Reporter’s Notebook: What’s Next for the Belt and Road Initiative?
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The Belt and Road "cultural bridge" is seen outside the media center for the Second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation in Beijing on April 23, 2019. Photo: IC Photo
The second Belt and Road Forum concluded in Beijing over the weekend, with China announcing that it has reached nearly 300 deals and agreements with dozens of countries.
The three-day summit’s bigger theme, which caught worldwide attention, is the strategic shift in this mammoth program initiated by President Xi Jinping in 2013.
As Xi noted in his speech opening the forum on Friday, the basic framework has taken shape and it’s now time to focus on key projects and improve the quality of each project.
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