President Xi and global leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to attend the opening ceremony of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Russian President Putin arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday. Photo: IC photo

Thongloun Sisoulith, the General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and the President of Laos, arrives Monday in Beijing with his wife. Photo: IC photo

President Gabriel Boric of Chile arrives in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: IC photo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and his wife arrive Monday in Beijing. Photo: IC photo

Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, disembarks a plane after landing in Beijing Monday. Photo: IC photo

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia and his wife disembark a plane after arriving in Beijing Monday. Photo: IC photo

Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin arrives Monday in Beijing. Photo: IC photo

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary disembarks a plane after landing in Beijing Sunday. Photo: IC photo

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, a member of the United Arab Emirates' Federal Supreme Council and the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the UAE’s seven emirates, arrives in Beijing on Monday. Photo: IC photo

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly of Egypt disembarks a plane Monday in Beijing. Photo: VCG

More than 150 national flags of countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative along with the United Nations flag line the red carpet in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Photo: Xinhua