BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Friday said that the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping was meant to realize development for all by strengthening infrastructure and connectivity and fully tapping the growth potential of all economies.
“Following the principle of shared benefits through extensive consultation and joint contribution since its inception five years ago, the Belt and Road Initiative has achieved fruitful outcomes in its pursuit for win-win results,” Geng Shuang said during his regular press briefing held here.
He said that with its positive effects felt so extensively, this Initiative has won widespread popularity.
When representatives from more than 140 countries gathered in Beijing for the International Cooperation Forum of the Belt and Road Initiative in May, 2017, it was clear that this Initiative had won the vote of confidence from the international community, he added.
Responding to a question that Australia, the US, India and Japan were talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s BRI, he said, “We have said many times that any country, as long as they share the same principle and vision, could take part in this open and inclusive initiative if they want to, including those mentioned by you.”
The spokesman said that one last point he wanted to make was that infrastructure was the driving force of economic development, adding “We welcome larger inputs into the infrastructure field from other countries.”
Geng Shuang said that all countries should strengthen such kind of international cooperation under the principle of openness, inclusiveness and mutually beneficial cooperation so as to promote regional and global economic development for the benefit of all.
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