Belt and Road and international cooperation

Trucks transporting wind turbine blades for a wind farm contracted by Chinese firm Universal Energy in Kazakhstan's Kostanay Region pass through the Guozigou Bridge in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on April 24, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

As of January 2020, 138 countries and 30 international organizations have signed Belt and Road cooperation documents with China. The initiative has become the largest platform for international cooperation and a popular public good in the world.

China has hosted the first and second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Two separate lists of 279 and 283 practical cooperation deliverables were released at the two forums respectively.

During the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a CEO conference was held for the first time, where participants signed project cooperation agreements worth over $64 billion.

China also has initiated 20-plus platforms for multilateral dialogue and cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative in areas like finance, ports, taxation, energy and environmental protection.