port authority chairman Marc Van Peel announced on Tuesday in Antwerp.
China`s Belt and Road Initiative and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank unlock unprecedented chances for Asian development, said Sun Ziyu, deputy head of China Communications Construction Company in Beijing.
China and Denmark signed an agreement over the latter`s participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing on Tuesday.
A declaration on Asia-Pacific space development was approved during a forum on Tuesday, with attendees agreeing to improve peaceful multi-lateral cooperation in outer space.
A forum on China-initiated 21st Century Maritime Silk Road was held here on Tuesday, aiming at promoting the initiative to Cambodian officials, entrepreneurs, economists and researchers.
The "One Belt, One Road" (B&R) initiative proposed by China was on the lips of executives, scholars, think tank researchers and government officials from European and Central Asian countries at the Fourth Eurasian Forum held on Thursday in Verona, Italy.
China`s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry is expected to play a bigger role in the "Belt and Road" initiative, despite multiple challenges companies face in the expansion of overseas markets, a forum in Beijing was told on Friday.
Analysts have commented on how China is being active in European relations, many say they are happy to see China taking a more dynamic role in world economic activities.
A key feature of Chinese president Xi Jinping`s UK state visit -- is a stop in the Northern English city of Manchester. The British government hopes Chinese firms will be part of a massive development plan for that region. It fits into China`s much larger plan to link East and West.
Chinese investment in a nuclear project in Britain is just a glimpse of how the world`s second-largest economy will continue to expand its investment overseas.
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the China-proposed "Belt and Road" Initiative is an open, diversified and win-win project poised to bring huge opportunities for the development of China and many other countries.
The "Silk Road Economic Belt" initiative opens up great perspectives for the countries of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), said Kazakh Senate leader Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.
In March, the United Kingdom joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank despite strong opposition from the United States, the first in the Western world to join the China-backed bank. Since then, many other developed countries have followed suit. The courage, guts and vision of the UK have left a deep impression on the world. Not long ago, British Finance Minister George Osborne visited Xinjiang, sending a positive signal for the country`s participation in building "One Belt, One Road". UK`
South Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, will jointly participate in building the China-proposed 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said Karu Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka`s Speaker of Parliament.
The ancient maritime and overland Silk Routes have been revived. Its modern incarnation, driven by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R), stands on the verge of connecting the Eurasian landmass, East Africa and Western Europe into a single trading matrix.