On May 14, the “Road and Belt” International Cooperation Summit was held in Beijing. This forum is the highest-profile international conference held by the Chinese side since President Xi Jinping proposed the “Road and Belt” major cooperation initiative in 2013.

On May 10th, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference in the third floor conference room of the Development and Reform Commission, introducing the high-level meeting of the “Road and Belt” International Cooperation Summit Forum.

Wang Xiaotao, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that during the professional international conference company meeting, more than 50 infrastructure cooperation projects are expected to be signed to promote the interconnection and interconnection infrastructure construction projects.

Wang Xiaotao pointed out that the high-level meeting, which is one of the three major components of the summit forum, adopts the “1+6” model, namely a high-level plenary meeting and six parallel theme meetings, focusing on infrastructure, industrial investment, and economic and trade cooperation. Research, exchanges, energy resources, financial cooperation, humanities exchanges, ecological environment and maritime cooperation. The high-level meeting will feature more than 1,500 Chinese and foreign guests, including more than 850 foreign guests, covering more than 130 countries and more than 70 international organizations.

The reporter of Huaxia Times learned from the National Development and Reform Commission that on the morning of May 14, after the opening ceremony of the summit forum, the organizers of the forum held a high-level plenary meeting, and there were also six parallel theme meetings.

These include:

Parallel theme meeting of “Policy Communication”: sponsored by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Development Research Center of the State Council. What are the themes of the International Conference Company: “Policy Communication and Development Strategy Docking – Innovation Mechanism, and Common Development”. There are about 240 foreign representatives and more than 120 Chinese representatives. A total of about 360 representatives attended the meeting. Among them, there were about 180 ministers and international organizations, and about 40 Chinese and foreign guests spoke at the meeting.

Parallel theme meeting of “Accelerating Facilities Unicom”: led by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport, with the theme of “interconnected and prosperous”. “The meeting invited some national deputy prime ministers, as well as more than 200 government ministers, international organizations leaders and business representatives from more than 60 countries in the fields of transportation, energy and telecommunications.” Fei Zhirong, director of the Basic Industry Division of the National Development and Reform Commission The conference reached many consensuses in the fields of transportation, energy, communications, and infrastructure construction.

Parallel Theme Conference on “Promoting Trade Smoothness”: Organized by the Ministry of Commerce, the theme is “unstable and efficient, win-win development, and deepen the economic and trade cooperation of the Road and Belt.” At the press conference, according to Song Lihong, inspector of the General Department of the Ministry of Commerce, about 200 representatives have confirmed their participation, including 120 foreign guests. "For the foreign guests, there are 4 deputy prime ministers, more than 70 ministerial officials from more than 50 countries, and 15 representatives of international organizations." Song Lihong said.

Parallel theme conference of “Promoting Financial Finance”: led by the Ministry of Finance and the People's Bank of China, the theme is “to establish a diversified investment and financing system and promote the construction of the Road and Belt Initiative”. 260 delegates from about 50 countries attended the conference, from different industries and fields such as government, international organizations, financial institutions, enterprises and academic institutions.

The Parallel Theme Conference on "Enhancing the Commonwealth of the People": led by the China Central Liaison Department, the theme of the international conference company is "to build a bridge of people's hearts and promote prosperity and development". Zhou Yonghong, deputy director of the Information and Communication Bureau of the International Liaison Department, told reporters that more than 400 Chinese and foreign guests attended the meeting, including more than 100 ministerial guests, as well as the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the Director-General of UNESCO, and international labor. Organize the Director-General of more than 10 international organizations.

"Thinking Exchange" parallel theme meeting: led by the Central Propaganda Department, the theme is "together to create the intellectual silk road." The conference invited famous think tanks, former political figures and celebrities from more than 40 countries, as well as expert representatives from China's national high-end think tanks and research institutions. A total of about 200 people attended the conference. (Source: China Times)

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