China's Belt and Road forum kicks off in Beijing

2019-04-25 2

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Beijing is hosting 37 heads of state and government for the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Some 5-thousand global leaders from international institutions and business sectors are attending the 3-day forum.
Delegates include South Korea's Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki and Russian President Vladamir Putin,... who is scheduled to sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The conference is seen as crucial for Beijing,... which aims to use it to convince the international community of China's ambitious and controversial development strategy -- the "One Belt, One Road" initiative.